Social Work Practice

This introductory text for social workers provides a knowledge base about human development from conception to death and is packed with real-life case studies and useful pedagogy. Great for revision, there is a student-friendly reference section with glossary and overviews of key theories._x000D_  ..

‘Reducing and Preventing Alcohol Misuse and Its Consequences’ is one of the AASWSW’s Grand Challenges for Social Work. This book describes current strategies for achieving the ambitious goals identified in this Grand Challenge. It was first published as a special issue of the Journal of Social Work ..

All social work students study theory and undertake practice placements. Integrating the two – so that each informs the other – is both essential and notoriously tricky. This accessible book demystifies the process and offers helpful evidence-based strategies for doing it successfully...

Social work practice in the twenty-first century is continually changing. Contemporary practitioners work in complex areas and have do so quickly and competently. This text helps qualified social workers, as well as those about to qualify, to build on their initial studies in order to develop profes..

A comprehensive introduction to policy and planning approaches, methods, models, ways of thinking, and techniques, Social Group Work Today and Tomorrow is presented in a reader-friendly fashion for persons with no prior formal training in this area. The book teaches social workers, group counselors,..

Faith-based organizations continue to play a significant role in the provision of social work services in many countries. This text explores their various roles and relationships to social work practice, and includes examples from different countries and a range of religious traditions...

Social Work in Scotland offers a comprehensive and timely account which charts the profession’s history; locates present day social work within a changing political and cultural context; outlines the topography of current services, identifying key policy and practice features across different sector..

Social Work in Scotland offers a comprehensive and timely account which charts the profession’s history; locates present day social work within a changing political and cultural context; outlines the topography of current services, identifying key policy and practice features across different sector..

Placements can be one of the most exciting parts of your social work training but also one of the most daunting. This guidebook uses case studies and a cast of students, work-based supervisors, practice educators and college tutors to help you to make the most of your practice learning opportunities..

Containing invaluable information on a topic that is not widely discussed or written about, Social Work Practice with Transgender and Gender Variant Youth discredits negative stereotypes surrounding these youths and offers insight into their experiences through personal narratives and case studies...

Containing invaluable information on a topic that is not widely discussed or written about, Social Work Practice with Transgender and Gender Variant Youth discredits negative stereotypes surrounding these youths and offers insight into their experiences through personal narratives and case studies...

The examples you'll find in Social Work with Groups: Social Justice Through Personal, Community, and Societal Change will help you to assist groups to gain a sense of empowerment and create change in their own lives and communities. You'll meet social workers who use hip-hop music to reach out to tr..