Critical Practice in Social Work

ISBN-13: 9780230218635 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 432 str.

Robert Adams

Opis

Bringing together theory and practice discussion in rich combination, this significantly updated text provides a comprehensive and integrated approach to contemporary social work.Incorporating key theories and vivid case material, this text's powerful practice focus makes it indispensable for students and practitioners alike."

Spis treści

Introduction; R.Adams, L.Dominelli& M.Payne.- On Being Critical in Social Work; R.Adams, L.Dominelli& M.Payne.- PART 1: VALUES INTO PRACTICE.- Values in Social Work; L.Dominelli.- Professional Values and Accountabilities; S.Banks.- Identity, Individual Rights and Social Justice; C.Clark.- Pushing Ethical Boundaries for Children and Families; L.Briskman.- Parental and Reproductive Rights; L.Dominelli.- Ethical Tensions in Social Work: Consent in Later Life; R.Adams& M.Payne.- PART 2: THEORIES FOR PRACTICE.- Critical Reflection and Social Work Theories; M.Payne.- Counselling; H.Cosis Brown.- Groupwork; D.Ward.- Community Work; M.Mayo.- Psychosocial Work: An Attachment Perspective; D.Howe.- Cross Cultural and Black Perspectives through the Life Course; L.Robinson.- Cognitive-behavioural Practice; K.Cigno.- Task-centred work; M.Doel.- Advocacy and Empowerment; R.Adams.- From Radical to Critical Social Work; B.Pease.- Feminist Social Work; J.Orme updated by R.Adams, L.Dominelli& M.Payne.- Anti-oppressive Approaches; B.Burke& P.Harrison.- Postmodern and Constructionist Approaches to Social Work; N.Parton.- PART 3: DEVELOPING CRITICAL PRACTICE.- Being a Critical Practitioner; R.Adams.- Safeguarding Children; J.Pinkerton.- Fostering and Adoption; H.Cosis Brown.- Working with Looked after Children and Young People in Residential Care; A.Roy, F.Young& C.Chahal.- Family-based Social Work; K.Morris.- Youth Justice and Young Offenders; K.Haines.- Safeguarding Adults; H.Brown.- Care Management; M.Holloway.- Mental Health; D.Bailey.- Physical Disability; B.Sapey .- Learning Disability; T.Stainton.- Older People; C.Beech& M.Ray.- End of Life Care and Bereavement; C.Currer.- Concluding Comment; R.Adams, L.Dominelli& M.Payne.

O autorze

ROBERT ADAMS is Visiting Professor of Social Work in the School of Health and Social Care at the University of Teesside, UK. He has a considerable writing and publishing track record, for example as author of Social Policy for Social Work (Palgrave Macmillan), editor of Foundations of Health and Social Care (Palgrave Macmillan 2007), consultant editor for the Handbook of Postqualifying Social Work (Jessica Kingsley 2007).
 
LENA DOMINELLI is Professor of Applied Social Sciences and Head of Social and Community and Youth Work at the University of Durham, UK. She is an academician in the Academy of the Learned Societies for Social Sciences. From 1996 to 2004, she served as President of the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW). She is widely published, with a number of important sole-authored books to her name, particularly in the areas of feminism and anti-racism.  These include: Social Work: Theory and Practice in a Changing Profession (Polity Press, 2004); Anti-Oppressive Social Work Theory and Practice; and Anti-Racist Social Work (3rd edition).
 
MALCOLM PAYNE is Adviser (Policy and Development) at St Christopher's Hospice, London, UK. He is also Emeritus Professor of Community Studies, Manchester Metropolitan University, and Honorary Professor, Kingston University St George's Medical School.  He is author of the global best-seller, Modern Social Work Theory, as well as numerous other books including Teamwork in Multiprofessional Care and The Origins of Social Work.
 

Blurb

What do social workers need to know in order to practise skilfully and effectively? The second edition of this highly respected text gives you the understanding to bridge the gap between social work theory and the challenges of day-to-day practice.

Critical Practice in Social Work is different from every other text for several reasons:
- Its unique combination of theory, values and practice
- The wealth of expertise its contributors bring to their subject
- The way the themes of critical practice and reflective practice are used to show how theories can be applied meaningfully
- The number of methods covered, in an 'easy reference' structure
- Its in-depth look at an unrivalled spectrum of professional situations, illustrated by rich case material
- Its systematic discussion of professional ethics and values, both as general principles for practice and as practical tools.

The book's simultaneous accessibility and depth make it suited for study at both qualifying and post-qualifying level. Conveying the versatility and thoughtfulness required to do social work well, it is an essential purchase for every aspiring and practising social worker's bookshelf. It is one of three interrelated books edited by the internationally renowned and widely published team, Robert Adams, Lena Dominelli and Malcolm Payne. The companion books are Social Work: Themes, Issues and Critical Debates (third edition) and Practising Social Work in a Complex World. Each book can be used alone or in combination with the other two as a uniquely flexible and comprehensive programme of study.