Practical Social Work Series – serie
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102 produkter
Social Approaches to Mental Distress
Av Jerry Tew
Häftad, 2011
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461 kr
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Over-reliance on biological models in mental health practice has resulted in growing discontent from practitioners and service users, who know that social factors also have a major impact on people's mental health. Social approaches enable practitioners to promote recovery in ways that move beyond …
Ethics and Values in Social Work
Av Sarah Banks
Häftad, 2020
434 kr
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With over 40,000 copies sold across its lifetime, this is social work classic from a leading international author. Synthesizing the complex ideas and concepts that characterize social work's value base, Sarah Banks expertly provides a clear and systematic account of professional ethics in relation …
Anti-Discriminatory Practice
Equality, Diversity and Social Justice
Häftad, 2020
415 kr
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Now going into its seventh edition, Neil Thompson's Anti-Discriminatory Practice has been providing a trusted introduction to the challenges of promoting social justice and equality for a quarter of a century. Addressing the common concepts and issues across the various forms of discrimination, …
Empowerment, Participation and Social Work
Av Robert Adams
Häftad, 2008
501 kr
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Now in its fourth edition, completely revised and updated, this book continues to offer in-depth coverage spanning both conceptual debates about empowerment and a range of practice issues. The text provides social workers with a clear framework for critical and empowering practice with service …
Developing Research Based Social Work Practice
Häftad, 2010
501 kr
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This book explores how research can improve the quality of social work. It provides an overview of the core theoretical concepts and the processes and practices in undertaking research.Locating the place of social work research within the social sciences, this innovative book promotes critical …
Decision Making in Social Work
Häftad, 2010
487 kr
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At a time when accountability and the avoidance of risk are increasingly demanded of social work practitioners, the ability to make clear and reasoned professional decisions is essential. This welcome new edition provides a supportive framework for making social work judgements and assessments …
Working with Abused Children
Focus on the Child
Av Celia Doyle
Häftad, 2012
501 kr
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Working with abused children is a demanding and emotionally charged area of practice in which practitioners must balance sensitivity with statutory obligation. This thoroughly updated new edition emphasises the need for a central focus on the child and their perspectives, to ensure safe and …
Social Work with Disabled People
Av Michael Oliver, Bob Sapey m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
501 kr
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Having gone through 30 years of development, the new edition of this highly-regarded classic is the most trusted companion for understanding and promoting the potential for social work with disabled people. It offers readers a clear introduction to the core issues of disability alongside discussion …
Social Work with Older People
Häftad, 2012
501 kr
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Revised to emphasise the current policy drive towards personalisation and service user participation in care management, the new edition of Social Work with Older People remains an insightful introductory text.Deliberately taking a critical approach to guide readers to consider stereotypes of aging …
Social Work Practice
Av Veronica Coulshed, Joan Orme
Häftad, 2012
501 kr
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This trusted textbook for both students and practitioners has sold over 75,000 copies across its four previous editions. This comprehensive text is divided into three easily navigable parts: Part I guides the reader through the social work process, detailing each stage and offering a new chapter on …
Psychology for Social Work Theory and Practice
Av Paula Nicolson, Rowan Bayne
Häftad, 2014
487 kr
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This new edition from a trusted author team bridges the gap between psychological theory and social work practice. Revisited and re-structured to reflect the changing social work context, it provides an authoritative introduction to the key ideas, skills and research from psychology and highlights …
Social Work with Children
Av Gordon Jack, Helen Donnellan
Häftad, 2013
501 kr
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When working with children to promote their welfare and safeguard them from harm, the best course of action is not always clear. Based on two of the most important organizing frameworks – human ecology and child development – this book provides an invaluable guide for working with a wide range of …
Social Work Practice
Av Veronica Coulshed, Joan Orme
E-bok, 2018
562 kr
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This trusted textbook for both students and practitioners has sold over 75,000 copies across its four previous editions. This comprehensive text is divided into three easily navigable parts: Part I guides the reader through the social work process, detailing each stage and offering a new chapter on …
Social Work Practice and Intellectual Disability
Working to Support Change
Av Christine Bigby, Patsie Frawley
Häftad, 2009
501 kr
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Read this book to gain an understanding of the knowledge, values and skills required for effective practice in the field of intellectual disability and the opportunities which this work offers for multidisciplinary collaboration for social change. Social Work Practice and Intellectual Disability …
Youth Work Practice
Häftad, 2010
487 kr
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A contemporary reflection on current practice, this book gets to the heart of what 'youth work' is about. It provides an in-depth overview and analysis of practice,addressing the many experiences of working with young people through insightful chapters written by practitioners themselves.
