Practising Social Work

by Christopher Hanvey (Editor), Terry Philpot (Editor)

Overview

Practicing Social Workprovides a systematic exploratiuon of ar ange of social work approaches. Each chapter focuses on a single theme and explains the practice implications of a particular method.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134872725
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/26/2002
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	220
File size:	424 KB

About the Author

Christopher Hanvey, Terry Philpot

Table of Contents

Chris Payne The systems approach; Allan Brown Groupwork in Britain; Suzy Croft and Peter Beresford A participatory approach to social work; Shama Ahmed Anti-racist social work; Philippa Seligman Family Therapy; Michael Preston-Shoot Written agreements; a contractual approach to social work

Editorial Reviews

'...the contributors have provided an account of a range of approaches which testify to the complexity and diversity of social work ... this excellent collection makes an important contribution to the understanding of social work in practice. - Community Care

'some useful and frank reflections on the development of social work methods during the last three decades.' British Journal of Social Work

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