Narrative social work : theory and application / Clive Baldwin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baldwin, Clive, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Narrative inquiry (Research method).

Social service.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (173 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bristol ; Chicago : Policy Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Interest in the contribution narrative can make across many disciplines has been booming in recent years, but its impact in social work has been limited. It has mainly been used in therapeutic intervention such as narrative therapy, social work education or personal accounts. This is the first book to extend the narrative lens to explore the contribution of narrative to social work values and ethics, social policy and our understanding of the self in social, cultural and political context. The book firstly sets out theoretical concerns and then applies them to specific areas of social work, including child protection, mental health and disability. The author argues that narrative is a richly textured approach to social work that can enhance both theory and practice. As such the book will be of interest to social work students, practitioners and educators, policy makers and those interested in the application of narrative to professional practice.

Contents:

""Narrative social work""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""About the authors""; ""Part I: Narrative""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Introduction to narrative theory""; ""Seven features of narrative""; ""Three approaches to narrative""; ""Further reflections""; ""Part II: Narrative and social work""; ""2. Narrative, human rights and social justice""; ""Narrative and human rights""; ""Narrative and social justice""; ""Further reflections""; ""3. The narrative Self and social work""; ""Essentialist Self""; ""Dialogical Self""; ""Rhizomatic Self""; ""Self and self-reflection""

""Further reflections""""4. Social work ethics and narrative""; ""Levinas, the Self and the Other""; ""Narrative ethics""; ""Further reflections""; ""5. Narrative and social policy""; ""Definition""; ""Narrative policy analysis""; ""A narrative analysis of the National Dementia Strategy""; ""Further reflections""; ""Part 3: Application""; ""6. Plot, characterisation and rhetoric in child protection""; ""Background""; ""Emplotment ""; ""Trajectory""; ""Characterisation""; ""Rhetoric""; ""Further reflections""; ""7. The narrative Self in mental health discourse""; ""Meta-narrative of the Self""

""Narrative and the Self""""Social work, narrative and mental health""; ""Further reflections""; ""8. Meta-narratives of disability""; ""Religious meta-narrative""; ""Medical meta-narrative""; ""Social meta-narrative""; ""A rhizomatic approach to disability""; ""Further reflections""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781447309833

1447309839

9781447314288

144731428X

OCLC:

865063297