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Introducing social work / edited by Jonathan Parker.

Contributor(s): Parker, Jonathan, 1960- [editor.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Transforming Social Work Practice SeriesPublisher: London : Learning Matters, A SAGE Publishing Company, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Description: xix, 399 pages ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1526463369; 9781526463364; 1526463350; 9781526463357Subject(s): Social serviceDDC classification: 361.3 LOC classification: HV40 | .I58 2020
Incomplete contents:
Part I: Social Work Theory and Methods Chapter 1: The history and context of contemporary social work (including global social work) - Jo Finch & Jonathan Parker Chapter 2: Social work values and ethics - Steven Shardlow Chapter 3: Theories and methods of social work practice - Barbra Teater Chapter 4: Social work and the law - Robert Johns Chapter 5: Human growth and development in social work - Janet Walker Chapter 6: The social work process: assessment, planning, intervention and review - Jonathan Parker Part II: Social Work Skills Chapter 7: Anti-oppressive practice skills - Prospera Tedam Chapter 8: Writing skills for social workers - Lucy Rai Chapter 9: Critical thinking and reflective practice - Jo Rawles Chapter 10: Communication and interpersonal skills - Juliet Koprowska Chapter 11: Courtroom skills for social workers - Allan Norman Chapter 12: Group work skills - Timothy B. Kelly Chapter 13: Leadership and management skills in social work - Trish Hafford-Letchfield Chapter 14: Using research in social work - Brian J. Taylor Chapter 15: Looking after yourself as a social worker - Jo Finch Chapter 16: Creative skills for social workers - Jonathan Parker Part III: Social Work Interventions in Practice Chapter 17: Social work and safeguarding children - Nancy Kelly Chapter 18: Social work with children and young people in need - Melanie Watts & Nick Frost Chapter 19: Working with unaccompanied refugee minors - Deborah Hadwin, Helen Guizani & Gurnam Singh Chapter 20: Social work and youth justice - Roger Smith & Sean Creaney Chapter 21: Social work and mental health (children, young people and adults) - Toby Brandon, Carole Southall & Steve O'Driscoll Chapter 22: Social work with disabled children, young people and adults - Sally Lee Chapter 23: Social work and learning disability/difficulties (children, young people and adults) - Emma Evans & Sally Lee Chapter 24: Social work practice: fostering and adoption - Lucille Allain & Siobhan O'Farrell-Pearce Chapter 25: Social work with refugees and asylum seekers - Kim Robinson Chapter 26: Social work and substance use - Orlanda Harvery Chapter 27: Social work with older people - Ann Anka Chapter 28: Social work at the end of life: death, dying, bereavement and loss - Sue Taplin Chapter 29: Working with communities - Keith Popple
Summary: This practical guide will help students navigate through all core areas of their course by providing them with a comprehensive introduction to contemporary social work. Written by subject experts, including best-selling Transforming Social Work Practice authors, this essential guide will introduce students to key theory and approaches, helping them to develop and build the skills and knowledge that they will need for practice.
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A practical and complete introduction to contemporary social work written by subject experts, including best-selling Transforming Social Work Practice authors.

Part I: Social Work Theory and Methods Chapter 1: The history and context of contemporary social work (including global social work) - Jo Finch & Jonathan Parker Chapter 2: Social work values and ethics - Steven Shardlow Chapter 3: Theories and methods of social work practice - Barbra Teater Chapter 4: Social work and the law - Robert Johns Chapter 5: Human growth and development in social work - Janet Walker Chapter 6: The social work process: assessment, planning, intervention and review - Jonathan Parker Part II: Social Work Skills Chapter 7: Anti-oppressive practice skills - Prospera Tedam Chapter 8: Writing skills for social workers - Lucy Rai Chapter 9: Critical thinking and reflective practice - Jo Rawles Chapter 10: Communication and interpersonal skills - Juliet Koprowska Chapter 11: Courtroom skills for social workers - Allan Norman Chapter 12: Group work skills - Timothy B. Kelly Chapter 13: Leadership and management skills in social work - Trish Hafford-Letchfield Chapter 14: Using research in social work - Brian J. Taylor Chapter 15: Looking after yourself as a social worker - Jo Finch Chapter 16: Creative skills for social workers - Jonathan Parker Part III: Social Work Interventions in Practice Chapter 17: Social work and safeguarding children - Nancy Kelly Chapter 18: Social work with children and young people in need - Melanie Watts & Nick Frost Chapter 19: Working with unaccompanied refugee minors - Deborah Hadwin, Helen Guizani & Gurnam Singh Chapter 20: Social work and youth justice - Roger Smith & Sean Creaney Chapter 21: Social work and mental health (children, young people and adults) - Toby Brandon, Carole Southall & Steve O'Driscoll Chapter 22: Social work with disabled children, young people and adults - Sally Lee Chapter 23: Social work and learning disability/difficulties (children, young people and adults) - Emma Evans & Sally Lee Chapter 24: Social work practice: fostering and adoption - Lucille Allain & Siobhan O'Farrell-Pearce Chapter 25: Social work with refugees and asylum seekers - Kim Robinson Chapter 26: Social work and substance use - Orlanda Harvery Chapter 27: Social work with older people - Ann Anka Chapter 28: Social work at the end of life: death, dying, bereavement and loss - Sue Taplin Chapter 29: Working with communities - Keith Popple

This practical guide will help students navigate through all core areas of their course by providing them with a comprehensive introduction to contemporary social work. Written by subject experts, including best-selling Transforming Social Work Practice authors, this essential guide will introduce students to key theory and approaches, helping them to develop and build the skills and knowledge that they will need for practice.

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