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Social Work Practice: Assessment, Planning, Intervention and Review (Transforming Social Work Practice Series) - Transforming Social Work Practice Series
Social Work Practice: Assessment, Planning, Intervention and Review (Transforming Social Work Practice Series) - Transforming Social Work Practice Series
paperback | English
Published:
27 April, 2017
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Description
This bestselling book will take you step-by-step through the four main aspects of social work practice - Assessment, Planning, Intervention and Review - giving you a complete foundation in each. It will introduce you to each process in a clear and accessible way, supporting you to both reflect on and apply what you have learnt in practice across settings and service user groups. The book will provide you with a theoretical foundation from which you can explore other aspects of social work.
New to the fifth edition:
- an `ethnographic approach' to social work
- focus on relationship and resilience
- revised exploration of the political context of social work
- updated emphasis on social justice and human rights.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781473989313 |
| ISBN10 | 1473989310 |
| Number Of Pages | 272 |
| Item Weight | 479 g |
| Product Dimensions | 170 x 18 x 244 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Learning Matters |
| Format | paperback |
| Edition | Fifth |
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Author's Bio
Dr. Jonathan Parker is Professor of Society and Social Welfare and Director of the Centre for Social Work, Sociology and Social Policy at Bournemouth University. He is Visiting Professor at the Tasik Chini Research Centre Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Universiti Sains Malaysia and Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. He was one of the founders and director of the Family Assessment and Support Unit, a placement agency attached to the University of Hull, and Head of Department of Social Work. He was Chair of the Association of Teachers in Social Work Education until 2005, Vice Chair of the UK higher education representative body, the Joint University Council for Social Work Education from 2005- 2010, and is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, Fellow of the Joint University Council, and Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute. Jonathan has published widely on disadvantage, marginalization and violence, Southeast Asia, religion, social work education, and theory for practice. He is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Practice Teaching & Learning; joint editor-in-chief of Social Policy & Social Work in Transition, and series editor of the highly successful SAGE series, Transforming Social Work Practice. @parkerj1960 Blog: http://profjonathanparker.wordpress.com Journal of Practice Teaching and Learning: http://www.whitingbirch.net/cgi-bin/scribe?showinfo=ip008;from=ig01 Transforming Social Work Practice: http://www.learningmatters.co.uk/social/index.asp Amazon Author Page: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jonathan-Parker/e/B001HQ4G4C/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0 Staff Profile: http://staffprofiles.bournemouth.ac.uk/display/parkerj