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Social Work Practice: Assessment, Planning, Intervention and Review Jonathan Parker

Social Work Practice: Assessment, Planning, Intervention and Review By Jonathan Parker

Social Work Practice: Assessment, Planning, Intervention and Review by Jonathan Parker


Summary

A bestselling introduction to social work practice.

Social Work Practice: Assessment, Planning, Intervention and Review Summary

Social Work Practice: Assessment, Planning, Intervention and Review by Jonathan Parker

This bestselling and widely recognised textbook is now into its Third Edition and has been fully updated to reflect the recent changes in social work practice. New features and case studies are included throughout, as is a greater emphasis on safeguarding and protection issues. By working through this book, student social workers can ensure that they understand the features of a good assessment, how it is conducted and some of the difficulties that might arise during the process.

Social Work Practice: Assessment, Planning, Intervention and Review Reviews

"This is an excellent new edition of a very popular textbook. It provides a first class examination of the social work process." - Lecturer, Bangor University

About Jonathan Parker

Dr. Jonathan Parker is Professor of Society and Social Welfare and Director of the Centre for Social Work, Sociology and Social Policy at Bournemouth University. He is Visiting Professor at the Tasik Chini Research Centre Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Universiti Sains Malaysia and Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. He was one of the founders and director of the Family Assessment and Support Unit, a placement agency attached to the University of Hull, and Head of Department of Social Work. He was Chair of the Association of Teachers in Social Work Education until 2005, Vice Chair of the UK higher education representative body, the Joint University Council for Social Work Education from 2005- 2010, and is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, Fellow of the Joint University Council, and Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute. Jonathan has published widely on disadvantage, marginalization and violence, Southeast Asia, religion, social work education, and theory for practice. He is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Practice Teaching & Learning; joint editor-in-chief of Social Policy & Social Work in Transition, and series editor of the highly successful SAGE series, Transforming Social Work Practice. @parkerj1960 Blog: http://profjonathanparker.wordpress.com Journal of Practice Teaching and Learning: http://www.whitingbirch.net/cgi-bin/scribe?showinfo=ip008;from=ig01 Transforming Social Work Practice: http://www.learningmatters.co.uk/social/index.asp Amazon Author Page: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jonathan-Parker/e/B001HQ4G4C/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0 Staff Profile: http://staffprofiles.bournemouth.ac.uk/display/parkerj Greta Bradley is a former Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of York. Her academic interests are in community care and workforce studies in social work. Her most recent research is on aspects of sustainable practice in social work. She is a former of 'Practice'.

Table of Contents

Introduction Understanding Assessment in Social Work Practice Tools and Diagrammatic Aids to Assessment Developing, Making and Writing Plans for Effective Social Work Intervening to Make a Difference Reviews and the Evaluation of Practice Conclusion

Additional information

GOR004753926
9781844458318
1844458318
Social Work Practice: Assessment, Planning, Intervention and Review by Jonathan Parker
Used - Very Good
Paperback
SAGE Publications Ltd
2010-06-25
176
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