Social Work

A few months into the popular uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in 2009/10, the promises of social media, including its ability to influence a participatory governance model, grassroots civic engagement, new social dynamics,...

In this seminal book, the editors and authors provide both practical and scholarly guidance on social work practice, research, community engagement, and education by equipping readers with a comprehensive understanding of culturally sensitive and...

Child welfare systems around the world provide essential services to protect the lives of children who are abused and neglected. Yet these systems can also do great harm. These negative consequences of system involvement are primarily borne not by adults...

What does it mean for social work to truly uphold human rights in an era marked by economic austerity, political polarisation and global crises? Human Rights in Social Work offers a powerful and timely response, calling for a fundamental rethinking of...

Social Work in Mental Health Settings brings together leading academics and practitioners to explore how mental health social work is shaped and practised around the world. In so doing, it responds to a striking lack of comparative literature in the...

First published in 1979, Towards Practice Theory examines the methods and processes involved in the construction of social work assessments. Though much of the material focuses on the skills involved in the preparation of social inquiry reports for the...

EPUB and EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. From small beginnings in the 1960s, the carers' movement has grown into an international network of not-for-profit organisations. The first to analyse its development from a global...

This book consists of 27 chapters developed from papers originally delivered at a recent conference at the University of Toronto on anti-oppressive practice in social work. Dr. Shera has gathered expert contributors to discuss, define, and analyse...

The first year of practice can be a particularly challenging time for NQSWs. The Assessed and Supported year in Employment (ASYE) is primarily concerned with supporting NQSWs to establish you on the first rung of your professional career. The expectation...

The first year of practice can be a particularly challenging time for NQSWs. The Assessed and Supported year in Employment (ASYE) is primarily concerned with supporting NQSWs to establish you on the first rung of your professional career. The expectation...

With the complexity of change that PreK-12 schools are facing, frameworks are needed to understand what the 2020s and beyond will require of the school community. While some educational stakeholders are calling for a return to the "three R's" (reading,...

A core function of social work is to assist, empower, and protect the most vulnerable in society, requiring social workers to often make decisions in complex and challenging situations. This book helps social workers understand their statutory duties,...

A core function of social work is to assist, empower, and protect the most vulnerable in society, requiring social workers to often make decisions in complex and challenging situations. This book helps social workers understand their statutory duties,...

An updated clinical resource for mental health professionals diagnosing, assessing, and treating mental health disorders in patients In DSM In Action, clinician and researcher Sophia F. Dziegielewski delivers an up-to-date and accurate practice resource...

Asian Migrant Workers in the Arab Gulf States (edited by Masako Ishii, Naomi Hosoda, Masaki Matsuo and Koji Horinuki) examines how nationals and migrants construct new relationships in the segregated socioeconomic spaces of the region (namely, Bahrain,...

Long-term health conditions (LTCs) affect one third of the global population and are associated with a heightened risk of depression, anxiety, medically related post-traumatic stress, diminished life satisfaction and self-esteem. Further, healthcare...

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. This edited collection brings academics, researchers and practitioners/public from a range of subject and discipline areas together with a view to providing insight into...

Every day mental health professionals are faced with making practice decisions involving cultural, ethical, moral, regional, personal, and legal considerations. Using the Law shows readers how to resolve practice problems efficiently through a structured...

First published in 1990, Alcohol, Social Work and Helping provides coherent and imaginative advice on how to counsel the growing number of clients whose use of alcohol causes of problems. It locates intervention within societal and agency contexts and...

First published in 1989, The Haunt of Misery offers social workers and students critical essays for critical times. Faced with unreflective wealth creation and the fragmentation of the counterculture, social work is perceived as failing to meet the needs...

The challenge of standardising social work education remains a much-discussed but under-documented issue, particularly in developing and less-developed countries. Existing literature often emphasises the need for student-centred learning but lacks a...

Beyond Market Meritocracy investigates how employers evaluate and treat male and female employees with varied family care responsibilities in three different labor regimes of Chinese societies - the neo-liberal Hong Kong market under a productivist...

This book interrogates and discusses social development in post-apartheid South Africa as both an approach to an overarching development process and an envisaged end-state of well-being. It critically analyses social development in the context of a...

Child and family social work faces pressing challenges, from high care rates – particularly among marginalised communities – to limited family involvement in decision-making. How can social work evolve to better empower children and families? Rooted in...

Are you a social work student looking to build your knowledge on child abuse? This is the book you need, offering contemporary insights into child abuse within the UK and beyond. It covers the evolution of child abuse concepts, legislative developments,...

Are you a social work student looking to build your knowledge on child abuse? This is the book you need, offering contemporary insights into child abuse within the UK and beyond. It covers the evolution of child abuse concepts, legislative developments,...

Navigating the demands of an apprenticeship can be challenging. You are expected to understand multiple frameworks and standards while juggling university assignments and professional employment. Studying for your Social Work Apprenticeship is the first...

Responding to the Oppression of Addiction brings together the voices of over 40 academics and social work practitioners from across Canada to provide a diverse and multidimensional perspective to the study of addiction. This thoroughly updated edition...

The thoroughly updated third edition of Strong Helpers' Teachings skillfully illustrates the importance of Indigenous knowledges in the human services. Making space for the voices of many Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars, practitioners, and service...

The permanent removal of children from their families of origin to place with another family for adoption is coming under greater critical scrutiny across the world. Policy debates and media discourse focus on the benefits of providing children with...

Discussions on children who have experienced domestic abuse often focuses on trauma and risks, and little is known about their lives beyond abuse. This risks pathologising children and reinforcing colonial and patriarchal social norms. This...

Written by leading experts from across Europe, this book provides a grounded exploration of innovation in the practice, research and education of social work. It focuses on the role of participation, collaboration and co-creation as key drivers of social...

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Discussions on children who have experienced domestic abuse often focuses on trauma and risks, and little is known about their lives beyond abuse. This risks pathologising children and reinforcing colonial and patriarchal social norms. This...

The prevalence and intensity of mental health distress among young people, particularly foster and probation youth and those living in poverty, are at deeply concerning levels. Despite limited resources and increasing demands, current and emerging...

This book provides a description of what a good human service organization is, and what it does. The author relies on a broad framework to define "good" and offers a fictional account as a methodology, using his considerable consulting and research...

In the 1970s residential care was usually seen by social workers as a regrettable necessity, to be used only as a last resort. So the important contribution it made to social wellbeing was not explored, and it remained the Cinderella of social work for...

In the late 1970s the idea of volunteer 'helping' in social work had recently been brought to the forefront of public attention again as society had come to depend more and more on volunteer commitment to supplement, support or even replace the...

How do sociologists explain the role and function of social work in society? How has sociological knowledge been used, adapted and misused by social workers? Originally published in 1991, The Sociology of Social Work includes chapters on sociological...

In the 1970s, social work in Britain was in crisis. A process of self-searching had begun, stimulated by changes in the organization of social services departments, by the growth of the radical movement in social work, and by the emergence of new...