Social Work and Domestic Violence Developing Critical and Reflective Practice

Domestic violence affects all areas of social work. This book shows how social workers can intervene in everyday practice with victims, their families and perpetrators of domestic abuse. It provides students with knowledge of theory, research and policy to put directly in practice across a variety of legal and service-user contexts.



Topics covered include:

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  Child protection
  
  


• Interprofessional collaboration


• The policy and legal context


• Working with women


• Working with men

Each chapter begins with a case study and concludes with reflective questions to highlight practice dilemmas and challenge students to reflect critically. Further reading from a rich range of sources guides readers to expand their knowledge.

This book will be valuable reading for students studying domestic violence, child protection, and family social work, as well as practitioners of Social Work.

Zusammenfassung

Domestic violence can affect all areas of social work. In this book, the authors draw on their extensive experience as practitioners and researchers in the field to show how social workers can intervene in everyday practice and facilitate change.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Lesley Laing, Kate Cavanagh, Cathy Humphreys, Lesley/ Cavanagh Laing, Cathy Laing Humphreys, Lesley Humphreys Laing, Laing Lesley, Humphreys Cathy, Cavanagh Kate
• Verlag: Sage Publications Ltd
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.02.2013
• Thema: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politisches System; Sachbuch > Psychologie, Esoterik, Spiritualität, Anthroposoph > Angewandte Psychologie; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Pädagogik > Sozialpädagogik, Soziale Arbeit
• EAN: 9781412919227
• ISBN: 978-1-4129-1922-7
• Anzahl Seiten: 184
• Themen: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Social Work, domestic violence, Domestic abuse, Child protection;family social work;practice with victims, family social work, practice with victims