Series: Practical Social Work Series

This trusted textbook for both students and practitioners has sold over 75,000 copies across its four previous editions. This comprehensive text is divided into three easily navigable parts: Part I guides the reader through the social work process, detailing each stage and offering a new chapter on reflection. Part II introduces key methods of intervention, encompassing a broad range of...

This book provides social workers with a framework for reflecting on their day-to-day practice. Using a social worker's diary as a starting point, it provides valuable insight into how reflection enhances skills and how factors such as values and emotions can shape social work practice. When referencing the title, avoid putting it in quotes or speech marks. Format the response...

With over 40,000 copies sold across its lifetime, this is a social work classic from a leading international author. Synthesising the complex ideas and concepts that characterise social work's value base, Sarah Banks expertly provides a clear and systematic account of professional ethics in relation to social work practice, framed within a global context. Ethics and Values in Social Work...

Now going into its seventh edition, Neil Thompson's Anti-Discriminatory Practice has been providing a trusted introduction to the challenges of promoting social justice and equality for a quarter of a century. Addressing the common concepts and issues across the various forms of discrimination, this book explores the reasons why the development of anti-discriminatory practice is so vital and examines the...

Read this book to gain an understanding of the knowledge, values and skills required for effective practice in the field of intellectual disability and the opportunities which this work offers for multidisciplinary collaboration for social change. Social Work Practice and Intellectual Disability identifies and discusses: The changing definitions of intellectual disability, also called 'learning disability' The theory and practice of...