Social Work
An Introduction
2nd Edition
Published on 30. January 2018
Book
Hardback
640 pages
978-1-4739-9455-3 (ISBN)
Description
Help your students make the best starts in their careers as a Social Worker. Covering everything they need to know in their first year and beyond, this very practical book will guide them through their degree and into practice.
Packed full of case studies, activities and tools for real-life practice, it will:
Help students get to grips with and build the essential knowledge and skills base
Support them to develop a range of tools for practice with different service user groups
Develop their critical thinking and help them to apply their learning in practice
Provide them with a springboard for further learning and development.
Packed full of case studies, activities and tools for real-life practice, it will:
Help students get to grips with and build the essential knowledge and skills base
Support them to develop a range of tools for practice with different service user groups
Develop their critical thinking and help them to apply their learning in practice
Provide them with a springboard for further learning and development.
Reviews / Votes
This text is essential for a student's personal library as it can be read cover-to-cover, but also dipped in and out of easily, which is the mark of a strong textbook. -- Louise Green Wielandt Having used so many different social work textbooks over the years, it was a relief to find this book, it is comprehensive, but very easy to read. The book offers a valuable insight into the world of social work, and it covers many important topics such as social policy, law, ethics, and how to apply social work issues to practise contexts.One of the key things I love, is that it not only has resources within the book, but it also has them online. There are so many different resources available, but I particularly like the case studies and recommended reading, as I find them super useful when I am writing an essay.
Whether you are in your first year or close to qualifying, this book is a must buy and you will definitely make use of it for years to come! -- Mehnaz Choudhry
More details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 175 mm
Thickness: 39 mm
Weight
1270 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4739-9455-3 (9781473994553)
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Persons
Professor Joyce Lishman is now retired, and was previously Head of the School of Applied Social Studies, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK. She was also General Editor of the Research Highlights in Social Work series for many years. Chris Yuill is a sociologist at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, whose work focuses on the sociology of health and the sociology of urban experiences. In addition to a variety of journal publications and research reports he has written and co-edited a number of textbooks for SAGE, one of his most recent being Sociology for Social Work co-edited with Alastair Gibson. Other texts include Understanding the Sociology of Health: An Introduction with Anne-Marie Barry, which is now in its third edition and has also been translated into Chinese. Chris has also served two terms on the executive of the British Sociological Association. Alastair Gibson graduated with an MA in History before becoming frustrated as a hospital administrator and deciding to move into the more challenging and rewarding practice of social work. He worked in Aberdeen and Gateshead in a variety of health care social work settings and then taught at RGU. Developing his enthusiasm for inter-professional practice, he was a founder member of CAIPE and helped develop shared training for social work, health, education and police trainees. He has thoroughly enjoyed teaching Human Growth and Behaviour as well as being Course Leader of the BA (Hons) Social Work by Distance Learning before retiring in 2009. He is now an independent practice teacher.
Content
Part 1: Knowledge Base
Chapter 1: Values and ethics - Julian Bell
Chapter 2: Law - Heather Munro
Chapter 3: Politics and social policy - Mike Maas-Lowit
Chapter 4: Sociology - Megan Todd and Chris Yuill
Chapter 5: Material circumstances, poverty and income inequality - Chris Yuill
Chapter 6: Psychological approaches: their application and relevance to social work - Carmen-Maria Fyfe
Chapter 7: Human growth and development - Stewart Brodie and Clare Swan
Chapter 8: Communication and ICT - Sheila Slesser and Jenny Blair
Chapter 9: An introduction to social science research for social work - Chris Yuill, Natascha Mueller-Hirth, Sarah Buckler, Leslie Mabon, Iain Turnbull and Joyce Lishman
Chapter 10: Reflective practice - Angela Hart
Part 2: Assessment and Joint Working
