Social work : the basics /: the basics. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mark Doel.
• Other Names: Doel, Mark
• Contents: Pioneer, investigator, agitator : a brief introduction -- [1.] Reformist or radical : Social work's roots and different identities. What is social work? -- Origins of social work -- Social work values and ethics -- Beginnings of social work knowledge -- Roots of models and methods -- Evolution of social work education -- Development of social work organisation -- Welfare -- Social work and social problems -- Ideology -- Managerialism -- The cousins -- [2.] Harridan or heroine : the public face of social work. Public image -- Public service -- Media -- Politics -- Social work responses -- Themes -- Language -- [3.] Clients or service users : how and why people come into contact with social work. Neither universal nor mainstream -- Clients -- Who becomes a service user and how? -- Looking after other people's children -- Children and families -- Court work and youth justice -- Disabilities -- Mental health -- Drug and alcohol misuse -- Refugees, asylum seekers and travellers -- Older people -- Service users who do not want to be service users -- Service users providing and buying social services -- Carers -- Service users as volunteers -- Where do social workers and clients meet? -- On a caseload -- Themes -- What do service users want from social work? -- [4.] A profession or a career; a calling or a job : what social workers do and how social work is organized. A profession -- A career or a calling -- A job -- Themes -- Management and leadership -- Social work practice -- A week in social work -- Social work and social care -- How social work services are organised -- How social work services are bought and sold -- Regulation, inspection and conduct -- Relations with the neighbours -- [5.] A discipline or a skill; an education or a training : how social workers learn their practice. A discipline -- Social work research -- Theory and practice -- Social work skills -- Reflective practice -- Education and training -- Becoming a social worker -- Placements and practice learning -- The organisation of social work education -- Supervision -- Law and social work -- After qualification -- [6.] Universal or specific : social work local and global. Generic and specialist -- Specifics in social work -- Countries of the United Kingdom -- International social work -- International mobility -- [7.] Past and future : the pioneers of today are the prophets of tomorrow (Attlee). Challenges -- An ideal social work?
• Publisher Details: Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 206 pages)
• Subjects: 361.3; Social service; Social workers; Social case work; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Social Work; Social case work; Social service; Social workers; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780203114230; 9781136290299; 9781136290305; 1136290303
• Related ISBNs: 020311423X; 113629029X; 9780415603980; 0415603986; 9780415603997; 0415603994
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; 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.