Social Work in a Changing Scotland

ISBN-13: 9781138295032 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 190 str.

Viviene E. Cree; Mark Smith

Opis

Social Work in Scotland offers a comprehensive and timely account which charts the profession’s history; locates present day social work within a changing political and cultural context; outlines the topography of current services, identifying key policy and practice features across different sectors; and considers the implications for the future of social work in Scotland.

By bringing together expert contributions to address key themes in social work policy, practice and ideas, this book, with its strong theoretical and practice synthesis, captures this changing context and provides expert guidance to students and practitioners as to how they might understand and practise within it.

Recenzje

'What a wonderful book! Not just essential reading for anyone interested in social work in Scotland, but a thought provoking set of insights into how social work could and should be. A book that should be read across the UK and beyond.' - Donald Forrester, Professor of Child and Family Social Work, Director, CASCADE - Centre for Children's Social Care Research and Development

O autorze

Viviene E. Cree is Professor of Social Work Studies at the University of Edinburgh. Before becoming an academic and researcher, she worked as a social worker in both statutory and voluntary settings, predominantly with children, young people and families. She has written extensively on social work and social workers.

Mark Smith is Professor of Social Work at the University of Dundee, having held previous academic positions at the Universities of Strathclyde and Edinburgh. He has extensive practice experience in residential child care settings, an area in which he has published widely. Other interests are in social work ethics and in exploring the role of social work in the changing political and cultural landscape in Scotland.