Chapter 11: Generic issues in assessment and managing uncertainty - Jillian Brannan
Chapter 12: Models of assessment - Janine Bolger and Patrick Walker
Chapter 13: Risk assessment - Kirstin Parkes and Mike Shepherd
Chapter 14: Interprofessional practice - Ruth Taylor and Jillian Brannan
Chapter 15: Teamwork - Jillian Brannan, Jill Campbell and Alastair Gibson
Chapter 16: The voice of service users and carers - Jillian Brannan, Denise Cromar, Simon Gardner, Margaret Junner, Steve Morrison and William Rae
Part 3: Models of Intervention
Chapter 17: Relationship-based social work - Tuck-Chee Phung
Chapter 18: Crisis intervention - Angela Hart
Chapter 19: Cognitive behavioural therapy: its practice and its place in social work - George Allan
Chapter 20: Task-centred intervention - Dave Humphrey
Chapter 21: Working in the life space - Jeremy Millar
Chapter 22: Person-centred planning and personalisation - Neil Gibson
Chapter 23: Narrative therapy - Neil Gibson and Inga Heyman
Chapter 24: Motivational interviewing - Anne Shirran
Chapter 25: The solution-focused approach - Steve Smth, Jim Dressel and Jillian Brannan
Chapter 26: Counselling in social work - Fiona Feilberg
Chapter 27: Community practice in social work - Linda Harms-Smith and Sarah Buckler
Part 4: Practice Contexts and Application
Chapter 28: Generic issues in practice contexts - Jillian Brannan
Chapter 29: Working with children and young people - Sharon Munro and Patrick Walker
Chapter 30: Methods of intervention in working with individuals with substance problems - Claire Marsden
Chapter 31: Working with adults: mental health - Mike Maas-Lowit
Chapter 32: Working with adults: criminal justice social work - Isobel Townsend
Chapter 33: Working with adults: disability and sensory impairment - Sheila Slesser
Chapter 34: Working with adults: learning disability - Fiona Feilberg
Chapter 35: Social work interventions with older people - Iain Fisk and Rory Lynch
Chapter 36: Evaluation - Joyce Lishman
Conclusion - Joyce Lishman
Chapter 1: Values and ethics - Julian Bell
Chapter 2: Law - Heather Munro
Chapter 3: Politics and social policy - Mike Maas-Lowit
Chapter 4: Sociology - Megan Todd and Chris Yuill
Chapter 5: Material circumstances, poverty and income inequality - Chris Yuill
Chapter 6: Psychological approaches: their application and relevance to social work - Carmen-Maria Fyfe
Chapter 7: Human growth and development - Stewart Brodie and Clare Swan
Chapter 8: Communication and ICT - Sheila Slesser and Jenny Blair
Chapter 9: An introduction to social science research for social work - Chris Yuill, Natascha Mueller-Hirth, Sarah Buckler, Leslie Mabon, Iain Turnbull and Joyce Lishman
Chapter 10: Reflective practice - Angela Hart
Part 2: Assessment and Joint Working
Chapter 11: Generic issues in assessment and managing uncertainty - Jillian Brannan
Chapter 12: Models of assessment - Janine Bolger and Patrick Walker
Chapter 13: Risk assessment - Kirstin Parkes and Mike Shepherd
Chapter 14: Interprofessional practice - Ruth Taylor and Jillian Brannan
Chapter 15: Teamwork - Jillian Brannan, Jill Campbell and Alastair Gibson
Chapter 16: The voice of service users and carers - Jillian Brannan, Denise Cromar, Simon Gardner, Margaret Junner, Steve Morrison and William Rae
Part 3: Models of Intervention
Chapter 17: Relationship-based social work - Tuck-Chee Phung
Chapter 18: Crisis intervention - Angela Hart
Chapter 19: Cognitive behavioural therapy: its practice and its place in social work - George Allan
Chapter 20: Task-centred intervention - Dave Humphrey
Chapter 21: Working in the life space - Jeremy Millar
Chapter 22: Person-centred planning and personalisation - Neil Gibson
Chapter 23: Narrative therapy - Neil Gibson and Inga Heyman
Chapter 24: Motivational interviewing - Anne Shirran
Chapter 25: The solution-focused approach - Steve Smth, Jim Dressel and Jillian Brannan
Chapter 26: Counselling in social work - Fiona Feilberg
Chapter 27: Community practice in social work - Linda Harms-Smith and Sarah Buckler
Part 4: Practice Contexts and Application
Chapter 28: Generic issues in practice contexts - Jillian Brannan
Chapter 29: Working with children and young people - Sharon Munro and Patrick Walker
Chapter 30: Methods of intervention in working with individuals with substance problems - Claire Marsden
Chapter 31: Working with adults: mental health - Mike Maas-Lowit
Chapter 32: Working with adults: criminal justice social work - Isobel Townsend
Chapter 33: Working with adults: disability and sensory impairment - Sheila Slesser
Chapter 34: Working with adults: learning disability - Fiona Feilberg
Chapter 35: Social work interventions with older people - Iain Fisk and Rory Lynch
Chapter 36: Evaluation - Joyce Lishman
Conclusion - Joyce Lishman