Social work : a reader /: a reader. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited By Viviene E. Cree.
• Other Names: Cree, Viviene E, 1954-
• Contents: Introduction: Reading Social Work -- Part 1: The Profession of Social Work -- 1. What is Professional Social Work? / Malcolm Payne -- 2. Making a Difference: Lessons from History / Viviene E. Cree and Steve Myers -- 3. Issues in International Social Work / James Midgley -- 4. Uncertainty. The Defining Characteristic of Social Work? / Jan Fook -- 5. Social Work, Risk and 'the Blaming System' / Nigel Parton -- 6. Scandal, Welfare and Public Policy / Ian Butler and Mark Drakeford -- 7. Research as an Element in Social Work's Ongoing Search for Identity / Walter Lorenz -- 8. Social Work and the Changing Face of the Digital Divide / Jan Steyaert and Nick Gould -- 9. Addressing Barriers to Participation / Gina Tyler -- Part 2: Knowledge and Values for Social Work -- 10. Attachment Theory and Social Relationships / David Howe -- 11. On Death and Dying / Elizabeth Kubler Ross -- 12. Parent, Adult and Child / Thomas A. Harris -- 13. The Promise / C. Wright Mills -- 14. Developing Anti-Discriminatory Practice / Neil Thompson -- 15. Black Feminist Epistemology and Toward a Politics of Empowerment / Patricia Hill Collins -- 16. Pedagogy of the Oppressed / Paulo Freire -- 17. The Role of the Law in Welfare Reform / Suzy Braye and Michael Preston-Shoot -- 18. What are Values? / Chris Beckett and Andrew Maynard -- 19. An Ethical Perspective on Social Work / Richard Hugman -- 20. Expanding the Philosophical Base of Social Work / Mekada Graham -- Part 3: Skills and Practice in Social Work -- 21. The Communication Skills of Therapeutic Dialogue / Gerard Egan -- 22. Assessment, Monitoring and Evaluation / Brian Sheldon and Geraldine Macdonald -- 23. The Ecological Systems Metaphor in Australasia / Keiran O'Donogue and Jane Maidment -- 24. Bridging the Past and Present to the Future of Crisis Intervention and Crisis Management / Albert R. Roberts -- 25. Introduction: Power in the People / Dennis Saleebey -- 26. Disabled People and Self-Directed Support Schemes / Simon Prideaux, Alan Roulstone, Jennifer Harris and Colin Barnes -- 27. Models for Interprofessional Collaboration / Audrey Leathard -- 28. Theorising Feminist Social Work Practice / Lena Dominelli -- 29. Contributions to a Radical Practice in Social Work / Roy Bailey and Mike Brake -- 30. Post-Modernism / Barbara Fawcett.
• Publisher Details: London New York, NY : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 242 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 361.30941; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General; Social service -- Great Britain; Social workers -- Great Britain; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services; Social service; Social workers; Great Britain; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781136894770; 1136894772
• Related ISBNs: 9780415499729; 0415499720; 9780415499736; 0415499739; 9780203840894; 0203840895
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.