Practicing Critical Reflection in Social Care Organisations

This book explores concrete examples of different strategies and activities aimed at creating and embedding critically reflective learning and working environments within statutory UK organisations whose prime function is social care. Critical reflection has long been recommended as a general professional skill and is a core component of the Professional Capabilities Framework and the Knowledge and Skill Statements for supervisors in Children's and Adults Services in the UK. However, in management circles there is confusion, and some disagreement, about what reflection on practice actually is, how it is understood, practised and demonstrated. With contributions from social work practitioners and educators who have sought to embed critical reflection into broader activities and cultures within their organizations, the book addresses common features of critical reflection, and challenges and benefits in specific case studies. This book will inspire and develop new thinking and vision about being critically reflective in organisations, and facilitate efforts to improve the learning and working experience in addition to that of service quality and delivery. It will be required reading for all undergraduate and postgraduate social work modules focusing on management, leadership organizational change, and professional education as well as for the Practice Educator Professional Standards (PEPs) Stage 1 and Stage 2 modules--