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Paperback Edition
- 978-1-03-912522-3
- 6.0 x 9.0 inches
- Black & White interior
- 126 pages
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Hardcover Edition
- 978-1-03-912523-0
- 6.0 x 9.0 inches
- Black & White interior
- 126 pages
- Keywords
- Work with Seniors,
- Helping professions,
- Social work,
- Social work students,
- Workplace humour,
- Coping mechanism,
- Work with Children
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Mr. Spinney and the Egg Shells
and other social work stories
by
Janet Knowles
Thoughtful. Raw. Candid. These are Janet Knowles’s reflections on her career as a social worker (spoiler alert: it’s not like the movies). Whether you are working in the field yourself, a student, or simply exploring different career options, this book will allow you to peer behind the curtain and see what a job in social work really looks like. Abuse. Reconciliation. Trauma. These stories are not for the faint of heart . . . but then, neither is a career in social work. Even in the most horrific situations, some of which are recounted within this book, social workers must find a way to cope and carry on. Janet shares from her own experiences with matter-of-fact (and at times, brutal) honesty, well-imbued with humour and advice for the next generation of social workers.
Janet Knowles graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in 1984 and a Bachelor of Social Work degree in 1986. After working for more than thirty years in the social work field (ten of which she spent as a supervisor), she has seen, heard, and learned a lot that she believes will benefit the next generation of healthcare workers. Janet lives in rural New Brunswick. This is her first book.
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- Janet Knowles
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