| Description |
xvii, 304 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
The theory and practice of critical best practice in social work / Harry Ferguson -- Beyond anti-oppressive practice in social work : best practice and the ethical use of power in adult care / Alison Gardener -- Situating person and place : best practice in dementia care / Karen Jones with Imogen Powell -- Emotional engagement in social work : best practice and relationships in mental health work / Celia Keeping -- Constructive engagement : best practice in social work interviewing : keeping the child in mind / Barry Cooper -- Best practice in social work interviewing : processes of negotiation and assessment / Barry Cooper -- Best practice in child protection : intervening into and healing child abuse / Sarah Leigh and Anne Farmer -- Best practice in family support and child protection : promoting child safety and democratic families / Harry Ferguson -- Best practice in child advocacy : Matty's story / Jane Dalrymple and Hilary Horan -- Best practice in adult protection : safety, choice and inclusion / Karen Jones and Kate Spreadbury -- Best practice with people with learning difficulties : being seen and heard / Jonathan Coles and Peter Connors -- Best practice in emergency mental health social work : on using good judgment / John O'Gara -- Partnership working as best practice : working across boundaries in health and social care / Pat Taylor and Karen Jones with Des Gorman -- Promoting best practice through supervision, support and communities of practice / Judith Thomas and Kate Spreadbury -- Best practice as skilled organisational work / Bruce Senior with Elspeth Loades |
| Summary |
What is social work at its best? Social work has laboured too long under a 'deficit' model that focuses on failings and problems of practice. This ambitious book seeks to redress the balance, with its emphasis on best practice, strengths and collaborative partnership. Each of its 16 chapters provides a detailed account of practice, offering a series of vivid windows onto day-to-day social work at its best, framed by concepts and ideas drawn from critical theory. The resulting text combines theory, illustration, evidence and analysis in a way that promotes reflection on what makes good practice and why. Undergraduate and post-qualifying social work students alike will benefit from the insights offered by this rich, wide-ranging and multi-facetted text |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Social case work.
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Social service.
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Social workers -- Training of.
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| Author |
Cooper, Barry, 1954-
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Ferguson, Harry (Thomas Harold)
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Jones, Karen (Karen Lesley), 1963-
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| LC no. |
2007048543 |
| ISBN |
1403985014 |
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9781403985019 |
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