Library: Social Work: Books and other resources for Social Work

Reading lists

Most modules have a reading list to support your studies with essential and recommended books and articles. Our new Reading Lists Online system allows you to easily access electronic content on the list and find out the latest status of print books - and request these through our Click and Collect service.

You should find a link to your reading list through Blackboard (or MS Teams if that is used for your module). You can also access the system through the link below. On the Find Lists page you can search by your module title, module code or the name of your module leader.

Reading Lists Online

Books for your subject

Finding Social Work and Social Care books in the library

You will find books for Social Work on the Stoke campus in Library Core.

You can request books from another library site - find out how to do this here.

Browsing

You may wish to browse the library shelves for books related to nursing. Find books with the following shelf-marks on their spine stickers. The library uses the Dewey Decimal system to categorise print books.

Subject Area	Dewey Number
Psychology	150
Social Work Practice	361.32
Social Policy	361.6
Mental Health	362.2
Learning Disabilities	362.3
Physical Disabilities	362.4
Poverty	362.5
Social Work with the Elderly	362.6
Social Work with Children	362.7
Children in Care	362.73
Fostering	362.733
Adoption	362.734
Child Abuse and Neglect	362.76
Family Social Work	362.82

eBooks

Many of the library's books are available electronically. Find out how to find and use these on the eBooks guide.

Social Work and Social Care books

Below is a selection of Social Care books (including eBooks) that are available via the Library. The link takes you through to Library Search where you can search subject keywords to find more. For help using Library Search, have a look at this guide.

Safeguarding in Social Work Practice by Charlotte Chisnell; Caroline Kelly
ISBN: 1526439816
Publication Date: 2019-04-17
Safeguarding is a serious and complex area of social work, and demonstrating an understanding of important theory, law, policy and skills for practice is essential and it is vital that this understanding extends across the lifespan. This book brings together common safeguarding themes and knowledge across social work with children, young people and adults to help do just that.
Social Work with Adults by Heidi Dix (Editor); Sue Hollinrake (Editor); Jennifer Meade (Editor)
ISBN: 1912096277
Publication Date: 2019-07-04
There has been a resurgent interest in relationship-based practice and the Care Act 2014 recognises the significance of effective working relationships with service users and carers to ensure a person-centred approach and effective participation and co-production.
Communication Skills for your Social Work Degree by Jane Bottomley; Patricia Cartney; Steven Pryjmachuk
ISBN: 1912508699
Publication Date: 2019-06-28
Communication Skills for your Social Work Degree will help you to: improve your oral and written communication skills in a range of academic and professional settings improve your public speaking, including academic presentations improve your practical writing and speaking skills
Applying Critical Thinking and Analysis in Social Work by Michaela Rogers; Dan Allen
ISBN: 1526436582
Publication Date: 2019-06-19
This highly practical guidebook will help you develop the critical and analytical skills essential to your successful social work education and evidence-informed, reflective practice. Key features include: Theoretical break down and simplification of key theories How to avoid common pitfalls Activities to help you cement your learning Case studies applicable in practice.
Social Work and Mental Health by Malcolm Golightley; Robert Goemans
ISBN: 9781526469762
Publication Date: 2020-04-17
With 1 in 4 people experiencing a mental health problem in any given year, mental health is a more important part of social work training than ever before, and all successful social workers need to understand the core values, skills and knowledge that underpin excellent practice in a modern mental health system. Written as an accessible introduction to the complex issues around mental health, this book has become a classic in its field.

New Books

Anti-Oppressive Social Work Practice - Transforming Social Work Practice

Decision Making in Child and Family Social Work Perspectives on Children's Participation

Modern social work theory

Outlanders : hidden narratives from social workers of colour (from black and other global majority communities)

Guide to using ebooks

Ebooks are electronic versions of print texts and are available to you 24/7 from any device which is connected to the internet, so can be used anytime and anywhere both on and off campus. When we buy books we have a 'digital first' approach so you will find we have access to thousands of ebooks and many of the recommended resources on your reading lists will be available electronically.

Ebooks have a range of features to allow you to make notes, highlight text and change appearance to help make them more accessible to you.

Look at our detailed ebooks guide to learn more about the various ebook platforms we subscribe to and how you can make best use of each of these.