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This exciting new book provides an overview of fifteen different contemporary social work practice settings, spanning across the statutory, voluntary, private and third sectors. It serves as the perfect introduction to the various roles social workers can have and the numerous places they can work, equipping students with the knowledge, skills and values required to work in areas ranging from mental health to fostering and adoption, and from alcohol and drug treatment services to youth offending.

Each chapter provides:

  • An overview of the setting, including the role of the social worker, how service users gain access to the service and key issues, definitions or terms specific to the setting
  • Legislation and policy guidance related to the specific setting
  • The key theories and methods related to the setting
  • Best practice approaches and the benefits and challenges of working within the setting
  • Case examples illustrating the application of the information to practice

    Table of Contents
    List of Illustrations
    List of Contributors

    1 Introduction by Barbra Teater
    2 Children and families by Alinka Gearon
    3 Fostering and adoption by Justin Rogers
    4 Youth work by Tony Jeffs
    5 Youth offending by Issy Harvey
    6 Service user and carer involvement by Caroline Hickman
    7 Learning difficulties by Mark Baldwin
    8 Physical disabilities by Clare Evans
    9 Older adults by Barbra Teater and Jill Chonody
    10 Mental health by Debbie Martin
    11 Domestic violence and abuse by Michele Winter
    12 Social work in health care settings by Malcolm Payne and Sue Taplin
    13 Alcohol and other drug treatment by John Watson
    14 Housing and homelessness by Barbra Teater
    15 Asylum seekers and refugees by Benedict Fell
    16 Rehabilitation and corrections by Jenny Clifford
    17 Self-harming by Jo Bell

    References
    Index

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      Publisher: Open University Press
      Publication Date: 16/02/2014
      ISBN13: 9780335246038, 978-0335246038
      ISBN10: 335246036
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      Social services and welfare, criminology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This exciting new book provides an overview of fifteen different contemporary social work practice settings, spanning across the statutory, voluntary, private and third sectors. It serves as the perfect introduction to the various roles social workers can have and the numerous places they can work, equipping students with the knowledge, skills and values required to work in areas ranging from mental health to fostering and adoption, and from alcohol and drug treatment services to youth offending.

      Each chapter provides:

      • An overview of the setting, including the role of the social worker, how service users gain access to the service and key issues, definitions or terms specific to the setting
      • Legislation and policy guidance related to the specific setting
      • The key theories and methods related to the setting
      • Best practice approaches and the benefits and challenges of working within the setting
      • Case examples illustrating the application of the information to practice

        Table of Contents
        List of Illustrations
        List of Contributors

        1 Introduction by Barbra Teater
        2 Children and families by Alinka Gearon
        3 Fostering and adoption by Justin Rogers
        4 Youth work by Tony Jeffs
        5 Youth offending by Issy Harvey
        6 Service user and carer involvement by Caroline Hickman
        7 Learning difficulties by Mark Baldwin
        8 Physical disabilities by Clare Evans
        9 Older adults by Barbra Teater and Jill Chonody
        10 Mental health by Debbie Martin
        11 Domestic violence and abuse by Michele Winter
        12 Social work in health care settings by Malcolm Payne and Sue Taplin
        13 Alcohol and other drug treatment by John Watson
        14 Housing and homelessness by Barbra Teater
        15 Asylum seekers and refugees by Benedict Fell
        16 Rehabilitation and corrections by Jenny Clifford
        17 Self-harming by Jo Bell

        References
        Index

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