Newly-Qualified Social Workers: A Practice Guide to the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment 3rd Revised edition

For aspiring or newly-qualified social workers in the UK, this guide addresses the transition between finishing the social work degree and the first years of practice during the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE). It covers applying for the first job, induction, probation, supervision, dealing with conflict, court skills, report writing, and team work, as well as continuing professional development and critical reflection; the ASYE Skills for Care; personal issues like emotions and stress; and contributing to service quality and development by understanding business planning, managerialism, and learning cultures. Revised and updated, this edition emphasizes managing ASYE expectations, developing emotional intelligence, and adult safeguarding and the Care Act 2014, and it includes the revised ASYE Framework and Knowledge and Skills Statements. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
A down to earth, practical guide to newly qualified social workers on their Assessed and Supported Year in Employment.
A down to earth, practical guide to newly qualified social workers on their Assessed and Supported Year in Employment. 
The first year of practice can be a particularly daunting and challenging time for newly-qualified social workers (NQSWs). This fully revised and updated book directly addresses the crucial transition period between finishing off the social work degree and managing the first years of practice.  It offers down to earth, practical guidance on applying for your first post and managing your work load in the first few years. From useful sections on the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE), supervision, dealing with conflict, court skills, report writing, and team work to what professionalism actually looks like in practice, this book will throw a life belt to not only NQSWs entering the workplace but for students on qualifying programmes who wish to develop their skills beyond graduation.