Tackling Poverty and Social Exclusion: Promoting Social Justice in Social Work

In highly unequal Britain, poverty and social exclusion continue to dominate the lives of users of social work and social care services. At the same time, years of austerity combined with welfare reform have changed the context in which services are delivered in a society roiled by Brexit, Covid, Black Lives Matter and women rallying under the banner, “Me‑too”.

This fourth edition lays out the ways and means for practitioners to tackle the deprivation and destitution of service users. Fully ...