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Report Writing for Social Workers

Report Writing for Social Workers

JANE WATT

Series editors: Steve Keen and Keith Brown

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2013 Jane Watt

First published 2013

Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, this publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form, or by any means, only with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction, in accordance with the terms of licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the publishers.

Library of Congress Control Number:
2012950813

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

ISBN 978 1 44625 710 4
ISBN 978 0 85725 983 7 (pbk)

Dedication

With my heartfelt gratitude and love to Amy and Marley; this book would not have been completed without their strong encouragement and support during a difficult time in all our lives.

Contents

Preface to the Post-Qualifying Social Work Practice
Guide Series

About the author

Jane Watt had a long career in the Probation Service and social work training before moving to France to run her own holiday business. She is currently an English Coach and Writer. She has returned to England at times to work in a variety of situations, including Community Mental Health, residential childcare, Probation court reports, as a team functioning consultant and other roles. She also worked for some years by telephone as an out-of-hours manager to a Drug Interventions Programme helpline and maintains a strong interest in providing staff support and supervision remotely.

Preface to the Post-Qualifying Social Work Practice Guide Series

All texts in the Post-Qualifying Social Work Practice Guide series have been written by people with a passion for excellence in social work practice. They are primarily written to help social work practitioners in their day to day roles, but they will also be useful for any social worker undertaking more formal professional development.

The books in this series will also be of value to social work students as they are written to inform, inspire and develop social work practice.

We trust you find this text of real value to your practice as a social worker and that this, in turn, has a real impact on those we serve.

Steve Keen and Keith Brown
Bournemouth University

Chapter 1

Introduction

CHAPTER OBJECTIVES

In this chapter, well look at:

• how the book is arranged;
• the features and methods which are common to every chapter, and are intended to encourage and facilitate positive development;
• the intentions behind this book and how it will benefit social work staff;
• why reports are regarded as so challenging;
• the positive aspects of report preparation.

This initial chapter is intended to set the scene for the book, showing how it might work for you at different times in your social work career. You will be encouraged to think about how prepared you are for this particular type of work, and what you might take from this book to increase your knowledge, experience and confidence.

About this book

Who is this book for?

This book is intended for anyone in social work who has to produce written reports. While it may be of most use to those who have quite recently qualified and who are faced with having to write a report with little or no previous experience of the process, I hope that itll also be helpful to:

• students who are able to become involved in report preparation in practice learning situations;
• unqualified workers who may have to contribute to reports prepared and presented by qualified colleagues;
• experienced report writers looking for new/different approaches - we are all responsible for our own ongoing learning and development, and for refreshing our existing skills whenever possible;
• any formal or informal training and support groups in the workplace, such as newly qualified groups or report gate-keeping panels;
• those responsible for writing reports on other staff members, such as students, trainees and supervisees;
• anyone who has got stuck on a particular report - writers block doesnt only affect creative fiction authors!

Book layout

The book is arranged in nine chapters of around 4500 words each and an Afterword. Each chapter will open with an outline of what will be addressed and go on to offer information arranged in short clearly headed sections, of a length to encourage progressive learning and also to consult as and when required.

Each chapter also has a number of practical features, which include the following:

Case Studies: These are examples which illustrate an aspect of a subject under consideration. They are situations Ive been involved with or heard about, in both my working and personal life. I hope the case studies will give a sense of everything being grist to the mill and show that the knowledge and experience we draw upon in our social work arent necessarily just related to our work involvement.

Activities: These are intended as ideas for personal reflection or as discussion starters. Given the pressures of social work, it might be unrealistic to think that a worker who has a report to prepare will have time during that preparation to undertake these Activities. However they may provide a quick extra perspective on a current issue, and can form a base to work from when extending skills and knowledge.

Report Examples: These are sentences or paragraphs taken from social work reports to demonstrate a point or to highlight a dilemma in report writing in social work contexts.

Comments: These sections will offer a bit more detail and discussion of the Report Examples, Case Studies and Activities, and will give you scope to reflect on what you have been asked to do, or to think about.

Practitioner Comments: I have incorporated the written thoughts of a current social work practitioner, Anna Woodruff, which offer the perspective of someone involved in report writing on a day-to-day basis. Practitioner Comments vary from brief comments on points raised by the text to a few paragraphs on a particular aspect.

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