Local authority social services : an introduction / edited by Michael Hill ; with contributions by Bob Hudson ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hill, Michael J. (Michael James), 1937-

Hudson, Bob, 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social service--Great Britain.

Social service.

Social service--Government policy.

Great Britain.

Social service--Government policy--Great Britain.

Social work administration--Great Britain.

Social work administration.

Physical Description:

xv, 224 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers, 2000.

Summary:

This new textbook provides readers with a comprehensive introduction to the main context in which social work is practiced - Local Authority Social Services. It is based on the realities of work in a modern social services authority and is written by an author team which combines teaching and writing expertise with the experience of working in the social services. The book covers all the local authority personal social services and the frameworks within which they operate. It addresses the major changes that have taken place in the social services in recent years and looks forward to prospects for personal social services in the future.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [208]-219) and index.

ISBN:

0631209468

0631209476

OCLC:

43811203