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Introducing social care and social work
Introducing social care and social work

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Acknowledgements

This free course was written by Gillian Ferguson and Shirley Boyle.

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Introduction

Images

Course image: From left to right: PintoArt / Shutterstock; Srdjanns74 / iStock / Getty Images Plus; ferrantraite / iStock; karelnoppe / iStock / Getty Images Plus; Drazen_ / Getty; De Visu / Shutterstock; Juanmonino / iStock.

Session 1

Images

Introduction image: Mark Bowden / 123RF

Section 2 images: The Open University

Figure 1: The Open University

Section 3 images: The Open University

Audio-visual

Activity 2 audio: The Open University

Activity 3 audio: The Open University

Session 2

Images

Introduction image: Ion Chiosea / 123RF

Section 4 image: Screenshot from the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust’s YouTube video Systemic Concepts - the Social GRACES

Section 6 image: coldsnowstorm / Getty

Audio-visual

Activity 1 video: Training Film and DVD Book for those working with looked after children and young people: Care Stories, 2006 TAVISTOCK TRAINING PUBLICATIONS, TAVISTOCK CENTRE.

Activity 2 video: Systemic Concepts – the Social GRACES: The Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust.

Text

Section 5 extract (Sissay, 2019): First published in Great Britain, the USA and Canada in 2019 by Canongate Books Ltd. Coypright © Lemn Sissay, 2019.

Session 3

Images

Activity 1 images: Tinnakorn Jorruang / 123RF; Jeanette Brown / 123RF

Figure 1: Adapted from an image by Sameer Kang

Audio-visual

Section 1 video: Carolyn and Peter’s personal photographs, Peter & Carolyn Latchford.

Session 4

Images

Introduction image: ImagesbyTrista / Getty

Activity 1 images:

  1. Mykhaylo Palinchak / 123rf
  2. nito500 / 123rf
  3. Olga Yastremska / 123rf
  4. Wavebreak Media Ltd / 123RF
  5. Fernando Gregory Milan / 123RF
  6. lkeskinen / 123RF
  7. zimmytws / 123RF
  8. Filip Albert / 123RF

Section 1.1 image: The Open University

Section 1.3 image: querbeet / iStock unrealeased

Section 3 images: The Open University

Section 4.1 image: FG Trade / Getty

Audio-visual

Activity 5 audio: The Open University

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