Social Work
"Changing Practice in Health and Social Care"
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"Published in Association With the Open University" series; Explores recent challenges facing professionals in health and social care. Published in association with The Open University, course K302. With illustrations. Paperback, 400 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 634g.
Author: (Davies, Celia, ed.)
ISBN: 0761964975
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Date: 1999 (United States)
Readership: Tertiary Education (Us: College) Social Work
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"Children and Citizenship"
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Offers a critical approach to notions of children's citizenship. Drawing on different disciplinary perspectives and including contributions by leading scholars, this book makes connections between theoretical approaches, representations of childhood, the experiences of children themselves, legal instruments, policies and their implementation. Paperback, 216 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 330g.
Author: (Invernizzi, Antonella, ed.)
ISBN: 1412935385
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Social Work
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"Co-Production and Personalization in Social Care"Changing Relationships in the Provision of Social Care
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"Research Highlights in Social Work Series" series; Co-Production is a model of practice in which service providers work with service users in the provision of social care services - in effect, a working partnership. This book explores the theory and practice of this developing innovative practice in social work and related fields. With illustrations. Paperback, 168 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 260g.
Author: (Hunter, Susan, ed.)
ISBN: 1843105586
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Social Work
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"Collaborating With Community-Based Organizations Through Consultation and Technical Assistance"
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Presents methods and strategies for assisting and collaborating with groups and agencies serving families. This book combines a research-based framework with practical guidance to explain this process and offer cross-cultural case studies. It discusses the role of the coach or capacity-building consultant and related activities of consultation. With 5 illus., 3 tables. Hardback, 164 pages. Size: 233 x 164 mm. Weight: 788g.
Author: (Motes, Patricia Stone, ed.)
ISBN: 023112872X
Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
Date: 2006 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Social Work
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"Collaboration in Social Work Practice"
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Social workers preparing for cooperative practice with carers and other professionals should find this work to be a source of knowledge for effective collaboration. It explains how health and social care organizations can function together in line with developments in policy and practice. With indexes. Paperback, 256 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 391g.
Author: (Weinstein, Jenny, ed.)
ISBN: 1843100924
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Date: 2003 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Social Work
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"Community Care in Perspective"Care, Control and Citizenship
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Offers a detailed account of community provision for so-called 'vulnerable adults' in the UK. This collection focuses primarily on people with learning difficulties to offer insights into community care, examining key issues such as charity versus rights, the role of the market in care provision and the changing construction of social categories. With illustrations. Paperback, 256 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author: (Welshman, John, ed.)
ISBN: 1403992665
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Social Work
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"Community Work in the 1990's"
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With illustrations. Paperback, 180 pages. Weight: 239g.
Author: (Jacobs, Sidney, ed.)
ISBN: 0851245692
Publisher: Spokesman Books
Date: 1994 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Social Work
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"Competence in Social Work Practice"A Practical Guide for Students and Professionals
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Covers various areas of the National Occupational Standards Framework (NOSF) including social work ethics, residential care practice, child protection, risk analysis and protecting adults with learning difficulties. This work is suitable for professionals and students involved in social work training, as well as new practitioners. 2 rev ed. Paperback, 256 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 397g.
Author: (O'Hagan, Kieran, ed.)
ISBN: 1843104857
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Social Work
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"Constructing Clienthood in Social Work and Human Services"Interaction, Identities and Practices
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This volume explores social work as a series of encounters - between clients and social workers, their colleagues and other professionals, and more widely between citizens and the state. With references, index. Paperback, 272 pages. Weight: 436g.
Author: (Hall, Chris, ed.)
ISBN: 1843100738
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Date: 2003 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Social Work
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"A Crisis in Care?"Challenges to Social Work
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"Published in Association With the Open University" series; An analysis of the issues facing social work in the 1990s, and an introduction to the state of social work in contemporary Britain. It examines aspects of the historical development of social work and their relationship to the present crisis, and assesses the prospects for its future. With diagrams, maps, illustrations. Paperback, 186 pages. Size: 246 x 189 mm. Weight: 476g.
Author: (Clarke, John, ed.)
ISBN: 0803988443
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Date: 1993 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Social Work
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"Critical Practice in Health and Social Care"
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"Published in Association With the Open University" series; With illustrations. Paperback, 352 pages. Size: 242 x 170 mm. Weight: 697g.
Author: (Brechin, Ann, ed.)
ISBN: 0761964932
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Date: 2000 (United States)
Readership: Tertiary Education (Us: College) Social Work
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"Critical Practice in Social Work"
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Focusing on social work values, on areas of particular practice (children, families and vulnerable adults) and on management issues relevant to all social workers, this work offers an overview both of the practicalities of social work and the principles underpinning practice. With bibliog , indexes. Paperback, 384 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 586g.
Author: (Adams, Robert, ed.)
ISBN: 033392553X
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Date: 2002 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Social Work
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"The Critical Practitioner in Social Work and Health Care"
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Critical practice is at the core of various activities undertaken with service users, carers and their communities. This title look at key areas of practice and the challenges professionals face in training and in their working lives. It focuses on the skills and values fundamental to the caring role. With illustrations. Paperback, 280 pages. Size: 242 x 170 mm. Weight: 489g.
Author: (Fraser, Sandy, ed.)
ISBN: 141294841X
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Tertiary Education (Us: College) Social Work
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"Developing Reflective Practice"Making Sense of Social Work in a World of Change
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This resource employs a bottom-up approach to learning. Examples of social work practice with children and families are presented, providing real-life illustrations of the dilemmas and challenges facing practitioners. Implications for policy and practice are included. With illustrations, references, further reading. Paperback, 248 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 400g.
Author: (Martyn, Helen, ed.)
ISBN: 1861342381
Publisher: Policy Press
Date: 2000 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Social Work
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"Developments in Social Work With Offenders"
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"Research Highlights in Social Work Series" series; Explains the organisational and legislative changes that have occurred across the UK, in the context of what constitutes effective practice in the assessment, supervision and management of offenders in the community. This book covers three different aspects: developments in policy; assessment, supervision and intervention; and issues and needs. With illustrations. Paperback, 360 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 541g.
Author: (Mcivor, Gill, ed.)
ISBN: 1843105381
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Social Work
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