Women and Social Work: Towards a Woman-centred Practice
โ Scribed by Jalna Hanmer, Daphne Statham (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 178
- Series
- British Association of Social Workers (BASW) Practical Social Work
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction: Why Write a Book on Women and Social Work?....Pages 1-5
Commonalities and Diversities between Women Clients and Women Social Workers....Pages 7-21
Women, Dependency and Poverty....Pages 22-39
Women and the Labour Market: A Contradiction for Social Work....Pages 40-51
Women as Carers....Pages 52-65
Living with Men....Pages 66-82
Women, Personal Identity and Self-esteem....Pages 83-98
Developing Strategies in the Workplace: Men, Women and Management....Pages 99-109
Developing Strategies in the Workplace: Self-awareness, Assessment and Planning....Pages 110-123
Developing Woman-centred Practice: Building Confidence and Overcoming Isolation....Pages 124-138
Conclusion: A Code of Practice for Non-sexist Woman-centred Social Work....Pages 139-143
Back Matter....Pages 144-168
โฆ Subjects
Social Work; Social Work and Community Development
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