Practising Social Work in a Complex World
2nd Edition
Published on 16. April 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-0-230-21864-2 (ISBN)
Description
This classic textbook provides the clearest and most authoritative introduction available to working in situations characterised not only by risk and change but also by high pressure to deliver successful outcomes. Edited by three of the leading names in Social Work, Robert Adams, Lena Dominelli and Malcolm Payne provide an indispensable guide to successful social work practise.
Its coherent and thoughtful coverage of practice situations involving complexity, tension and uncertainty is uniquely geared to the needs of students in the final stages of their qualifying Social Work course, professionals returning to study, or those simply wishing to deepen their professional understanding.
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Edition
2nd ed. 2009
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
668 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-21864-2 (9780230218642)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-137-01344-6
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Robert Adams | Lena Dominelli | Malcolm Payne
Practising Social Work in a Complex World
E-Book
09/2017
2nd Edition
Bloomsbury Academic
€86.99
Available for download
Previous edition
Robert Adams | Lena Dominelli | Malcolm Payne
Social Work Futures
Crossing Boundaries, Transforming Practice
Book
06/2005
Palgrave MacMillan
€48.46
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Persons
ROBERT ADAMS is Visiting Professor of Social Work in the School of Health and Social Care at the University of Teesside, UK.
LENA DOMINELLI is Professor of Applied Social Sciences and Head of Social and Community and Youth Work at the University of Durham, UK.
MALCOLM PAYNE is Adviser (Policy and Development) at St Christopher's Hospice, London, UK.
There are also a number of prestigious contributors to this book, bringing experience of teaching and practice from a variety of backgrounds
Content
Introduction.- What Do We Mean by Integrative Social Work?.- PART 1: UNCERTAINTY AND COMPLEXITY IN PRACTICE.- What do we mean by Integrative Social Work? (TBC).- Encountering Complexity and Uncertainty.- Persistent Oppressions: The Example of Domestic Violence.- Risk and Protection: Working With Children and Families.- Troubled and in Trouble: Young People, Truancy and Offending.- Sexuality.- Frailty and Dignity in Old Age.- Risk, Rights and Anti-discrimination Work in Mental Health.- Social Work with Asylum-seekers.- Legal and Illicit Drug Use.- PART 2: MANAGEMENT, LEADERSHIP AND CHANGE.- Management and Managerialism.- Managing the Workload.- Partnership Working.- Strategic Leadership and Planning.- Supervision and Being Supervised.- Managing Risk and Decision-making.- Managing Finances.- Quality Assurance.- Change and Continuity in Social Work.- PART 3: RESEARCHING SOCIAL WORK.- Research Methods for Ethical Practice.- Getting Started With a Piece of Research/Evaluation in Social Work.- Doing Literature Searches and Reviews.- Experiencing Research as a Practitioner.- Evaluating Practice.- Emancipatory Social Work Research.- Developing Social Work Research.- Concluding Comment.