Social Work and Social Policy

Outlines a well-designed reflective teaching and learning model that can be used with single- or multi-disciplinary groups of students and professionals. This work offers an overview of the origins of the different theories of reflection and explains how different levels of reflection can be incorpo..

Newly available in paperback, this original and informative volume outlines a new, well-designed reflective teaching and learning model that can be used with single- or multi-disciplinary groups of students and professionals. This edition features a substantive new preface, bringing the book up to d..

A seminal text for educators and trainers interested in reflective learning which brings together conceptual, research and case materials from both academic and professional practice settings...

It is vital that social work students learn to integrate their personal and professional selves if they are to meet the challenges of social work in complex changing environments. This accessible text is designed to enable readers to explore and build on their existing skills and abilities, supporti..

Today, in a period of economic crisis, public sector cuts and escalating class struggle, Marxism offers important tools for social workers and service users to understand the structures of oppression they face and devise effective means of resistance. This book uses Marxism's lost insights and reint..

Today, in a period of economic crisis, public sector cuts and escalating class struggle, Marxism offers important tools for social workers and service users to understand the structures of oppression they face and devise effective means of resistance. This book uses Marxism's lost insights and reint..

Relational Theory for Clinical Practice offers students and practitioners a conceptual framework for thinking relationally about social work with clients within a biological, psychological, and socio-cultural framework...

Relational Theory for Clinical Practice offers students and practitioners a conceptual framework for thinking relationally about social work with clients within a biological, psychological, and socio-cultural framework...

The impetus for this book is the shift in welfare policy in Western Europe from state to individual and community responsibilities. The book examines the ways in which policies associated with advanced liberalism and New Public Management can be seen as influencing professional practices to promote ..

This is the third in the series of volumes of essays that Robin Fox began with Reproduction and Succession and continued with The Challenge of Anthropology. Fox who has been described as "the conscience of anthropology" continues to have the same aim: to expose readers in the social sciences and bey..

This Handbook provides an authoritative overview of current understanding through coverage of key debates, exploring the state of play in particular social work education fields and reflecting on where the future might be taking us. Drawing on medical education as an exemplar, the contributions view..

Concise, empowering, and inspirational, this introduction to promoting change offers practical wisdom and over 150 guidelines brought to life with down to earth, often humorous language. Replete with the wisdom of more than four decades of experience in the field, this text demystifies the community..