What is Professional Social Work?

What is Professional Social Work? is a now classic analysis of social work as a discourse between three aspects of practice: social order, therapeutic and transformational perspectives. It enables social workers to analyse and value the role of social work in present-day multiprofessional social care.

About the author

Malcolm Payne is Director, Psycho-social and Spiritual Care, St Christopher's Hospice, London, Emeritus Professor, Manchester Metropolitan University and Honorary Professor, Kingston University/St George's Medical School. Read his blog at http://blogs.stchristophers.org.uk

Summary

What is Professional Social Work? is a now classic analysis of social work as a discourse between three aspects of practice: social order, therapeutic and transformational perspectives. It enables social workers to analyse and value the role of social work in present-day multiprofessional social care.

Product details

• Authors: Malcolm Payne, Malcolm (Emeritus Professor Payne
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781861347046
• ISBN: 978-1-86134-704-6
• No. of pages: 234
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 363 g
• Series: BASW/Policy Press Titles; BASW/Policy Press Titles
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system