Social work students are required to communicate in writing across a variety of practice methods and contexts and this book has been designed to help them develop the skills to do this with confidence during their qualifying degree and throughout their professional career. The book covers a wide range of writing skills, including writing up case-notes, report writing, writing proposals, completing a literature review, writing journal articles and successful funding applications. New content includes: new material on confidentiality and the use of encryption reference to recent changes to regulation and new material on the pressures of staying up-to-date with new technology extended coverage of collaborative writing and group working skills up-to-date references, further reading and links to professional standards and CPD.