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Critical Thinking and Professional Judgement for Social Work

• Lynne Rutter - Bournemouth University, UK
• Keith Brown - Bournemouth University, UK
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Critical thinking can appear formal and academic, far removed from everyday life where decisions have to be taken quickly in less than ideal conditions. It is, however, a vital part of social work, and indeed any healthcare and leadership practice.

Taking a pragmatic look at the range of ideas associated with critical thinking, this Fifth Edition continues to focus on learning and development for practice. The authors discuss the importance of sound, moral judgement based on critical thinking and practical reasoning, and its application to different workplace situations; critical reflection, and its importance to academic work and practice; and the connection between critical thinking ideas and professionalism.

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Good overview on foundational issues in social work eduction. Easy to read thus appropriate for ESL students. Chapter on critical style proved valuable as a guideline to literature reviews.

This book is written in such a way that it appears the authors are actually speaking to the students and in fact uses 'we' which is as if it is a collegial journey to learning. The content is relevent and is well informed, analytical in enough detail without being too intimidating for non-academic students.

This concise and clearly-written volume is useful across a range of early-career post-qualifying modules.

Very helpful introduction to some introductory reflective learning concepts.

Helpful addition to the students reading list for their unit of study

a concise, revised and accessible text for any NQSW practitioner re their evolving professional practice and beyond in terms of their continual professional development. Revisits key essential themes within a fresh context especially liked Chapters 3 and 4. A useful reference text for any Practice Educator, SW educator and ASYE assessor.

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Applying Critical Thinking and Analysis in Social Work 1st Edition

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.

This will support you right from the very beginning of your programme through to the end of your final placement and into practice. 

• ISBN-10 1526436574
• ISBN-13 978-1526436573
• Edition 1st
• Publisher SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date June 19, 2019
• Language English
• Dimensions 6.69 x 0.5 x 9.61 inches
• Print length 208 pages
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Editorial Reviews

As the authors of this book suggest, critical thinking is a ‘sought after’ skill in social work practice, yet is something that can be difficult for students to conceptualise. This practical text is written in such a way, that it aims to speak directly to student social workers to help them understand the concept, and application of, critical thinking. A range of models are clearly set out by the authors for students to follow, including helpful themes such as ‘danger points’ which alert students to some of the pitfalls in certain models of thinking.

I therefore recommend this book be used by student social workers throughout their social work degrees to help them develop and master their skills.

About the Author

Dr Michaela Rogers is a lecturer of social work who is involved in both research and teaching across the areas of social care, social justice, equality and diversity, safeguarding, interpersonal violence and gender. Dr Rogers has delivered and worked alongside colleagues on a range of projects in the voluntary and public sector. These projects typically aim to explore social problems in terms of everyday experiences or assess the impact of service delivery or specific policy initiatives. Dr Rogers is a qualified social worker registered with the profession’s regulatory body in England, the Health and Care Professions Council.

Dr Dan Allen is a social work academic with over 18 years′ experience working to democratise child protection practice with Romani and Traveller families. He has published widely on this topic and has represented child protection practitioners working to support Romani and Traveller families at the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, the House of Lords, and the Welsh Assembly. Dr Allen is particularly interested in examining the intersection of power relations, prejudice, and the impact of governmentality, subjectivities, and ethics on the translocation of professional conduct. Developing a perspective that combines ′neoliberal governmentality′ with ′socio-political′ influence and ′critical′ and ‘radical′ theory, Dr Allen seeks to critically examine the questions of why, how and so what in the context of dominant discourses affecting regimes of practice at individual, cultural and societal levels. Dr Allen is a qualified social worker registered with the professional regulatory body, Social Work England, and he is an active member of the Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller Social Work Association.

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Social workers offer many valuable services to people in need. They provide mental health services, such as diagnosis and counseling, advocate for clients who are unable to do so themselves, provide direct care services, such as housing assistance and help clients obtain social services benefits. The ability to remain open-minded and unbiased while gathering and interpreting data, otherwise known as critical thinking, is crucial for helping clients to the fullest extent possible. Critical thinking is one of the top skills required to be a successful social worker.

