Contemporary Social Work Practice: A Handbook for Students - A Handbook for Students

Provides an overview of fifteen different contemporary social work practice settings, spanning across the statutory, voluntary, private and third sectors. This book presents an introduction to the various roles social workers can have and the numerous places they can work.

List of contents

List of Illustrations
List of Contributors
1 Introduction by Barbra Teater
2 Children and families by Alinka Gearon
3 Fostering and adoption by Justin Rogers
4 Youth work by Tony Jeffs
5 Youth offending by Issy Harvey
6 Service user and carer involvement by Caroline Hickman
7 Learning difficulties by Mark Baldwin
8 Physical disabilities by Clare Evans
9 Older adults by Barbra Teater and Jill Chonody
10 Mental health by Debbie Martin
11 Domestic violence and abuse by Michele Winter
12 Social work in health care settings by Malcolm Payne and Sue Taplin
13 Alcohol and other drug treatment by John Watson
14 Housing and homelessness by Barbra Teater
15 Asylum seekers and refugees by Benedict Fell
16 Rehabilitation and corrections by Jenny Clifford
17 Self-harming by Jo Bell
References
Index

Product details

• Authors: Barbra Teater
• Assisted by: Barbra Teater (Editor)
• Publisher: Open University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.02.2014
• EAN: 9780335246038
• ISBN: 978-0-335-24603-8
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: Open University Press; UK Higher Education OUP Humanities & Social Sciences Health & Social Welfare
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system