The Essential Social Worker: An Introduction to Professional Practice in the 1990s - Hardcover

Davies, Mr Martin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1857421000 ISBN 13: 9781857421002

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 1994

Synopsis

This revised edition continues to defend the idea of a profession seeking to maintain disadvantaged people in the community. It includes a new chapter on the framework within which social work operates in practice - child care, disability, mental health, old age and criminal justice. The text argues that social work is a uniquely humane contributor to the achievement of welfare in the 1990s and beyond. It intends to provide students with an understanding of the role of social work in a complex urban society. Despite being the subject of public criticism, social work is growing in scale and influence in the 20th century. The author believes that social work remains essential in any society which regards itself as democratic and humane.

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Review

'...remains a sound introduction to social work.' Community Care '...here is a source of wisdom, compassion, analysis, quiet erudition and most important of all, it is a book of real value to practitioners.' British Journal of Social Work

About the Author

Professor Martin Davies is the Executive Director of the School of Social Work at the University of East Anglia, Norwich. A qualified and experienced probation officer, he has spent much of his professional life engaged in social work research and education. He has been responsible for nine books, concerned either with probation practice or with the role of social workers in society.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Limited
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1857421000
• ISBN 13: 9781857421002
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 219