Social Policy and Social Work

• Utgivningsdatum: 2017-07-11
• Mått: 171 x 246 x 23 mm
• Vikt: 730 g
• Format: Inbunden
• Språk: Engelska
• Serie: Transforming Social Work Practice Series
• Antal sidor: 336
• Upplaga: 2
• Förlag: SAGE Publications Ltd
• ISBN: 9781473916548

• Socialt arbete och välfärd

Jo Cunningham was a Principal Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Central Lancashire and programme leader of the BA Social Work. Jo taught sociology and social work practice for a number of years. Before commencing her lecturing career, Jo was a social worker in the area of children and families. Her research interests included childhood accidents and child death, and more recently the practice implications of asylum policy for professionals, children and their families. Steve Cunningham is a Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Central Lancashire. He has taught sociology at both undergraduate and postgraduate level for 27 years. His research interests are focused on welfare history, poverty and social security, the sociology of welfare and children’s political activism. He is the author of numerous publications in these areas.

This text directed to social workers, introduces the essential legislation, and the necessary guidelines to understand how some laws are interpreted, for and by social work practice. That is illustrated through practical examples that explore in a realistic and specialized way the areas of law that affect this practice.

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