Changing Social Work and Welfare
Published on 1. June 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-335-15756-3 (ISBN)
Description
Social work and social welfare are changing. Alongside new social policies and legislation, many issues including "managerialism", European Community integration and sexual harassment at work are presenting social workers with dilemmas. This book explores some of the key movements and developments.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Milton Keynes
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-335-15756-3 (9780335157563)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Introduction; implementing the Children Act 1989 in a hostile climate; "the family - changes, challenges and contradictions; guidelines for public service management - lessons not to be learnt from the public sector; competence and contradicton; personal mobility and social inequality; managing the poorest - the social fund in context; housing issues in social work; social welfare developments in Eastern Europe and the future of socialist welfare; countdown to 1992 - preparing social work for the single market; the future of education welfare - evolution or extinction?; sexuality and social work organizations; community work - current realities, contemporary trends; the community development project revisited; professional practice and public controversy - discourse and transracial adoption; trust in the future - an examination of the changing nature of charitable trusts; policymaking in the probation service - a view of the probation committee; force for change or optional extra? Impact of research policy in social work and social welfare; the hidden curriculum - sexual exploitation in professional education.