Fully revised and restructured, this fresh edition offers students and trainee social workers an incisive and authoritative introduction to the subject. As well as entirely new sections on theory and practice, the expert contributions which have shaped the companion's leading reputation have been updated and now include innovative standalone essays on social work theory.

• Comprehensively reworked new edition comprising six substantive sections covering essential topics for trainee social workers - in effect, six books in one
• Includes an extensive introduction and...