Social Work Practice (British Association of Social Workers (BASW) Practical Social Work) - Softcover

Coulshed, Veronica; Orme, Joan

 
9780333727300: Social Work Practice (British Association of Social Workers (BASW) Practical Social Work)

Synopsis

'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 third edition of Veronica Coulshed's classic text retains the strengths of the original text but has been meticulously revised to reflect recent changes in social work. Including new material on empowering practice, user involvement, community work and community social work, Joan Orme has also increased the book's relevance for workers in the criminal justice service. The original format is maintained, with case examples illustrating the application of theory and practice throughout. An extensive bibliography and suggestions for further reading will also ensure that this remains the most popular introduction to social work available.

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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.

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