Meaning of Critical Thinking

The Foundation for Critical Thinking describes critical thinking as the ability to analyze, synthesize, evaluate and apply new information. Critical thinking in social work practice involves looking at a person or situation from an objective and neutral standpoint, without jumping to conclusions or making assumptions. Social workers spend their days observing, experiencing and reflecting on all that is happening around them.

In your role as a social worker, you obtain as much data as possible from interviews, case notes, observations, research, supervision and other means. Social workers must be self-aware of their feelings and beliefs. Stereotypical biases or prejudices must be recognized and not allowed to influence thinking when assembling a plan of action to help your clients to the highest level possible.

Importance of Critical Thinking

Critical thinking is important for the development of social work skills in direct practice. Social workers help people from all walks of life and come across people or populations with experiences, ideas and opinions that often vary from their own culture and background. Clients may be misunderstood and misjudged if thinking critically does not take place in a social context.

Applying critical thinking and analysis in social work helps social workers formulate a treatment plan or intervention for working with a client. First, you need to consider the beliefs, thoughts or experiences that underlie your client's actions without making a snap decision. What seems crazy or irrational to you at first may in fact be better understood in the context of cultural and biopsychosocial factors that play a role in your client's life. Critical thinking helps you objectively examine these factors, consider their importance and impact on your course of action, while simultaneously maintaining professional detachment and a non-biased attitude.

Interrelated Critical Thinking Skills

To develop critical thinking skills as a social worker, you need to have the ability to self-reflect and observe your own behaviors and thoughts about a particular client or situation. Self-awareness, observation and critical thinking are closely intertwined and impact your ability to be an effective social worker. For example, observing your gut reactions and initial responses to a client without immediately taking action can help you identify transference and counter-transference reactions, which can have a negative or harmful impact on your client.

Self-reflection is particularly important when working with clients who have very different or very similar backgrounds and beliefs to your own. You don't want your abilities to be clouded by your own preconceived notions or biases. Likewise, you don't want to merge with a client with whom you over-identify because you come from very similar situations or have had similar experiences.

Purpose of Clinical Supervision

Social workers engage in clinical practice under professional supervision to hone their critical thinking abilities. According to the Administration for Children and Families , clinical supervision not only encourages critical thinking but also helps social workers develop other core social work skills. Clinical experiences focus on maintaining positive social work ethics, self-reflection and the ability to intervene in crises.

Many, if not most, social work settings require or, at least offer, the opportunity to participate in peer, individual or group supervision. Discussing your cases or clients with a supervisor or with colleagues can help you sort out your own opinions and judgments and prevent these issues from impacting your work.

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As a book that will probably be attractive to both final-year and PQ students considering ways of improving and invigorating their practice, this text provides an effective introduction to critical thinking and judgement because it offers a balanced proportionate oversight of literature and key issues: it does what it says it does—I love that! It refers to a raft of well-known age-old writers on critical reflection (e.g. Brookfield, 1987; Schὂn, 1997) and more contemporary ones referring to aspects of risk assessment, judgement and decision making (e.g. Taylor, 2013), capturing the need for much more focused post-qualifying training in the wake of the Laming Report (2009) and move towards more specific education and training for newly qualified social workers and then those in their Assessed First Year in Practice (ASYE). Unfortunately, ASYE is not discussed because the book appears more focused on cognate understanding of critical thinking and judgement in an introductory manner rather than policy and practice capabilities or knowledge and skills statements. This means potentially good chapters analysing critical thinking and reflection at the ASYE stage of a career are lost in this edition. For example, the Professional Capabilities Framework for ASYE refers to showing creativity in tackling and solving problems, and using critically reflective techniques to evaluate information and test hypothesis (see BASW, 2017).

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Critical thinking can appear formal and academic, far removed from everyday life where decisions have to be taken quickly in less than ideal conditions. It is, however, a vital part of social work, and indeed any healthcare and leadership practice.

Taking a pragmatic look at the range of ideas associated with critical thinking, this Fifth Edition continues to focus on learning and development for practice. The authors discuss the importance of sound, moral judgement based on critical thinking and practical reasoning, and its application to different workplace situations; critical reflection, and its importance to academic work and practice; and the connection between critical thinking ideas and professionalism.

