Practical Computer Skills for Social Work
What relevance has IT to a social worker? The GSCC demands computer literacy to the level of the European Computer Driving Licence. This book enables students to identify their standard in the seven core areas and through carefully planned activities mapped to social work skills, it helps them to reach the required standard and to enhance their professional practice. Ideal for self-directed study, it could also form the basis of a course in which the students create an e-portfolio of IT skills.
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Practical Computer Skills for Social Work
What relevance has IT to a social worker? The GSCC demands computer literacy to the level of the European Computer Driving Licence. This book enables students to identify their standard in the seven core areas and through carefully planned activities mapped to social work skills, it helps them to reach the required standard and to enhance their professional practice. Ideal for self-directed study, it could also form the basis of a course in which the students create an e-portfolio of IT skills.
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Practical Computer Skills for Social Work

Practical Computer Skills for Social Work

by Claire Gregor
Practical Computer Skills for Social Work

Practical Computer Skills for Social Work

by Claire Gregor

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Overview

What relevance has IT to a social worker? The GSCC demands computer literacy to the level of the European Computer Driving Licence. This book enables students to identify their standard in the seven core areas and through carefully planned activities mapped to social work skills, it helps them to reach the required standard and to enhance their professional practice. Ideal for self-directed study, it could also form the basis of a course in which the students create an e-portfolio of IT skills.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781844450602
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Publication date: 04/26/2006
Series: Transforming Social Work Practice Series , #1661
Pages: 128
Product dimensions: 6.73(w) x 9.68(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Claire Gregor is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College where she holds lead responsibility for the ECDL. She currently teached on both the social work degree and post-qualifying social work awards. Previously she worked for 7 years as an Approved Social Worker and Practice Teacher in Community Mental Health Teams in Berkshire and Suffolk.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Social work and the computer
Disability, health and safety issues
Basic concepts of information technology
Using a computer and managing files
Word processing
Spreadsheets
Databases
Presentation
Internet and e-mail
Concluding remarks
IT courses
Recommended coursebooks
Web-based social work resources
Bibliography
Model answers
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