Social Work: an Introduction to Contemporary Practice is an exciting, new and uniquely comprehensive introduction to the field. Essential knowledge and skills are examined with authority and depth and key debates approached in an accessible, informative and engaging way. Underpinned by research and
Social Work Practice: An Introduction
β Scribed by Veronica Coulshed, Joan Orme (auth.)
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education UK
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 267
- Series
- Practical Social Work
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Introduction....Pages 1-6
Theory for Practice....Pages 7-15
Care Management: Assessment and Commissioning Services....Pages 16-44
Advocacy, Empowerment and Negotiation....Pages 45-68
Interviewing and Counselling....Pages 69-94
Crisis Intervention....Pages 95-114
Task-centred Practice....Pages 115-132
The Psychosocial Approach....Pages 133-152
Behavioural Social Work....Pages 153-168
Working with Families....Pages 169-190
Working with Groups....Pages 191-206
Community Work....Pages 207-230
Conclusion....Pages 231-234
Back Matter....Pages 235-256
β¦ Subjects
Politics of the Welfare State; Social Policy; Social Work; Social Structure, Social Inequality; Social Care; Popular Science, general
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