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1 online resource (559 pages) |
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Routledge International Handbooks |
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Routledge international handbooks.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Lists of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Acronyms and abbreviations; Introduction; Part 1 Setting the scene; 1 Discourses shaping development, foreign aid, and poverty reduction policies in Africa: implications for social work; 2 Has social work come of age? Revisiting the authentisation debate 25 years on; Part 2 Established areas of practice; 3 Social work practice in Lesotho's Ministry of Social Development; 4 Social work and social protection in Ghana |
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5 Social protection and social work practice in Zambia6 Social work practice with children in Botswana: issues, challenges, and future prospects; 7 Social work practice in child and family welfare in Ghana; 8 The role of social work in the protection of vulnerable children: lessons from Zimbabwe; 9 Decolonising childcare practice in rural Zimbabwe: embracing local cultures; 10 Social work practice with older people: perspectives from East Africa; 11 Social work engagement in the community-based care of older people in Namibia |
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12 Community-based rehabilitation (CBR) in Uganda: a role for social work?13 The role of social workers in the social management of epilepsy in Africa; 14 Improving mental healthcare in Ghana: the role of social work practice; 15 Social work practice in Ethiopian civil society organisations for people living with HIV and AIDS; 16 Providing a Lifeline for female survivors of human trafficking in Ghana; 17 Social justice and the moral question: foregrounding the paradox of teenage motherhood and education in Uganda |
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18 Same-sex relationships among women in Botswana: developmental challenges for society and social workPart 3 Developmental social work in emerging areas of practice; 19 Poverty alleviation, development, and social work practice in West Africa: a focus on Senegal; 20 Social protection and social work in Uganda; 21 Decolonising social work practice in Nigeria: moving beyond indigenisation to development; 22 Violence against children in Malawi and social work; 23 Vyama in Kenya: an Afrocentric strengths-based approach to community development |
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24 Community development in South Africa: collective action for social change25 Social work practice in Rwanda: the challenge of adapting Western models to fit local contexts; 26 Post-conflict humanitarian assistance in northern Uganda: the social work role; 27 Social work practice with war-related humanitarian refugees through the Refugee Law Project in Uganda; 28 Strengthening Tanzania's social welfare workforce to provide ongoing paraprofessional support services to vulnerable children and families; 29 Social work practice in the NGO sector in Uganda and Kenya: opportunities and challenges |
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30 Addressing gender inequality among girls and women: role of social work in the Girl Power Programme in Zambia |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Social service -- Africa -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Social service
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Africa
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317029373 |
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1317029372 |
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