Good overview on foundational issues in social work eduction. Easy to read thus appropriate for ESL students. Chapter on critical style proved valuable as a guideline to literature reviews.

This book is written in such a way that it appears the authors are actually speaking to the students and in fact uses 'we' which is as if it is a collegial journey to learning. The content is relevent and is well informed, analytical in enough detail without being too intimidating for non-academic students.

This concise and clearly-written volume is useful across a range of early-career post-qualifying modules.

Very helpful introduction to some introductory reflective learning concepts.

Helpful addition to the students reading list for their unit of study

a concise, revised and accessible text for any NQSW practitioner re their evolving professional practice and beyond in terms of their continual professional development. Revisits key essential themes within a fresh context especially liked Chapters 3 and 4. A useful reference text for any Practice Educator, SW educator and ASYE assessor.

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Hundreds Gather in Kirehe for Campaign on Digital Literacy and Critical Thinking

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Today, July 30, 2024, more than 500 citizens attended a street event in Kirehe District to promote responsible freedom of expression and enhance digital media literacy while eradicating fake news in the community.

This event, titled “Street Event Mass Campaign on Critical Thinking, Access to Public Information Law, and Analysis of Digital Media Content,” was organized by the Great Lakes Initiative for Human Rights and Development (GLIHD) in partnership with Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) and funded by the European Union (EU).

The campaign is part of a three-year project known as “Protecting and Promoting Responsible Freedom of Expression, Enhancing Access to Information and Improvement of Digital Media Literacy in Rwanda (PPRFR)”.

This project, referred to as “Ijwi Riranguruye ry’Itangazamakuru” (IRI) in Kinyarwanda, seeks to empower Rwandan citizens to critically assess and confidently engage with digital content.

The rapid expansion of the internet and digital media in Rwanda has led to a surge in media outlets, including radio, TV, social media, and freelance platforms. While this growth provides a wider space for expression, it also presents challenges.

Many Rwandans, despite having internet access, lack the necessary digital media literacy skills to critically evaluate the information they consume. Consequently, they are vulnerable to manipulation, disinformation, and unethical content created by some media practitioners and digital content creators.

Umulisa Husna Vestine emphasized the importance of the event as a cornerstone in fostering a well-informed and critically engaged society.

As digital media continues to evolve and become an integral part of our lives, she highlighted the necessity for citizens to develop the skills needed to navigate this landscape responsibly.

“By promoting responsible freedom of expression and enhancing digital media literacy, we aim to build a community that is resilient against misinformation and disinformation,” she said.

“Your active participation today shows your dedication to becoming informed citizens who can discern fact from fiction, ensuring that our digital spaces are used for constructive and positive engagement. Together, we can create a safer, more informed digital environment for everyone.” Umulisa added.

The event addressed these issues head-on. Through interactive sessions and expressive arts like participatory theatre, the campaign aimed to highlight the importance of critical thinking in consuming digital media, addressing common issues such as misinformation and fake news. It provided tools and strategies to evaluate digital content critically, including recognizing bias, identifying reliable sources, and questioning the credibility of information.

The campaign fostered a culture where individuals engage in thoughtful analysis and verification of digital information, equipping the public with skills to identify and challenge misinformation and disinformation, thereby reducing their spread and impact. Ultimately, it aimed to empower individuals to make informed decisions based on accurate and reliable information, crucial for personal well-being and participation in democratic processes.

Participants left the event with improved critical thinking skills, a heightened awareness of digital media issues, and a stronger sense of empowerment to navigate the digital landscape responsibly. The campaign also aimed to reduce the spread of misinformation and create a more informed public, ultimately leading to better societal outcomes.

The event attracted a diverse group of participants, including students, youth, educators, parents, senior citizens, community leaders, digital content creators, digital ambassadors, and local authorities responsible for information dissemination.

With the success of today’s event in Kirehe, GLIHD continues to advance its mission of creating a knowledgeable citizenry capable of critical engagement with digital media, thereby strengthening Rwanda’s digital literacy and promoting responsible freedom of expression.

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