by Lena Dominelli (Editor), Malcolm Payne (Editor), Robert Adams (Editor), Lena Dominelli (Editor), Malcolm Payne (Editor)
This classic textbook provides the clearest and most authoritative introduction available to working in situations characterised not only by risk and change but also by high pressure to deliver successful outcomes. Edited by three of the leading names in Social Work, Robert Adams, Lena Dominelli and Malcolm Payne provide an indispensable guide to successful social work practise.
Its coherent and thoughtful coverage of practice situations involving complexity, tension and uncertainty is uniquely geared to the needs of students in the final stages of their qualifying Social Work course, professionals returning to study, or those simply wishing to deepen their professional understanding.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 388
Edition: 2
Publisher: Red Globe Press
Published: 16 Apr 2009
ISBN 10: 0230218644
ISBN 13: 9780230218642
Book Overview: ROBERT ADAMS is Visiting Professor of Social Work at the University of Teesside. SARAH BANKS is Professor in the School of Applied Social Sciences, Durham University, UK. DI BARNES is Research Fellow in the Centre for Applied Social and Community Studies at the University of Durham. GRETA BRADLEY is Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Hull, UK. VIVIENE CREE is Professor and Head of Social Work at the University of Edinburgh, UK. LENA DOMINELLI is Professor of Applied Social Sciences and Head of Social and Community and Youth Work at the University of Durham, UK. NICK FROST is Senior Lecturer in the School of Continuing Education, University of Leeds, UK. HELEN GORMAN has been a social worker, educator, and researcher in health and social welfare. She has been a research supervisor for a number of years, and currently tutors students on Masters and Doctoral programmes for the Centre for Labour Market Studies at the University of Leicester, UK. ANGELA GRIER is Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK. DEBRA HAYES is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Applied Community Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. STEPHEN HICKS is Reader in Health and Social Care in the School of Community, Health Sciences and Social Care at the University of Salford, UK. BETH HUMPHRIES is a social work academic and researcher. She is currently Visiting Professor at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. GLENYS JONES CAROL LEWIS has many years experience of teaching on qualifying programmes, as well as teaching research methods and supervising doctoral students as a Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Bournemouth University, UK. MARK LYMBERY is Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of Nottingham, UK. JILL MANTHORPE is Reader in Community Care at the University of Hull, UK. FIONA MEASHAM is Lecturer in criminology at Lancaster University, UK. ANDY MILLWARD was, until his retirement in November 2006, Head of Business for Older People with Nottingham City Council's Adult Services, Housing and Health Department, UK. AUDREY MULLENDER is College Principal of Ruskin College, Oxford, UK. TERENCE O'SULLIVAN is Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Lincoln, UK. JOAN ORME is Professor of Social Work at the University of Glasgow, UK. IAN PAYLOR is Senior Lecturer in Applied Social Science at Lancaster University, UK. MALCOLM PAYNE is Policy and Development Adviser at St Christopher's Hospice, London. JULIA PHILLIPSON is an independent social care consultant based in Wales. JACKIE POWELL LIZ SAYCE is Chief Executive for the Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation (RADAR). TERRY THOMAS is Professor of Criminal Justice Studies in the School of Social Sciences, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK. SUSAN WALLACE is the Education Programmes Manager in the Criminal Justice Social Work Development Centre for Scotland, located within Social Work at the University of Edinburgh, UK.
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