Social Work category: 3462 books
Social Work Doctoral Education
Past, Present and Future
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
The rapid expansion of doctoral education in social work is changing academia, and expanding the expectations of education for professional practice. This volume focuses on the early development, gradual evolution and present status of social work doctoral education. Relevant for social work students...
Sexuality, Sexual and Gender Identities and Intimacy Research in Social Work and Social Care
A Lifecourse Epistemology
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2018
Until now, sexuality has been treated as a specialist topic or area of specialist social work practice. This book cuts across all areas of the discipline. It examines the relationship between sexuality, sexual identities and intimacies and the life course, and showcases a range of issues pertinent...
Anti-Oppressive Social Work
A Guide for Developing Cultural Competence
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2008
`This is an exciting and valuable book. In considering the role and importance of cultural competence in professional practice with diverse populations, it provides a refreshing and much needed approach to social work theory and practice' - Kwame Owusu-Bempah, Reader in Psychology, University of Leicester
Anti-Oppressive...
Forensic Social Work, Second Edition
Psychosocial and Legal Issues Across Diverse Populations and Settings
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2017
This extensively revised edition reviews the latest research and practices in forensic social work. Readers learn to integrate socio-legal knowledge when working with diverse populations in a variety of settings. Noted interdisciplinary contributors review the most common forensic issues encountered...
Social Work Practice in Health
An introduction to contexts, theories and skills
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2018
Health services practice or working with clients facing health issues requires diverse approaches and wide-ranging knowledge. In this ground-breaking book Melissa Petrakis draws on the experience and expertise of leading researchers and practitioners to provide a guide to the disparate settings in...
by Sarah Banks
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
This thoroughly revised edition of a modern social work classic textbook from a leading international author, offers a clear and systematic account of professional ethics in relation to social work practice, framed within a global context, and combines a sound grasp of theoretical issues with a sharp...
by Elise Beaulieu, PhD, MSW
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2012
ìBeaulieuís decades of social work practice illuminate every chapter, her years of networking with colleagues in Massachusetts and nationwide enhance every paragraph, and nuggets of insight earned through successfully establishing meaningful relationships with residents and families are reflected...
by Christian Aspalter
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Owing to rapid economic development and the onset of population ageing, social work has become a major means of delivering social services and relieving and preventing social problems at an individual, family, and community level in East Asia. In addition to this, the number of activities undertaken...
by Jane Wonnacott
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
Effective supervision helps to nurture confident social workers who are able to look after service users in the best possible way. Social work supervisors and managers need mastery of the relevant knowledge and skills in order to ensure successful social work practice.
This book is an accessible...
Building Excellence
The Rewards and Challenges of Integrating Research into the Undergraduate Curriculum
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
Social work curriculum changes that really work.
The Boyer Report and the Council on Social Work Education have placed expectations on universities and social work programs to make sure undergraduate students know how to develop, use, and communicate empirically-based knowledge. Building Excellence...
by Elizabeth Breshears, M.Ed, MSW
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2012
"I believe social work students and social workers lucky enough to stumble onto a copy of this book will hang onto it. It is a handy reference to a variety of group activities, but it is so much more than that. Group leaders will find it a self-help guide. Frustrated work teams will find it a...
Sexual Identities and Sexuality in Social Work
Research and Reflections from Women in the Field
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Sexuality and sexual identity have been relatively marginalized areas in both social work education and practice. However, changes in policy and legislation in the UK and other countries over the past decade have brought discussions of sexuality into the mainstream public service agenda. In social...
by Mark Doel, Peter Marsh
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Task-centred practice is a forward thinking, goal-orientated approach to social work. It is a practice-based approach built on research which reflects the new mood being developed in the social work field, and it has now been successfully used in a wide variety of settings and circumstances. The theme...
Supervision in Social Work
Contemporary Issues
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
Supervision is currently a "hot topic" in social work. The editors of this volume, both social work educators and researchers, believe that good supervision is fundamental to the development and maintenance of effective practice in social work. Supervision is seen as a key vehicle for continuing...