Essential reading for students and practicing social workers in Wales, this book is the first to examine what makes the Welsh context unique, including the move towards joint children, families and adult provision and the emphasis on early intervention partnership considerations.

Foreword - Mark Drakeford Preface - Wulf Livingston, Jo Redcliffe and Abyd Quinn Aziz Part 1: Context Introduction - Eluned Plack, Wulf Livingston, Jo Redcliffe and Abyd Quinn Aziz 1. The Social Policy Context for Social Work in Wales - Hefin Gwilym 2. A Rights-Based approach: The New Social Work Legislation in Wales - Miriam Ennis 3. The Regulation of Social Work in Wales - Ian Thomas 4. The Welsh Context: We Are What We Know - Gwenan Prysor 5. Social Work Education in Wales - Jo Redcliffe and Jaime Ortiz 6. Coproduction and Service User Involvement - Sarah-Jane Waters 7. Applying the Principles of Coproduction - Liz Lefroy Part 2: Practice Examples 8. Child and Family Social Work in Wales - David Wilkins 9. A Joint Children and Adult Approach to Safeguarding - Hayley Douglas and Helena Barlow 10. Experiences of Social Care and Social Work Education: Completing the Circle - Sarah Buckley, Graham Attenborough, Hope Lawrence, Tim Wynn, Jenny Burgess, Eluned Plack, Anna-Louise Edwards, Rhiana Povey and Sandra Williams, with Liz Lefroy 11. Unpaid Carers - Daniel Burrows and Jen Lyttleton-Smith 12. Peer-led Alcohol and Drug Services - Tim Versey, Sarah Vaile, James Deakin and Wulf Livingston 13. Trauma Informed Practice in the Welsh Youth Justice Service - Tegan Brierley-Sollis 14. Social Care With Older People: Embedding and Sustaining Practice – The cARTrefu Project - Penny Alexander, Diane Seddon, Katherine Algar-Skaife, Gill Toms, Sarah Lord and Kelly Barr Part 3: Current Challenges 15. A Holistic Approach to Self-care, Resilience and Well-being - Neil Thompson 16. Social Work with Transgender Children and their Families - Naomi Parry and Ceryl Teleri Davies 17. Young Intimate Relationships: Messages from Research for Practice - Ceryl Teleri Davies 18. Anti-Racist Social Work Practice in Wales - Jade Forbes and Abyd Quinn-Aziz 19. Supporting Sanctuary Seekers in Wales - Tracey Maegusuku-Hewett, Haddy Sallah, Joanne Pye, Beth Pearl and Natacha Leao da Silva 20. Community Development in Social Work Practice - Fiona Verity 21. Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic - Christian Kerr, Gillian Macintyre, Robin Sen and Abyd Quinn Aziz 22. Emerging Social Work Practice in Wales - Rhoda Emlyn-Jones Conclusion - Abyd Quinn Aziz, Jo Redcliffe and Wulf Livingston

“This excellent book is unique in its field, with contributions from key individuals in social work education and practice in Wales today. It provides the reader with a clear understanding of social work practice within the Welsh context.” Dave Mason, retired academic and practitioner

• The only book to provide social work, social care and health students and professionals with the detailed knowledge and understanding of Welsh social work practice and context as required by the Welsh regulator Social Care Wales; • With contributions from academics, practitioners, people with lived experience and students, the text gives readers a broad understanding of how policy changes have impacted at all levels and all areas of practice; • Foreword by Mark Drakeford, First Minister of Wales.