"Changing Children s Services" examines the fundamental changes that children s services have been undergoing in the United Kingdom in the context of the drive toward increasingly integrated ways of working. The contributors critically examine the potential and realities of closer integration and ask whether these new ways of working are truly more effective in responding to the needs and aspirations of children and their families. They also explore the experiences of working in constantly changing environments and their effects on practitioners and clients. This fully updated second edition...
"Changing Children s Services" examines the fundamental changes that children s services have been undergoing in the United Kingdom in the context of ...
Personalization has become a social policy buzzword in the twenty-first century as many organizations move steadily away from one-size-fits-all models of service. In this provocative book, Peter Beresford is joined by other top academics to challenge the personalization agenda. Although critical of one-size-fits-all approaches, they contend that personalization turns service users into consumers who are shopping in a care market. This does not facilitate better attunement to user needs, they argue, but an increased commodification of care that actually channels large profits toward a...
Personalization has become a social policy buzzword in the twenty-first century as many organizations move steadily away from one-size-fits-all models...
Many agree that neoliberal economic policies have led to growing class inequality and increasing levels of poverty. Investigating the challenges that the growing financial and class disparity poses for the engaged social work academic and practitioner, the contributors look at the current state of poverty and inequality in a number of countries and examine social work s response to it. They argue thatespecially for a profession committed to values based on equality, social justice, and the meeting of human needspoverty imposes a special requirement on social workers and academics to speak out...
Many agree that neoliberal economic policies have led to growing class inequality and increasing levels of poverty. Investigating the challenges that ...
Adult social care in Britain has faced many crises over recent decades. Revelations of horrific abuse, the collapse of major private home care providers, abject failures of inspection and regulation, and uncertainty over how long-term care of older people should be funded have all given rise to serious public concern. The contributors to this volume debate the current state of adult social care and offer a historical overview of services and examine recent developments in the field. They conclude with a look at the prospects for adult social care and social work in an era of seemingly...
Adult social care in Britain has faced many crises over recent decades. Revelations of horrific abuse, the collapse of major private home care provide...
Debates on mental health social work have recently come to an impasse. There has been considerable emphasis on the social roots of mental distress, which has resulted in more holistic approaches to social work practice. Nonetheless the dominant approach to mental health continues to be a medical one, which excludes social workers from new initiatives. In this book, Jeremy Weinstein draws on case studies and his own experiences as a mental health social worker to navigate these conflicting facets of the field. Ultimately, he develops a model of practice that is sensitive to issues of...
Debates on mental health social work have recently come to an impasse. There has been considerable emphasis on the social roots of mental distress, wh...
The past few years have seen a renewed interest in social work ethics, and this volume argues that this phenomenon can be seen as reflecting two very different agendas. On the one hand, this interest is part of a progressive movement that critiques market-oriented approaches to managing the public sectoroften called New Public Management (NPM)by emphasizing the role of social workers as agents for social justice. On the other hand, the growth of interest in ethics could be viewed as part of the NPM and its efforts toward controlling the conduct of professionals and service users. The...
The past few years have seen a renewed interest in social work ethics, and this volume argues that this phenomenon can be seen as reflecting two very ...
In recent years a number of child protection scandals have surfaced in which childrenoften from poor and marginalized communitiessuffer violence, abuse, and social harm. In "Children and Families," the contributors look at the impact of marketization on social work services in both Ireland and England in the context of such scandals. They argue that marketization has had a negative impact on social work policies and practices, reducing the quality and availability of services for vulnerable children and young people. Paul Michael Garrett is then joined by leading researchers from across the...
In recent years a number of child protection scandals have surfaced in which childrenoften from poor and marginalized communitiessuffer violence, abus...
Indigenous Criminology is the first book to explore indigenous peoples' contact with criminal justice systems comprehensively in a contemporary and historical context. Drawing on comparative indigenous material from North America, Australia, and New Zealand, it both addresses the theoretical underpinnings of a specific indigenous criminology and explores this concept's broader policy and practice implications for criminal justice at large. Leading criminologists specializing in indigenous peoples, Chris Cunneen and Juan Tauri argue for the importance of indigenous knowledge and...
Indigenous Criminology is the first book to explore indigenous peoples' contact with criminal justice systems comprehensively in a contemporary...
Over the past few decades, governments in many nations have increasingly delegated political decisions to expert agencies, portraying the issues they deal with--such as drug policy or monetary policy--as technocratic or managerial in nature. This has had the effect of essentially removing a large number of important political decisions from public debate--a situation that has led many commentators to worry about a -crisis of democracy, - or, even worse, the -end of politics.- This book offers a nuanced perspective on that situation, charting the dynamics of politicization and depoliticization...
Over the past few decades, governments in many nations have increasingly delegated political decisions to expert agencies, portraying the issues they ...
