Hello and Welcome to the BSc Social Work Programme. Ahead of you commencing the course, we have provided below a range of sources that are recommended from each staff member on the programme. Please have a look through and dip into one or two. There is no need to read them all or to buy these resources, just choose ones that are of interest to you.
Beth Pearl, Senior Lecturer, recommends:
Familiarise yourself with the Codes of Professional Practice and guidance:
https://socialcare.wales/cms-assets/documents/Code-of-Professional-Practice-for-Social-Care-web-version.pdf
https://socialcare.wales/cms-assets/documents/The-social-worker-April-2017.pdf
Allison Hulmes- Senior Lecturer, recommends:
Hulmes, A. (2022). Foreword. In D. Henry, Gypsies, Roma & Travellers. A Contemporary Analysis (pp. 7-9) Critical Publishing
Allen. D., Dove, D., Hulmes, A., & Moloney-Neachtain, M. (2021) The Romani and Traveller perspective. In Tanya Moore and Glory Simango (Eds) The Anti-Racist Social Worker: stories of activism in social care and allied health professionals. St Albans: Critical Publishing, pp 61-75.
Tracey Maegusuku-Hewett, Senior Lecturer, recommends:
Any chapter of interest from the following resource:
Livingston, W., Redcliffe, J., Abyd Quinn, A. (Eds.) (2023). Social work in Wales. Bristol University Policy Press.
There is a companion website worth exploring: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/social-work-in-wales/companion-website
Fiona Verity, Professor of Social Work, Recommends:
Llewellyn M, Verity F, Wallace S, Calder G, Garthwaite T, Lyttleton-Smith J, and Read S (2023). From Act to Impact? Final Report of the Evaluation of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014. Cardiff. Welsh Government, GSR report number 36/2023. Available at: https://gov.wales/evaluation-social-services-and-well-being-wales-act-2014
Wahida Kent, Senior Lecturer, recommends:
Explore some of the topics on social care law in Wales here:
https://law.gov.wales/public-services/social-care
Angela, Rees, Coleg Gymraeg Cenedlaethol, recommends:
Welsh Government. (2015). Delivering the ‘Active Offer’ information pack –
social services and social care.
https://www.gov.wales/sites/default/files/publications/2019-04/delivering-the-active-offer-information-pack-social-services-and-social-care.pdf
Judith Davies, Senior Lecturer, recommends:
Tedam, P. (2021). Anti-oppressive social work practice. Learning Matters
Jo Pye, Senior Lecturer, recommends:
Explore various research studies and research activity on social work and social care in Wales: https://socialcare.wales/research-and-data
Christian Beech, Senior Lecturer, recommends:
Beech, C. and Verity, F. (2019), "Health and social work practitioners’ experiences of working with risk and older people: The interconnectedness of personalities, process and policy", Journal of Integrated Care, Vol. 28 No. 2, pp. 197-211. https://doi.org/10.1108/JICA-08-2019-0036
Vanessa Chambers, Senior Lecturer, recommends:
Humphries, M. (1995). Empty cradles. Corgi Books.