Social work futures : crossing boundaries, transforming practice / edited by Robert Adams, Lena Dominelli and Malcolm Payne ; consultant editor, Jo Campling.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Adams, Robert, 1944-

Dominelli, Lena.

Payne, Malcolm, 1947-

Campling, Jo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social service--Great Britain.

Social service.

Social service--Research.

Social workers--Training of.

Social workers.

Great Britain.

Social work education--Great Britain.

Social work education.

Social workers--Training of--Great Britain.

Social service--Research--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

Summary:

Social work is once again at a crossroads. Professional responsibilities are growing, organisational boundaries are being reconfigured, and the relationships and situations that practitioners routinely deal with are of ever-increasing complexity.

Such difficulties offer new creative challenges for practice. Edited by the highly respected team who brought us Social Work: Themes, Issues and Critical Debates (2nd edn) and Critical Practice in Social Work, this wide-ranging volume provides readers with an invaluable opportunity to reflect on the tensions and challenges of social work and to develop ways of working that have transformational potential.

The book focuses on three core aspects of social work: the social work process; forward-looking practice in complex situations; and research-minded practice. Each of these subjects is interrogated by a range of established scholars and newer writers, who bring research evidence and vivid case material to bear on their discussions. Particular themes of the book include: Risk, Professional values, The evidence and research base for practice, Practice innovation, Interagency and multidisciplinary working, Cross-cultural perspectives.

The book is designed to be an essential companion for students on pre-qualifying training courses but also to have the range and depth to open up debates and offer new insights to qualified professionals looking to refresh their practice. It should prove a rich and authoritative source of challenge and inspiration to all readers.

Contents:

How you can use this book xxii

1 Transformational Social Work / Robert Adams, Lena Dominelli, Malcolm Payne 1

Complexity thinking 5

Transforming practice 12

The social work relationship 15

Part I Social Work Process 19

2 Social Work Process / Malcolm Payne 21

What is process? 21

Social work as a process 24

Ideas about process 26

Process in practice 28

Connectedness, communication, context 29

Time, sequencing, structure 32

3 Assessment / Norma Baldwin, Linda Walker 36

Why is assessment important? 37

Key principles 39

An ecological framework 40

Instruments and tools for the assessment process 46

4 Planning / Margaret Holloway 54

Planning and the policy-practice interface 56

The core task 56

Multiprofessional and interagency planning 57

Specific types of plan 58

Dilemmas in the planning task 61

Planning and the reflexive practitioner 65

5 Intervention / Siu Man Ng, Cecilia L. W. Chan 68

Social work intervention to embrace holistic well-being 68

Responding to clients as an integrated whole - body-mind-spirit interconnectedness 71

The body-mind-spirit approach in therapy 73

Responding to new political, economic and social trends 79

Evidence-based practice and the future of social work intervention models 81

6 Review / Lorna Bell

Reviewing before, during and after 84

Reviewing existing evidence 84

Reviewing practice 86

Using research in practice 87

Reasons for reviewing 87

What to review 91

How to review practice 93

Part II Social Work Practice 97

7 Working Within and Across Boundaries: Tensions and Dilemmas / Robert Adams 99

Boundary: an ambiguous concept 100

Practice tensions and dilemmas 107

Crossing boundaries and transforming practice 109

8 Risk and Protection / Viviene E. Cree, Susan Wallace 115

Understanding risk and protection 116

Risk, protection and the law 117

Risk, protection and rights 118

Risk, protection and responsibilities 118

Risk, protection and values 120

Risk assessment 123

Risk management 125

Checklist for good practice 126

9 Troubled and in Trouble: Young People, Truancy and Offending / Angela Grier, Terry Thomas 128

From 'welfare' to 'minimalism' to 'interventionism' 129

Young people who engage in antisocial behaviour 131

Young people who do not go to school 133

Young people who commit sexual offences 134

Young people who persistently commit offences 136

10 Sexuality: Social Work Theories and Practice / Stephen Hicks 141

A 'discourse' approach to sexuality and social work 142

The 1970s 143

The 1980s 145

The 1990s 148

Conclusion: after 'sexuality' 151

11 Frailty and Dignity in Old Age / Helen Gorman 154

Frailty and dignity: an example from practice 155

Communication 157

The final scenario ... 161

Care management and early intervention - systems and individuals 162

Older people as carers 162

Coordination and collaboration between agencies, professionals, and service users 163

Social workers need particular skills 163

Reconsidering frailty and dignity - the human rights agenda 164

12 Risk, Rights and Anti-discrimination Work in Mental Health: Avoiding the Risks in Considering Risk / Liz Sayce 167

The risk to others: care staff, service users, the wider public - and cats 167

Discussion: is risk approached fairly? 169

What can be done to challenge discriminatory approaches to risk? 174

Challenging the stereotypes that underpin unfair risk-thinking in mental health 176

Implications for mental health professionals 179

13 Social Work with Asylum Seekers and Others Subject to Immigration Control / Debra Hayes 182

A history of discrimination 183

Controlling welfare 185

Post-war welfare 187

Entering the asylum 189

Implications for social work 191

Conclusion: positive ways forward 192

14 Legal and Illicit Drug Use / Fiona Measham, Ian Paylor 195

Contextual factors 195

Research and policy 198

Agency responses and practice issues 201

15 Pushing Ethical Boundaries for Children and Families: Confidentiality, Transparency and Transformation / Linda Briskman 208

Changing conditions in which social work is managed and practised 208

Social work with children and families in the new era 209

The boundaries of confidentiality 211

The ethics of confidentiality 211

Indigenous children 212

Asylum seekers 215

Interrogating accountability 217

Part III Social Work Research 221

16 Social Work Research: Contested Knowledge for Practice / Lena Dominelli 223

What is social work research? 226

The distinctivenes of social work research 229

Becoming more research-literate and responding to controversies in social work research 232

Power and subjectivity in the process of social work research 234

17 Getting Started with a Piece of Research/Evaluation in Social Work / Sarah Banks, Di Barnes 237

The nature of research and evaluation 238

Practitioner research 238

Applied, action, participatory and emancipatory research 239

Issues of philosophy and values 241

Clarifying stakeholder expectations 243

Negotiating ethical issues 246

18 Carrying Out Research in Social Work / Helen Brown 251

Trying to obtain better outcomes for service users through knowledge generation 252

Service user involvement in research 255

The role of the practitioner researcher and their visibility within knowledge production 257

19 Producing Results: Researching Social Work Interventions on HIV/AIDS in the Context of the School / Vishanthie Sewpaul, Tanusha Raniga 264

Using social work research to solve a social problem - HIV/AIDS 265

Building a research team 267

Accessing research subjects and dealing with their vulnerabilities 268

Designing and conducting action research 268

Using research to reduce the incidence of HIV/AIDS and enhance well-being 277

20 From Margin to Centre: Shifting the Emphasis of Social Work Research / Beth Humphries 279

Social research as a moral and political activity 281

Critical social research 282

From margin to centre 283

Subjugated knowledges 284

Talking back 286

Reframing knowledge 288

21 Engaging With Social Work Futures / Robert Adams, Lena Dominelli, Malcolm Payne 293

Context of future changes and uncertainties 294

Our transformed understanding of practice 294

Our handling of complexity in practice 295.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-328) and indexes.

ISBN:

1403916144

OCLC:

58053162

Publisher Number:

9781403916143 (pbk.)

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