Carmel Halton is Director of Practice and Director of Master of Social Work Programme at University College Cork.Fred Powell is Dean of Social Science and Professor of Social Policy at University College Cork.Margaret Scanlon is a post-doctoral researcher in the School of Applied Social Studies at University College Cork.

• CPD: the International Context;Contemporary Debates in Social Work Education;CPD: a national study;Barriers to Participation;Supervision;Learning and Reflection;Thinking and acting;Conclusion: challenges and futurescapes.

"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

Carmel Halton is Director of Practice and Director of Master of Social Work Programme at University College Cork.Fred Powell is Dean of Social Science and Professor of Social Policy at University College Cork.Margaret Scanlon is a post-doctoral researcher in the School of Applied Social Studies at University College Cork.

• CPD: the International Context;Contemporary Debates in Social Work Education;CPD: a national study;Barriers to Participation;Supervision;Learning and Reflection;Thinking and acting;Conclusion: challenges and futurescapes.

"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

Carmel Halton is Director of Practice and Director of Master of Social Work Programme at University College Cork.Fred Powell is Dean of Social Science and Professor of Social Policy at University College Cork.Margaret Scanlon is a post-doctoral researcher in the School of Applied Social Studies at University College Cork.

• CPD: the International Context;Contemporary Debates in Social Work Education;CPD: a national study;Barriers to Participation;Supervision;Learning and Reflection;Thinking and acting;Conclusion: challenges and futurescapes.

"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