Hilary Walker was a lecturer in social work at Ruskin College, Oxford. Her previous teaching experience was in social care and child care at Southwark College. She has an extensive background in social work practice, including working as a probation officer and as children and families social worker in a London borough.

"I consider this an excellent book for students throughout their degree studies - also for practice teachers/educators to use with students; and indeed for their own CPD." (Lecturer, Anglia Ruskin University)

• PART ONE: PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS OF THEORETICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONSSystems TheoryA Changing Working Environment:Contemporary Systems Methods and Models PART TWO: DILEMMAS AND CHALLENGES IN APPLYING SYSTEMS THEORY IN PRACTICEPrevention and Early InterventionChildren and Young People at RiskUsing Systems Theory in AssessmentPART THREE: CREATING THE DIFFERENCE THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCECollaborative Systems or Combative Systems?Social Inclusion and Cultural Relevance: Towards integrated appraisal and evaluationConclusion

Hilary Walker was a lecturer in social work at Ruskin College, Oxford. Her previous teaching experience was in social care and child care at Southwark College. She has an extensive background in social work practice, including working as a probation officer and as children and families social worker in a London borough.

"I consider this an excellent book for students throughout their degree studies - also for practice teachers/educators to use with students; and indeed for their own CPD." (Lecturer, Anglia Ruskin University)

• PART ONE: PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS OF THEORETICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONSSystems TheoryA Changing Working Environment:Contemporary Systems Methods and Models PART TWO: DILEMMAS AND CHALLENGES IN APPLYING SYSTEMS THEORY IN PRACTICEPrevention and Early InterventionChildren and Young People at RiskUsing Systems Theory in AssessmentPART THREE: CREATING THE DIFFERENCE THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCECollaborative Systems or Combative Systems?Social Inclusion and Cultural Relevance: Towards integrated appraisal and evaluationConclusion

Hilary Walker was a lecturer in social work at Ruskin College, Oxford. Her previous teaching experience was in social care and child care at Southwark College. She has an extensive background in social work practice, including working as a probation officer and as children and families social worker in a London borough.

"I consider this an excellent book for students throughout their degree studies - also for practice teachers/educators to use with students; and indeed for their own CPD." (Lecturer, Anglia Ruskin University)

• PART ONE: PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS OF THEORETICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONSSystems TheoryA Changing Working Environment:Contemporary Systems Methods and Models PART TWO: DILEMMAS AND CHALLENGES IN APPLYING SYSTEMS THEORY IN PRACTICEPrevention and Early InterventionChildren and Young People at RiskUsing Systems Theory in AssessmentPART THREE: CREATING THE DIFFERENCE THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCECollaborative Systems or Combative Systems?Social Inclusion and Cultural Relevance: Towards integrated appraisal and evaluationConclusion