The Blackwell Companion to Social Work (Blackwell Companions)

by Martin Davies (Editor)

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  Paperback
  2007

  $3.24

  A comprehensive introduction to the field, with contributions from leading experts that illuminate the focus and purpose of social work. * New edition of THE leading social work textbook for undergraduates * Provides comprehensive coverage of all subject areas relevant to a career in social work * Covers the reasons for social work, the application of knowledge to practice, the practice context, and its psychosocial framework * Gives detailed coverage of the perspectives of service users, carers and the Disabled People's Movement * The book brings together material on children and families side-by-side with detailed accounts of work with adult service users * Each chapter lists five key points, three questions for discussion, and three recommendations for further reading

• Used

  Paperback
  1996

  $3.24

  This successful guide to social work theory and practice has now been fully revised and a substantial amount of new material has been added in order to make it even more comprehensive. New perspectives are included on the way social work is seen by sociology, psychology, political science and the law. A new section on social work in practice describes work with children, families and adult service users, and discusses practice in schools, health care settings and the criminal justice system. Further new chapters deal with black perspectives and the perspective of the disabled persons movement. Chapters from the first edition have been brought up-to-date, and the Companion's prestigious contributors continue to convey the tremendous diversity of the debates that characterize contemporary social work thinking. The new edition maintains the highly accessible style of the previous version and is suitable both as an introduction to the subject and as a reference guide to key issues for experienced students and practitioners. Used in conjunction with the complementary Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Work, it offers complete coverage of the discipline.