Kieron Hatton, PhD is a social work academic with interests in social/community work, youth inclusion and social pedagogy who has presented papers at national and international conferences and published widely around these topics. Publications include three books—New Directions in Social Work Practice (2008), Social Pedagogy in the UK: Theory and Practice (2013) and New Directions in Social Work Practice (2nd ed., 2015).

This text offers a fresh approach to social work practice at a time of significant change and challenges

• IntroductionA Framework for Understanding Contemporary Social WorkSocial work, Community Work and Social ChangeSquaring the Circle- From the Individual to the Collective?The Voluntary and Independent Sectors: Communitarianism, the ‘Big Society’ and the potential for social actionInvolving, integrating or ignoring? Service users, carers and social workDeveloping new forms of practice: Professionalism, partnerships and social pedagogyInternational social work: European and international reflections on the challenges to social work in selected European countriesConclusion: New parameters for social work

Kieron Hatton, PhD is a social work academic with interests in social/community work, youth inclusion and social pedagogy who has presented papers at national and international conferences and published widely around these topics. Publications include three books—New Directions in Social Work Practice (2008), Social Pedagogy in the UK: Theory and Practice (2013) and New Directions in Social Work Practice (2nd ed., 2015).

This text offers a fresh approach to social work practice at a time of significant change and challenges

• IntroductionA Framework for Understanding Contemporary Social WorkSocial work, Community Work and Social ChangeSquaring the Circle- From the Individual to the Collective?The Voluntary and Independent Sectors: Communitarianism, the ‘Big Society’ and the potential for social actionInvolving, integrating or ignoring? Service users, carers and social workDeveloping new forms of practice: Professionalism, partnerships and social pedagogyInternational social work: European and international reflections on the challenges to social work in selected European countriesConclusion: New parameters for social work

Kieron Hatton, PhD is a social work academic with interests in social/community work, youth inclusion and social pedagogy who has presented papers at national and international conferences and published widely around these topics. Publications include three books—New Directions in Social Work Practice (2008), Social Pedagogy in the UK: Theory and Practice (2013) and New Directions in Social Work Practice (2nd ed., 2015).

This text offers a fresh approach to social work practice at a time of significant change and challenges

• IntroductionA Framework for Understanding Contemporary Social WorkSocial work, Community Work and Social ChangeSquaring the Circle- From the Individual to the Collective?The Voluntary and Independent Sectors: Communitarianism, the ‘Big Society’ and the potential for social actionInvolving, integrating or ignoring? Service users, carers and social workDeveloping new forms of practice: Professionalism, partnerships and social pedagogyInternational social work: European and international reflections on the challenges to social work in selected European countriesConclusion: New parameters for social work