Social Work and Community Development
Description
At a time of growing social, economic and environmental challenge, this book offers a fresh and engaging perspective on the connections between social work and community development and on how social workers can use a community development approach to practice in critical, creative and sustainable ways.
Reviews / Votes
"The content is very readable and engaging and offers a clear resource for community development and social work practitioners, educators and students to explore critical social work practice . . This book should be included in social work courses that offer community development papers and modules and community development courses that wish to explore their relationship with social work. . I highly recommend this work and will be utilising it in the community development papers we teach." (Peter Walker, Community Development Journal, Vol. 51 (3), July, 2016)More details
Persons
Deborah Lynch is Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Work and Human Services at the University of Queensland, Australia.
Content
1. Social Work and Community Development: An Introduction.- 2. The Influence of Policy on Social Work.- 3. Beyond Dominant Discourses: Challenges and Opportunities.- 4. Directions in Social Work Theory.- 5. Making Connections in Principle and Practice.- 6. 'Creative Activism' in Social Work Practice.- 7. Scaffolding Critical Practice in the Community Development Context.- 8. New Opportunities for Social Work Engagement with Critical Community.- Development Approaches.