基本説明
Publication delayed (Originally scheduled in December 2002).
Full Description
Social work practice is becoming increasingly complex, with social workers struggling to hold onto their ideals and values in a pressurized and challenging social, political and organizational environment. This book provides an analytically coherent approach to the impact of macro, mezzo and micro factors upon practitioners' daily experiences. In taking a positive view of social work's potential and capacity to deliver beneficial services, detailed guidance is offered of cutting-edge, creative practice with a variety of user groups.
Contents
Introduction; M.Lymbery & S.Butler PART I: PROGRESSIVE PRACTICE FOR TOUGH TIMES: SOCIAL WORK, POVERTY AND DIVISION IN THE 21st CENTURY; A.Davis & P.M.Garrett Responding to Crisis: The Changing Nature of Welfare Organisations; M.Lymbery Social Workers' Management of Organisational Change; M.Charles & S.Butler PART II: SOCIAL WORK IN THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR: MOVING FORWARD WHILE HOLDING ON; B.Badham & T.Eadie Community Connections and Creative Mental Health Practice; P.Bates & S.Butler Exploitation, Protection and Empowerment of People with Learning Disabilities; P.Cooke & R.Ellis Managerialism and Care Management Practice with Older People; M.Lymbery Creativity and Constraint in Child Welfare; M.Charles & J.Wilton Social Work with Young Offenders: Practising in a Context of Ambivalence; R.Canton & T.Eadie PART III: THE FUTURE OF SOCIAL WORK; O.Stevenson Bibliography
