New Directions in Social Work Practice

'Hatton's book is a welcome antidote to stagnation and moribund thinking in contemporary professional practice and readers will gain much from engaging with the concepts he sets out and the challenges he raises.' Jonathan Parker, Series Editor.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hatton, Kieron, Jr
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : SAGE Publications, 2015.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Transforming Social Work Practice Series.
Subjects:
Social service > Great Britain > Case studies.
Social service > Government policy > Great Britain.
Social service > Great Britain.
Service social > Grande-Bretagne > Études de cas.
Service social > Politique gouvernementale > Grande-Bretagne.
Service social > Grande-Bretagne.
Social service
Social service > Government policy
Great Britain
Case studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Series editors' Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1
  • A framework for understanding contemporary social work
  • 2
  • Social work, community work and social change
  • 3
  • Squaring the circle
  • from the individual to the collective?
  • 4
  • The voluntary and independent sectors: Communitarianism, the 'Big Society' and the potential for social action
  • 5
  • Involving, integrating or ignoring? Service users, carers and social work
  • 6
  • Developing new forms of practice: Professionalism, partnerships and social pedagogy
  • 7
  • International social work: European and international reflections on the challenges to social work in selected European countries
  • 8
  • Conclusion: New parameters for social work
  • Appendix 1
  • Professional Capabilities Framework
  • Appendix 2
  • Subject Benchmark for Social Work
  • References
  • Index

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