Introducing Social Work - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1903855527 ISBN 13: 9781903855522

Publisher: Russell House Publishing Ltd, 2005

Synopsis

What is professional social work? What is it that social workers actually do? Addressing these fundamental questions in breadth and depth, this concise and helpful text will inform its readers and encourage reflection. The key themes of the introduction - locating contemporary practice in its social and historical context, and giving prominence to the themes of social justice and the voice of the user - are built on by a final chapter that considers what is most likely to influence the future development of social work as a profession. This broad discussion is illustrated by chapters in between that explore in more depth contemporary policy and practice in social work's major areas: care for older people; work with children and families; work with offenders and juvenile justice; disability; mental illness. Written by acknowledged experts from both teaching and practice, these chapters describe and analyse the relevant forms, structures and methods of practice; and will help you to: discover the specific social, political and economic contexts; identify the legislation which guides practice; consider the way services are organised; begin to think about the issues which challenge practitioners in their everyday work. Together they provide a depth and breadth of knowledge with an immediacy and freshness of recent practice, which will speak directly to those who want to learn and those who strive to teach.

About this title

About the Author

Professor Steven M. Shardlow is Chair of Social Work at the University of Salford, Director of Salford Centre for Social Work Research and Professor II (Social Work) at Bodo University College, Norway He has published numerous books including Making Links Across Social Work Specialisms, edited with Jan Horwath (RHP 2003). In addition, he is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Social Work. Pete Nelson is Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Sheffield Hallam University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Russell House Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1903855527
• ISBN 13: 9781903855522
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128
• Editor: Shardlow Steven, Nelson Pete