Social work: Making a Difference - Brossura

Cree, Viviene

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1861347782 ISBN 13: 9781861347787

Casa editrice: Policy Press, 2008

Riassunto

Social work in the UK has recently undergone its biggest change for 30 years. As new regulatory bodies are working to consolidate social work's professional status, a new training programme, now at degree level, expects increased in-practice learning. Yet until now, students have struggled to find resources to underpin their learning. This major text addresses the new agenda and explores what social work is in the 21st Century. Structured around the framework of the National Occupational Standards for social work - and using terminology and concepts contained within them - the book examines how social work can make a difference in the lives of individuals, families and communities and argues that to really make a difference it is necessary to think outside the box.The book provides all social work students with an introductory social work textbook for the 21st century with the main chapters following the six National Occupational Standards for social work. Each chapter uses a problem-based learning approach, beginning with a 'real-life' case scenario from social work practice and drawing on messages from theory and research. It includes a range of student friendly features including glossaries, summaries, questions, exercises, further reading and links to other resources and is written by leading authors in their field and evaluated in detail by a distinguished editorial panel.Demonstrating social work's potential to be transformative, this book provides the perfect introductory text for a new generation of social workers.

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Informazioni sugli autori

Viviene Cree, School of Social and Political Studies, University of Edinburgh and Steve Myers, Salford Centre for Social Work Research, University of Salford

Viviene Cree is Professor of Social Work Studies at the University of Edinburgh.

Steve Myers is Director of Social Work at the University of Salford.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Policy Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1861347782
• ISBN 13: 9781861347787
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 208
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile