Social Work Ideals and Practice Realities by Mark Lymbery

Social Work Ideals and Practice Realities by Mark Lymbery

Social work practice is becoming increasingly complex, with social workers struggling to hold onto their ideals and values in a pressurized and challenging social, political and organizational environment. This book provides an analytically coherent approach to the impact of macro, mezzo and micro factors upon practitioners' daily experiences. In taking a positive view of social work's potential and capacity to deliver beneficial services, detailed guidance is offered of cutting edge, creative practice with a variety of user groups.

'..a book I would strongly recommend to students for purchase, because it puts much else of what they must learn into a useful context for understanding.' - Mark Baldwin, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of Bath '...it has been well edited and is a serious attempt to grapple with some very complex ethical, political and practical issues with which practitioners in the UK are currently faced.' - Paul Bywaters, Professor of Social Work, Coventry University '[A] useful guide to struggling practioners...' - Ethics and Social Welfare

MARK LYMBERY is Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Nottingham. He has 18 years experience of working in local authority social services departments. He has researched and published in the areas of care management, social work education and social work in primary health care.

SANDRA BUTLER was Director of Social Work Studies in the Centre for Social Work, University of Nottingham until 2000.

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ISBN 13	9780333749760
ISBN 10	0333749766
Title	Social Work Ideals and Practice Realities
Author	Mark Lymbery
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	2004-05-05
Number of pages	307
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