Social Work with Families: Perceptions of Social Casework Among Clients of a Family Service Unit

Originally published in 1975 and based on a study of the memories and perceptions of twenty-seven families known to a Family Service Unit, and of their most recent social workers, this book was an important contribution to our knowledge of consumer opinions of the social services at the time. In particular, it draws attention to factors relevant to the evaluation of social work practice and to the definition of success.

The family members describe for themselves, by means of extracts from ta...