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Social Work Robert Adams

Social Work By Robert Adams

Social Work by Robert Adams

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The second edition of this text has been thoroughly revised and updated to ensure that it continues to provide a comprehensive survey of social work practice and theory. It includes the most recent debates and developments in research and practice.

Social Work Summary

Social Work: Themes, Issues and Critical Debates by Robert Adams

The second edition of this text has been thoroughly revised and updated to ensure that it continues to provide a comprehensive survey of social work practice and theory. New chapters covering the changing nature of social work and advocacy and empowerment approaches have been included, and the editors have added a new conclusion in which they reflect on the past, present and future of social work. All of the chapters have been revised to cover the most recent debates and developments in research and practice.

About Robert Adams

ROBERT ADAMS is Professor of Human Services Development at the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside, Hull, and Visiting Professor to the School of Health, University of Teesside. He has worked in social work and criminal justice settings and is the author of a number of books, including Social Work and Empowerment and Quality Social Work. - LENA DOMINELLI is Professor of Social and Community Development at Southampton University and President of the International Association of Schools of Social Work. She has worked as a social worker, probation officer and community worker and has written 14 books, including Anti-Racist Social Work (second edition) and Sociology for Social Work. - MALCOLM PAYNE is Professor of Applied Community Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University, having previously worked in probation, social services and the national and local voluntary sector. He is the author of the best-selling Modern Social Work Theory (second edition) and his most recent book is Teamwork in Multiprofessional Care.

Table of Contents

Introduction; R.Adams, L.Dominelli & M.Payne - PART 1 SOCIAL WORK IN CONTEXT - Anti-Oppressive Practice in Context; L. Dominelli - Values, Ethics and Social Work; S. Shardlow - Changing Nature of Social Work; V.Cree - Social Work and Society; C. Jones - Social Policy and Social Work; C. Walker & A. Walker - Social Work and the Law; S. Braye & M. Preston-Shoot - Social Work and Organisations; A. Mullender & S. Perrott - Social Work Through the Life Course; L. Robinson - Personal and Professional Development; J. Lishman - Research and Development in Social Work; A. Everitt - PART 2 THEORIES FOR PRACTICE IN SOCIAL WORK - Social Work Theories and Reflective Practice; M. Payne - Advocacy; M.Leadbetter - Counselling; H. Cosis Brown - Groupwork; D. Ward - Community Work; M. Mayo - Psychosocial Work; D. Howe - Cognitive-Behavioural Practice; K. Cigno - Task-Centred Work; M.Doel - Radical Social Work; M. Langan - Feminist Social Work; J. Orme - Anti-Oppressive Practice; B. Burke & P. Harrison - Advocacy and Empowerment; M. Leadbetter - Postmodernism and Discourse Approaches to Social Work; N.Parton & W. Marshall - PART 3 SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE - Social Work Processes; R. Adams - Social Work with Children and Families; L. Waterhouse & J. McGhee - Social Work with Adults; N. Thompson - Social Work with Offenders; D. Smith - Concluding Comment: Past, Present and Future of Social Work; R. Adams, L. Dominelli, M. Payne - Bibliography - Author Index - Subject Index

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GOR001272234
9780333985939
0333985931
Social Work: Themes, Issues and Critical Debates by Robert Adams
Robert Adams
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Palgrave Macmillan
2002-05-17
432
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