Social Workers and Compassion

<p><em>Social Workers and Compassion</em> is designed to assist social work students social workers social work managers social care workers and lecturers in developing knowledge understanding skills and values related to various aspects of compassion. </p><p>Focussing on social work in the UK the various elements of compassion – compassion compassion fatigue compassion satisfaction self-care self-compassion and mindfulness – are clearly located in a systemic organisational and structural context. The chapters draw upon evidence-based and evidence-informed sources and present critical perspectives that are linked to existing practices in social work education social work and the author’s own experiences. </p><p>Drawing upon literature from social work and health care social organisational work and positive psychology and from sociology and social policy from various parts of the world the book will be of interest to international social work readers as well as professionals and professionals in training in the criminal justice health care counselling and clinical psychology fields. It will be essential reading for social work students lecturers social care workers social workers and their managers.</p>