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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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    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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