Understanding Social Work
1st Edition
Published on 10. January 2011
267 pages
978-0-335-24028-9 (ISBN)
Description
This essential book covers the history and evolution behind social work, helping students new to social work understand how the field has been shaped.
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Open University Press
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Content
- Intro
- Understanding Social Work: History and Context
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- PART ONE In the Shadow of the Poor Law
- 1 Forerunners of Social Work
- 2 The Charity Organisation Society
- 3 The Expanding World of Social Work: Settlements and Guilds of Help
- 4 Social Work between the Wars
- 5 Working with 'Mental Deficiency'
- 6 The Welfare of Children
- PART TWO The Road to Modernization
- 7 Social Work At High Tide: From the Second World War to Single Social Services Department
- 8 Radical Voices, Turbulent Times
- 9 Commissioning, Competences and 'Social Care'
- 10 Social Work with Children and Young People
- 11 From Poor Law to Personalization: Social Work with Adults
- 12 Conclusion: Understanding Social Work History
- Bibliography
- Index
