New directions in social work practice / Kieron Hatton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hatton, Kieron, author.

Series:

Transforming social work practice.

Transforming social work practice

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social service--Great Britain--Case studies.

Social service--Government policy--Great Britain.

Social service--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles, California : Learning Matters, [2015]

Summary:

'Hatton's book is a welcome antidote to stagnation and moribund thinking in contemporary professional practice and readers will gain much from engaging with the concepts he sets out and the challenges he raises.' Jonathan Parker, Series Editor Since the first edition of Kieron Hatton's important book outlining many of the New Directions facing social work a significant number of changes and challenges have continued to have a huge impact on contemporary social work practice in the UK. From the second Laming report and the subsequent work of the Social Work Task Force, Social Work Reform Board and The College of Social Work, to the Reclaiming Social Work agenda and Munro Review, the context within which social work is practice has continued to change and this new edition unpicks the challenges, opportunities and threats facing the social workers of today. This book re-establishes an important contribution to learning from which students, their service users and ultimately society should benefit.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Series editors' Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 - A framework for understanding contemporary social work

2 - Social work, community work and social change

3 - Squaring the circle - from the individual to the collective?

4 - The voluntary and independent sectors: Communitarianism, the 'Big Society' and the potential for social action

5 - Involving, integrating or ignoring? Service users, carers and social work

6 - Developing new forms of practice: Professionalism, partnerships and social pedagogy

7 - International social work: European and international reflections on the challenges to social work in selected European countries

8 - Conclusion: New parameters for social work

Appendix 1 - Professional Capabilities Framework

Appendix 2 - Subject Benchmark for Social Work

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Previous ed.: 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781473909816

1473909813

9780857258144

0857258141

OCLC:

1227878681