Social Work and Social Care has been revised and updated to take into account the profound changes that have occurred in social work over the past two years, in particular the extensive legislative changes to childrens and community care services. A new chapter examines the relevance of social exclusion for social work and continues to affirm the importance of equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice within social work. Social Work and Social Care: * outlines the importance of social policy for social work * describes the powerful ideological forces that...
Social Work and Social Care has been revised and updated to take into account the profound changes that have occurred in social work over the past two...
"Social Work and Poverty" provides a timely review of the key issues that social workers and service users face when working together to combat poverty. Lester Parrot first situates social work and poverty within a historical context, analyzing various poverty concepts and theories and how then can lead to practices that work against the oppression of service users. Including reference to international practice throughout, he then critically evaluates the United Kingdom s 2012 Welfare Reform Act, highlighting the negative impact that it will have on service users and social workers alike....
"Social Work and Poverty" provides a timely review of the key issues that social workers and service users face when working together to combat povert...
Applying values and ethics to social work practice is taught widely across the qualifying degree programme, on both Masters and BA courses. This book is a clear introduction to this subject and will help students develop their understanding by showing social work students how ethics can have positive impacts on the lives of vulnerable people. There are chapters on how social workers can make good ethical and value-based decisions when working with risk, and how the role of the social worker as professional can impact on service users.
Above all the book is a timely and clear...
Applying values and ethics to social work practice is taught widely across the qualifying degree programme, on both Masters and BA courses. This book ...
This book uses key sociological concepts and theories to help student social workers better understand the nature of their work and the context within which they will be working.
This book uses key sociological concepts and theories to help student social workers better understand the nature of their work and the context within...
This book uses key sociological concepts and theories to help student social workers better understand the nature of their work and the context within which they will be working.
This book uses key sociological concepts and theories to help student social workers better understand the nature of their work and the context within...
