Social Work Practice: Assessment, Planning, Intervention and Review (Transforming Social Work Practice Series) - Softcover

Parker, Jonathan; Bradley, Greta

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844451135 ISBN 13: 9781844451135

Publisher: Learning Matters, 2007

Synopsis

New social workers will be asked to complete, contribute to and present assessment during practice learning for the degree and once qualified. By working through this book, they can ensure that they understand the features of a good assessment, how it is conducted and some of the difficulties that might arise during the process. The first edition of this book quickly established itself as one of the key texts for students on the social work degree; this second edition has been updated and expanded to reflect current thinking on assessment practice.

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About the Authors

Prof. Dr. Jonathan Parker of the Health Sciences University, UK, is Professor Emeritus at Bournemouth University, Professor Emeritus at the University of Stavanger, Norway, Visiting Professor at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Doctoral programme team member at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan. He was one of the founders and director of the Family Assessment and Support Unit, a placement agency attached to the University of Hull and Head of the Department of Social Work.  He was Chair of the Association of Teachers in Social Work Education until 2005, Vice Chair of the UK higher education representative body, the Joint University Council for Social Work Education from 2005- 2010, and is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. He has published widely (over 200 scholarly papers and chapters and 43 books): on disadvantage, marginalisation and violence, Southeast Asia, social work and welfare education internationally. He is author of the best-selling book Social Work Practice (Sage, 2025) and series editor for the highly successful Transforming Social Work Practice series (Sage).

Greta Bradley is a former Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of York. Her academic interests are in community care and workforce studies in social work. Her most recent research is on aspects of sustainable practice in social work. She is a former of ′Practice′.

Edition details

• Publisher: Learning Matters
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1844451135
• ISBN 13: 9781844451135
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 168