Read more
Informationen zum Autor Professor of Social and Community Development, Southampton University and Director, Centre for International Social and Community Development. President, International Association of Schools of Social Work Klappentext Social work is facing fundamental changes and challenges. Neo-liberalism, globalization, corporate management and the mixed economy of welfare have transformed the profession by undermining former certainties of practice. 'Clients' have added their own voice to the need for new models of service delivery. Social Work engages with the dilemmas and opportunities emanating from the contested nature of practice. Using a broad range of theories, this book outlines the knowledge, skills and values that enable practitioners to respond more effectively to the demands of working in fluid and constantly changing contexts. Underpinning the approach that it takes is the idea that 'clients' are citizens with social and human rights which have to be respected. This provides the intellectual basis for a practice rooted in the ideas of citizenship, solidarity and reciprocity, thus reformulating the relationship between 'clients' and society. This important new textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the dilemmas and tensions that practitioners are compelled to resolve in their daily work. It will be invaluable for students taking courses in social work, social welfare and applied sociology as well as nursing and health professionals, social work practitioners and policymakers. Zusammenfassung Social Work explores the dilemmas and tensions that practitioners are compelled to resolve in their daily work. Drawing on a broad range of theories! Social Work outlines the knowledge! skills and values that enable practitioners to respond more effectively to the demands made of them in fluid and constantly changing contexts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments. 1. Introduction. Introduction. Rethinking Social Work: Interrogating Practice in and Uncertain and Difficult Clime. The Philanthropic Gaze: Privileging Residual Welfare Provisions. Continuities and Discontinuities in Practice. Unity and Fragmentation in Social Work. Structure of the Book. 2. Social Work: A Profession in Changing Contexts. Introduction. Macro-Level Contexts. The Impact of Globalizing Forces on Welfare Provisions. Quality Assurance. The Internationalization of Social Problems. Meso-Level Contexts. National Policy Frameworks: Social Inclusion and Exclusion. Micro-level Contexts. Power and Authority. A Technology of Governmentality: The 'Social' Divides Clients into 'Deserving' and 'Undeserving' Groups and Rations Resources. Defining Moments in Professional Social Work: Shifting Contexts for Practice. A New Profession Makes its Claims: The Early Beginnings of Social Work. Professional Consolidation. A Brief Period of Consensus Around the Welfare State. The Consensus Unravels. A New Consensus Forms Around the Precepts of Neo-Liberal Market Ideologies. Globalization Reframes the Social Work Agenda. Conclusions,. 3. Values, Ethics and Empowerment. Introduction. Practising Social Work Values: Reconfiguring Continuities and Discontinuities. Stability and Change in Values. Trust. A Commitment to Social Justice: A Contested Value. Reconfiguring the Ethic of Care. Rethinking the Life-course within Identity. Identity. Processes of Intervention. The Dance of Competing Values in the Major Approaches to Social Work. Casework: Individualizing Social Problems. Groupwork: The Acknowledgment of Systems. Community Work: A Concern with Structural Inequalities. Competence-Base...
