Social Work Books

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41. Social Work and Social Policy

    An Introduction

    By Jonathan Dickens

    Series: Student Social Work

    An understanding of social policy is vital for engaging practically with social work values, dealing with political and ethical questions about responsibility, rights, our understanding of ‘the good society’. This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to social policy, tailored to the...

    Published November 19th 2009 by Routledge
42. Evidence-based Interventions for Social Work in Health Care

    By Marcia Egan

    Social work practice in health care requires that practitioners be prepared to meet the interdisciplinary and managed care demands for best practices in efficacious, time-limited, and culturally competent interventions, with populations across the lifespan. This text is designed to meet that demand...

    Published November 17th 2009 by Routledge
43. Social Work Placements

    A Traveller's Guide

    By Mark Doel

    Series: Student Social Work

    Placements can be one of the most exciting parts of your social work training but also one of the most daunting. This Guide will help you to make the most of your practice learning opportunities. The guide highlights how you can make the most of your placement, as well as anticipating some of the...

    Published November 11th 2009 by Routledge
44. Human Growth and Development

    An Introduction for Social Workers

    By John Sudbery

    Series: Student Social Work

    Social workers work with people at all stages of life, tackling a multitude of personal, social, health, welfare, legal and educational issues. As a result, all social work students need to understand human growth and development throughout the lifespan. This introductory text provides a knowledge...

    Published October 27th 2009 by Routledge
45. Evidence for Child Welfare Practice

    Edited by Michael J. Austin

    This book provides a "work-in-progress" that seeks to capture the micro (direct service) and macro (managerial) perspectives related to identifying evidence for practice within the practice domain of public child welfare. It is divided into two categories; namely, evidence for direct practice and...

    Published September 30th 2009 by Routledge
46. Economic Justice, Labor and Community Practice

    Edited by Louise Simmons, Scott Harding

    Facing economic upheaval and growing inequality, people in local communities are fighting for economic justice. Coalitions from labor, grassroots community organizations, the faith community, immigrant communities and other progressive forces are emerging across the U.S. and Canada and winning...

    Published September 27th 2009 by Routledge
47. Working in Social Work

    The Real World Guide to Practice Settings

    By Jessica Rosenberg

    After graduating, students in social work are faced with the daunting and stressful decision of choosing their specialty from the many that are available to them. JessicaRosenberg has designed this guidebook to make this process easier, providing students with real world and practical...

    Published September 24th 2009 by Routledge
48. Social Behaviour and Network Therapy for Alcohol Problems

    By Alex Copello, Jim Orford, Ray Hodgson, Gillian Tober

    Highly Commended in the Psychiatry category at the 2010 BMA Medical Books Awards! This book serves as a manual for clinicians working with people with alcohol problems. The manual is based on previous research in addiction treatment, including family and social network interventions, as well the...

    Published June 21st 2009 by Routledge
49. Men in the Lives of Young Children

    An international perspective

    Edited by Deborah Jones, Roy Evans

    This book presents an international perspective on the involvement of men in the lives of young children across a range of differing contexts and from a number of disciplinary perspectives. It takes as a starting point the importance of positive male engagement with young children so as to ensure...

    Published June 14th 2009 by Routledge
50. Evidence-based Social Work

    A Critical Stance

    By Mel Gray, Debbie Plath, Stephen A. Webb

    Evidence-based practice is now a core element of many governments’ approaches to policy-making and social intervention. It has become a powerful movement that promises to change the content and structure of social work and its allied professions. Its emergence has generated much debate and raised...

    Published May 10th 2009 by Routledge