Social Work Practice: An Introduction (British Association of Social Workers (BASW) Practical Social Work S.) - Softcover

Coulshed, Veronica

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0333559096 ISBN 13: 9780333559093

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 1991

Synopsis

This revised edition aims to meet the demand for a simply-presented, concise guide to the main theories and methods that underlie effective social work practice. Traditional approaches as well as newer ones are covered, ranging from case management to work with families and groups. The author supplies numerous case studies to illustrate the application of theory to practice, reflecting important issues related to anti-discriminatory work and summarizing the essential components of each method at the end of each chapter. The book examines core methods of working with people which will be useful across a range of settings and with different client groups.

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Review

'The book has always been a perfect jumping off point for students...Social Work Practice maintains its bestseller status with this edition.' -- Rachel Wooler, Community Care

'[this book]...has always been a perfect jumping off point for students...[it] maintains its bestseller status with this edition.' -- Rachel Wooler, Community Care

About the Author

VERONICA COULSHED sometime Head of Applied Social Studies at the University of Sunderland, UK. As well as the original author of Social Work Practice, she wrote the first edition of Management in Social Work.

JOAN ORME is Head of the Glasgow School of Social Work, a joint school of Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities, UK. She has written extensively on the contribution of feminist theory to social work and on social work education and practice.

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333559096
• ISBN 13: 9780333559093
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 202