Social Work and Child Abuse
Häftad, 1987
501 kr
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Well-publicised cases of child abuse have brought heavy media criticism of the social work role in prevention and child protection. This book attempts to bring a sense of perspective to allay the anxieties and fears felt by many social workers. The authors resist the idea that child abuse is a …
Working With Offenders
Av Hilary Walker, Bill Beaumont
Häftad, 1985
515 kr
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Quite simply, it is the most useful book on probation work that I have ever read.' - Rob Voakes, Probation Journal
Crisis Intervention in Social Services
Häftad, 1986
515 kr
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This book could only have been written by a social worker. It is full of energy, laced with pathos and humour, and the warts are not only visible but highlighted. It offers a thoughtful, down-to-earth view of crisis work in one social services team.' - Paul Reading, Oxford MIND
Student Supervision
Av Kathy Ford, Alan Jones m. fl.
Häftad, 1987
515 kr
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This handbook is a practical and comprehensive guide to supervising social work students in their practice placements. It will be particularly useful to the new supervisor, but also has much to offer to those who are more experienced. Illustrated with numerous examples from present-day social work …
Sociology in Social Work Practice
Av Peter R. Day
Häftad, 1987
501 kr
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All social work activity is influenced by the society in which it takes place. It is therefore inescapable that understanding sociology should help social workers to make a more effective contribution to people's welfare. The different perspectives which constitute sociology are examined and the …
Youth Work
Av Mark Smith, Tony Jeffs
Häftad, 1987
515 kr
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'...should be read by everyone who considers themselves to be doing youth work.' V.Ernest Cox, Times Educational Supplement
Problems of Childhood and Adolescence
Av Michael Kerfoot, Alan Butler
Häftad, 1988
501 kr
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Successfully achieves its stated aim of being an introductory text for students and newly-qualified social workers … a valuable addition to their bookshelves.' - Judy Yielder, BAAF
Citizen Involvement
A Practical Guide for Change
Av Peter Beresford, Suzy Croft
Häftad, 1993
515 kr
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This book offers the first introduction and practical guide to increasing people's say and involvement in their lives, neighbourhood and services. It draws on a major study of initiatives to involve and empower people. It explores a wide range of schemes across a variety of policies and services, …
Practice Learning and Teaching
Häftad, 1996
487 kr
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Recognising the centrality of the practice placement in preparing students to become effective social workers, this book offers practical guidance to both students and their practice teachers regarding how to enhance learning on placement in social work agencies. Distinguished by the coherence of …
Care Management
Tasks and Workloads
Av Bryan Glastonbury, Joan Orme
Häftad, 1993
501 kr
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The book argues that care management could create fundamental changes in the operation of British social services departments, but that it also has embodied in it the basic values of the social work profession. It explores how the job of the front line social worker and line manager in social …
Applied Research for Better Practice
Av Angela Everitt, Pauline Hardiker m. fl.
Häftad, 1992
440 kr
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Addressing the alienation of practitioners from positivist and quantitative research, this book shows how research can be compatible with how practitioners collect and understand data. Drawing on research approaches that take account of subjectivity and employ participative methods, the authors …
Beyond Casework
Häftad, 1991
515 kr
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This book outlines a practice model which gives expression to the social work perspective on human problems. It shows what practical steps social workers can take to involve their clients in the struggle for social change. It is an approach which looks first to small, tangible gains that can lay …
Working with Rural Communities
Av David Francis, Paul Henderson
Häftad, 1992
473 kr
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'a host of eminently sensible practical suggestions...the strength of this book is both that it explores with some rigour the meaning of 'rural', of 'community' and of 'development' and that it has clearly in view the practical needs of the lone, inexperienced field worker...' Community Development …
