Social Work and Social Policy

Sociological social work is a lifelong social work practice which is animated by a sociological perspective. Whilst some texts have examined sociology for social work, this text instead proposes that sociological social work is a legitimate and theoretically rich orientation, and this book demonstra..

In exploring ideas such as soul, soulful, 'soul of the world' and soul-force, Peter Westoby invites readers to disrupt their taken-for-granted assumptions about community practice and to foreground ethics, quality, being and the aesthetic. Drawing on work of people such as James Hillman, Thomas Moor..

Social work has often sought to distance itself from its religious roots and consequently sidelined the role of spirituality in the lives of service users. In this path-breaking book Beth Crisp discusses how spirituality can be sensitively incorporated into social work practice by considering spirit..

Offering a focus that is lacking (or not clearly evident) in most spirituality books, Dudley addresses specific ways of incorporating spirituality into practice and integrates many of the contributions of other writers into an overall eclectic practice approach. His approach revolves around many of ..

This volume provides theoretical and practical guidance for the development of state and local prevention systems that hold the potential to eliminate intimate partner violence and sexual violence. It was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Family Social Work...

The theme of Task-Centred Social Work is partnership; exploring the principles on which task-centred practice is based, while offering clear and practical guidance for work, whether with people who seek help with social problems, or with those who are ’involuntary clients’. The book describes in det..

This open learning work offers practical means of achieving successful social work teaching. It is divided into modules which cover supervision of practice teaching, the use of prior learning, good placement strategies, anti-oppressive teaching practice, learning styles, and content...

Textbook of Social Administration equips social programs managers with the skills they need to produce mutually desired outcomes for their consumers/clients and for their staff. This comprehensive classroom resource is a how-to guide to developing the management abilities needed to maintain an effec..

Textbook of Social Administration equips social programs managers with the skills they need to produce mutually desired outcomes for their consumers/clients and for their staff. This comprehensive classroom resource is a how-to guide to developing the management abilities needed to maintain an effec..

Social work is a stimulating and exciting career - but it can also be frustrating and exhausting. This book provides social workers with an effective range of skills for handling difficult people and situations...

This groundbreaking book both explains and expands the growing debate on ecological (environmental) social work at the global level. In order to achieve this, the book strengthens the environmental paradigm in social work and social policy by undertaking further research on theoretical and conceptua..

This book presents a portrait of social work, not based on what the analyst thinks it should be, but on empirical studies which describe it as it is. It puts social work into a contemporary policy context and argues that the social worker’s role remains an essential element in any civilised society..