This book will open hearts and minds to achieve these ends′ - Bob Holman, former Community Worker and Professor of Social Policy Social Work: A Companion to Learning is an exciting and definitive new book that will equip readers with the ...
Social Work: The Membership Perspective
This book encourages social work leaders, Deans of school of Social Work and practitioners to more fully appreciate the current needs of their clients requiring a reformist and activist approach.
Applies the empowerment perspective to the Social Work profession. Social Work: An Empowering Profession, 8e introduces the social work profession and interweaves contemporary themes of strength, human rights, and social justices.
See bringing evidence for social work training best practice, 5–6, 162, 170,218, 221; actions case study, 260–62; ... 122 biopsychosocial perspective, 4–7, 42, 112; in assessments, 97–98; brain research, 43–44; case study, 44–45; ...
Help your students make the best starts in their careers as a Social Worker. Covering everything they need to know in their first year and beyond, this very practical book will guide them through their degree and into practice.
This book will be of immense use to social work teachers, students, practitioners, NGO functionaries and policy framers.
This book presents a broad view of contemporary social work, exploring its roots and its possible future. It dispels myths surrounding social work, addresses media debates, and offers a balanced account of what social workers do.
Social Work: The Basics
In the first edition, the chapter titles reflected the fact that there are contested views about what social work is; ... of social workers be an intellectual foundation in the social sciences and other humanities, or is it a basic ...
This contribution is the central concern of this book. Consequently, the book is seen as filling a fundamental gap in the existing social work literature.
This revised second edition of Social Work: The Basics is an insightful introduction to the often misrepresented world of social work.
19 An ethical perspective on social work Richard Hugman Richard Hugman is an influential social work academic, ... In other words, it is the explicit deliberation about what is good or bad and what is right or wrong. Social work attends ...
The Risk Society Social workers work with the concept of managing risk when they assess risk in situations involving vulnerable people ( discussed in Chapter 2 ) . Risk assessment also operates at the policy level .
Mapped throughout to the most up-to-date professional standards, the book covers the full range of knowledge and skills students need to gain in the early stages of their social work course and as they prepare to go out on placement.
'Integrating migrants and refugee in rural settings'. In J. Maidment & U. Bay (eds.), Social work in rural Australia: Enabling practice (pp. 146–60). Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Uniwn. Babacan, H. (1998). 'Out of sight out of mind: Issues ...
Social Work: A Profession of Many Faces
Human behavior and the social environment: Exploring conceptual foundations. In Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare: Human Behavior in the Social Environment, vol. 2, ed. B. Thyer. New York:John Wiley & Sons.
Human behavior and the social environment: Exploring conceptual foundations. In Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare: Human Behavior in the Social Environment, vol. 2, ed. B. Thyer. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
The book will be essential reading for all undergraduate students of social work. It will also be a valuable resource for postgraduate students and qualified professionals, who want to revisit the critical tradition of social work.