Social Work category: 3462 books
Sex Offender Laws, Second Edition
Failed Policies, New Directions
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2014
Praise for the First Edition: "Sex Offender Laws . . . is a good source for [a] balanced, objective, and thorough critique of our current sex offender policies as well as a source for accurate information about a very heterogeneous population. . . . The message that sexual abuse is often a...
Transformative Learning for Social Work
Learning For and In Practice
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Learning and self-development is a continuous process for social workers, and practitioners must keep abreast of new knowledge, guidance and legislation in order to keep growing professionally. In this innovative text, an expert group of authors from a range of academia and practice settings highlights...
by Carlton Munson, Tricia Bent-Goodley
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Critical analyses of policies that significantly affect African-American families and communities!
African-American Social Workers and Social Policy is the first book of its kind to combine the voices of African-American social work professionals on social policy in one volume. You'll learn...
Violence Against Women
Current Theory and Practice in Domestic Abuse, Sexual Violence and Exploitation
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2012
Violence against women is a pervasive problem in society and responding appropriately to those who experience it and those who perpetrate it is a constant challenge for social work, health and related professions today.
This volume seeks to address issues surrounding violence against women...
by Dave Backwith
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
This book is a key text that helps students link the theory of working with socially excluded people to practice.
Thinking about the Lifecourse
A Psychosocial Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2013
How we change over time - who we love, what work we do, how we die - is shaped both by internal, and external influences. This book explores the important subject of human growth and development by combining the social context of how people live with their personal ways of thinking and being. The result...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2010
With the proposed development of the 'youth professional' and the consolidation of graduate professional qualifications, this is an important time for youth work. This book sets out the current state of debate about youth work for those considering, or about to embark on, a degree course. Contemporary...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2013
The potential for early intervention to prevent social problems later in life has become the focus of much debate in recent years and finds itself at the centre of contemporary social policy. The meaning of ‘vulnerability’ – one of the key concepts in this drive – is examined in this book,...
by Dr Anthony Hall, James O. Midgley
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2004
'Strong social policy is essential for sustainable growth. This book is an extremely useful overview of social policy issue for policy makers and anyone who wants to understand the true roots of successful sustainable development' -Ian Johnson, Vice President for Sustainable Development, The World...
The Transformation of Work in Welfare State Organizations
New Public Management and the Institutional Diffusion of Ideas
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
How has New Public Management influenced social policy reform in different developed welfare states? New managerialism is conceptualized as a paradigm, which not only shapes the decision-making process in bureaucratic organizations but also affects the practice of individuals (citizens).
Public...
by Chris Beckett, Andrew Maynard, Peter Jordan
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2017
An awareness of one’s own ethical assumptions and how these inform everyday practice is crucial for all student social workers. Social workers who genuinely wish to do the right thing by their services users have no alternative but to constantly think and rethink the principles and assumptions that...
Researching Critical Reflection
Multidisciplinary Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
Critical reflection helps professionals to learn directly from their practice experience, so that they can improve their own work in an ongoing and flexible way – something essential in today’s complex and changing organisations. It allows change to be managed in a way which enables individuals...
Working with Class
Social Workers and the Politics of Middle-Class Identity
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2003
Polls tell us that most Americans--whether they earn $20,000 or $200,000 a year--think of themselves as middle class. As this phenomenon suggests, "middle class" is a category whose definition is not necessarily self-evident. In this book, historian Daniel Walkowitz approaches the question...
Youth Work
Preparation for Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2014
Professional practice is at the heart of youth work training but integrating the theory learned in class with the reality of placements can sometimes require extra support. This comprehensive textbook is designed to help students working with young people become competent and ethical practitioners,...