What Is the Future of Social Work?
A handbook for positive action
1st Edition
Published on 2. October 2019
214 pages
978-1-4473-4097-3 (ISBN)
Description
Social work is under unprecedented pressure as a result of funding cuts, political interventions, marketisation and welfare transformations which, combined, are dramatically reshaping the relationship between individuals and the welfare state.
A wide range of distinguished academics provide a comprehensive analysis of the evolving challenges facing contemporary social work, reflecting on both the existential and ideological threats to the profession. As well as the chief practice areas of child protection, adult care and mental health, contributors also examine practice issues surrounding older people, neoliberalism, neo-eugenics and the refugee crisis.
This book offers concrete policy proposals for the future of the profession alongside valuable solutions which students and practitioners can action on the ground.
A wide range of distinguished academics provide a comprehensive analysis of the evolving challenges facing contemporary social work, reflecting on both the existential and ideological threats to the profession. As well as the chief practice areas of child protection, adult care and mental health, contributors also examine practice issues surrounding older people, neoliberalism, neo-eugenics and the refugee crisis.
This book offers concrete policy proposals for the future of the profession alongside valuable solutions which students and practitioners can action on the ground.
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bristol University Press
Illustrations
6 s/w Abbildungen, 2 s/w Tabellen
2 Tables, black and white; 6 Illustrations, black and white
ISBN-13
978-1-4473-4097-3 (9781447340973)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.51952/9781447340973
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Persons
Michael Lavalette is Professor in Social Work and Head of the School of Social Sciences at Liverpool Hope University. He has published widely on radical social work and contemporary social movements. He is co-editor of Critical and Radical Social Work journal.
Editor
Liverpool Hope University
Contributions
School of Health and Social Sciences, Coventry University
Visiting Professor, University of East Anglia and Co-Chair, Shaping Our Lives,
Independent Researcher and The Open University
University of the West of Scotland
University of Nottingham
Brid Featherstone is Professor of Social Work at the University of Huddersfield.
Content
Foreword ~ Peter Dowd
Introduction: what is the future of social work? ~ Michael Lavalette
Austerity and the context of social work today ~ Michael Lavalette
Contemporary developments in child protection in England: reform or reaction? ~ Brid Featherstone
The slow death of social work with older people? ~ Mark Lymbery
Mental health social work: the dog that hasn't barked ~ Iain Ferguson
Learning disabilities and social work ~ Jan Walmsley
Social work by and for all ~ Peter Beresford
Anti-oppressive social work, neoliberalism and neo-eugenics ~ Gurnam Singh
From Seebohm factories to neoliberal production lines? The social work labour process ~ John Harris
Social work and the refugee crisis: reflections from Samos in Greece ~ Chris Jones
Conclusion: the road to an alternative future? ~ Michael Lavalette
Introduction: what is the future of social work? ~ Michael Lavalette
Austerity and the context of social work today ~ Michael Lavalette
Contemporary developments in child protection in England: reform or reaction? ~ Brid Featherstone
The slow death of social work with older people? ~ Mark Lymbery
Mental health social work: the dog that hasn't barked ~ Iain Ferguson
Learning disabilities and social work ~ Jan Walmsley
Social work by and for all ~ Peter Beresford
Anti-oppressive social work, neoliberalism and neo-eugenics ~ Gurnam Singh
From Seebohm factories to neoliberal production lines? The social work labour process ~ John Harris
Social work and the refugee crisis: reflections from Samos in Greece ~ Chris Jones
Conclusion: the road to an alternative future? ~ Michael Lavalette
