"practitioners, educators, managers and policy makers...will find plenty that speaks to their concerns within these pages." The British Journal of Social Work "Unabashedly asserts the imperative of lifelong learning in social work practice with broad applicability to practising social workers around the world." Brenda L. Morris MSW, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada "This book speaks from the authority of a large-scale survey and from the authors own commitment to the power of continuing professional education for positive change in an unfavourable climate." Mark Doel, Sheffield Hallam University, England