Social Work Practice

Group work is a popular and widely-used social work method. Focusing particularly on the central role of mutual aid in effective group work, this fully updated text presents the theoretical base, outlines core principles and introduces the skills for translating those theories and principles into pr..

This text equips the reader to use fourteen key social work theories to guide each phase of the planned change process, from engagement through to evaluation. It illustrates the value of applying theory to practice in a variety of social work roles, across diverse fields and facing assorted challeng..

With communication and relationships at the core of social work practice, this book reveals the way it is foremost a practice that becomes reality in dialogue and interaction, illuminating some of the profession’s key dilemmas and using case studies analysing real-life social work situations...

With communication and relationships at the core of social work practice, this book reveals the way it is foremost a practice that becomes reality in dialogue and interaction, illuminating some of the profession’s key dilemmas and using case studies analysing real-life social work situations...

Most analysis of the public policy crisis of CSA focusses on perpetrators, the detection of their actions and the prevention of further criminality. This book goes beyond this to examine the contexts which lay beyond perpetrator motives and action...

Most analysis of the public policy crisis of CSA focusses on perpetrators, the detection of their actions and the prevention of further criminality. This book goes beyond this to examine the contexts which lay beyond perpetrator motives and action...

Addressing the changing world of professionalism, this text combines theory, research and practice to investigate the process of becoming professional. Mapping the journey from allied or associate practitioner positions through qualifying and into advanced practitioner status, it is a valuable compa..

What do you have to know, today, to be an effective group worker and what are the different group work approaches? With 110 articles and entries, this book provides a comprehensive overview of social work with groups from its initial development to its astounding range of diverse practice today with..

Trauma, trauma-related disorders, substance use, and addictive disorders often co-occur, and frequently play a role in the problems and issues that social workers contend with in their practice with individuals, families, and communities. Research shows that there is a relationship between trauma-re..

Trauma, trauma-related disorders, substance use, and addictive disorders often co-occur, and frequently play a role in the problems and issues that social workers contend with in their practice with individuals, families, and communities. Research shows that there is a relationship between trauma-re..

First published in 1985, this ground-breaking volume contributes to a largely neglected area of social work research, theory and practice. The collection of essays by internationally known social work educators and practitioners applies feminist perspectives to a wide range of issues influencing the..

This book of personal narratives about group work practice and education, encompasses acceptance and respect for various dimensions of difference. It was originally published as a special issue of the Social Work with Groups journal...