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Community Services, Social Work and Youth Work
Find information on community services, social work and youth work.
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This online resource pairs recently published social work textbooks with documentaries, clinical demonstration videos, and lectures. It illustrates many of the most common, complex and challenging realities social work students will face as practitioners.