Social Work Practice
4th Edition
Published on 14. November 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-1-4039-2155-0 (ISBN)
Description
This fourth edition of Veronica Coulshed's classic text has been meticulously revised to reflect the latest changes in social work education. Generic skills and processes such as communication and assessment are discussed alongside models and settings of practice. The relationship between theory, evidence and practice is fully explored throughout, ensuring this remains an ideal introduction for all beginning social work students as well as a handy refresher and companion for practitioners.
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Series
Edition
4th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Gordonsville
United States
Publishing group
Palgrave USA
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4039-2155-0 (9781403921550)
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Other editions
New editions
Veronica Coulshed | Joan Orme
Social Work Practice
Book
03/2012
5th Edition
Bloomsbury Academic
€51.50
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Previous edition
Veronica Coulshed | Joan Orme
Social Work Practice
Book
04/1998
3rd Edition
Palgrave Macmillan
€22.27
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Persons
VERONICA COULSHED sometime Head of Applied Social Studies at the University of Sunderland, UK. As well as the original author of Social Work Practice, she wrote the first edition of Management in Social Work. JOAN ORME is Head of the Glasgow School of Social Work, a joint school of Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities, UK. She has written extensively on the contribution of feminist theory to social work and on social work education and practice .
Content
List of Figures and Tables - Acknowledgements - Introduction - Theory and Practice - SECTION 1: SOCIAL WORK PROCESSES - Social Work Processes: Assessment - Social Work Processes: Advocacy, Negotiation and Partnership - Social Work Processes: Communication - SECTION 2: METHODS OF INTERVENTION - Counselling - Working with Loss and Change - Task-Centred Practice - Cognitive Behavioural Work - SECTION 3: CONTEXTS OF INTERVENTION - Working with Families and Children - Working with Adults - Working with Groups - Working with Communities - Endings - References