Exploring Social Work: An Anthropological Perspective

ISBN-13: 9781447350712 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 216 str.

Linda Bell

Spis treści

Who are “social workers”? Why do we need them? Getting involved: an auto-ethnographic enquiry; Time and change : UK social work and comparative social work cultures since 1990; Becoming: being admitted, trained and accepted as a social worker; Identifying: professional identity/ies; Valuing and transgressing: practice and research values, and ‘becoming unfit’ to practice; Practising and relating: Social workers and relationships; Partnering: Social workers, other professionals and clients/ service users; Knowing and evidencing: building a research base, mapping and modelling; Symbolising: cultural representations in theory and in practice; Organising: the development of national and international associations; Changing: Social work and the public, anthropological reflections & conclusions on an ever changing profession – the future?