Social work : past, present and future / edited by Terry Bamford and Keith Bilton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bamford, Terry, editor.

Bilton, Keith, editor.

Series:

Policy Press scholarship online.

Policy Press scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social service.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 250 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Policy Press, 2020.

Summary:

This collection charts the key developments in the social work field from 1970 to the present day and shows how by fully understanding social work's past, we can make better progress for practitioners and service users in the future. It brings together a broad collection of experts from across social work who trace how thinking and approaches to practice have changed over time, examine key legislative developments in the field, look at the impacts of major inquiries and consider the re-emergence of certain specialisms. Providing students and practitioners of social work and social policy with a full picture of the evolution of social work, it also shares important insights for its future directions.

Contents:

1. Social work in 1970 / Keith Bilton

2. Social services departments: success or failure? / Terry Bamford

3. Regulation and inspection of social work: costly distraction or stimulus to improve? / David N. Jones

4. Continuity and change in the knowledge base for social work / June Thoburn

5. Social work education: learning from the past? / Hilary Tompsett

6. Practising social work / Guy Shennan

7. Looking back, looking forward: two personal views / Emma Cant

8. From clients as fellow citizens to service users as co-producers of social work / Suzy Croft

9. The 1989 England and Wales Children Act: the high-water mark of progressive reform? / June Thoburn

10. Social work with offenders / Terry Bamford

11. The impact of scandal and inquiries on social work and the personal social services / Ray Jones

12. British social work: international context and perspectives / Karen Lyons.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Mar 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4473-5656-X

1-4473-5657-8

1-4473-5655-1

OCLC:

1158026078