Best Practice with Older People by Karen Jones

Best Practice with Older People by Karen Jones

A new means of improving your work with older people, this title takes a bottom-up approach to a growing field of social work. Based on the authors' interviews with practising social workers, it provides examples of best practice in this challenging area, encouraging professional development through reflection

'This book makes an excellent case for social work with older peopleBy highlighting real practice examples, it brings to life the contribution of social workers to the lives of older men and women who use personal social services. I will confidently recommend this book to students and believe that it will become a valuable addition to the literature on social work with older people'. - Dr Mo Ray, Senior Lecturer, Keele University, UK 'Social work with older people is under threat from government doubts about social work, the priority given to work with children and uncertainty about what can be achieved by working with older people. This book is thus hugely important in terms of how it illustrates how social work can be of huge benefit to older people as well as rewarding for the social worker. It should be a 'must read' on all social work courses'. - Professor Robin means, University of the West of England, UK

KAREN JONES is former Principal Lecturer in Social Work at the University of the West of England, where she lead the post-qualifying award in adult social work. Karen has co-edited 'Best Practice in Social Work: Critical Perspectives' with Barry Cooper and Harry Ferguson, which was published by Palgrave in 2008. She is also joint author of the highly successful 'Surviving Your Social Work Placement' with Rob Lomax, Sarah Leigh and Chris Gay.

SUSANNA WATSON has been working as a social worker since 2001, specialising in work with adults with physical impairments and older people, as part of a community 'adult care' team. She has a particular interest in building bridges between practice and theory, promoting social work and in encouraging social workers to think critically and positively about what they do. Susanna contributed a chapter to 'Best Practice in Social Work: Critical Perspectives', under the pseudonym Alison Gardener.

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ISBN 13	9780230293823
ISBN 10	0230293824
Title	Best Practice with Older People
Author	Karen Jones
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	2013-08-30
Number of pages	216
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