Social Work Books

1-10 of 913 results in Subjects › Development Studies, Environment, Social Work, Urban Studies › Social Work

1. Social Work Practice in the Criminal Justice System

   By George T. Patterson

   The criminal justice system, with its complex policies and procedures and its focus on deterrence, punishment, and rehabilitation, can be a difficult system to understand. Forensic Social Work presents an overview of the the criminal justice system, exploring the network of systems which...

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-78116-9 | Paperback (Routledge)

2. Research Methods for Youth Work: An introduction

   Edited by Simon Bradford, Fin Cullen

   Rigorous research is crucial to effective work with young people and increasingly youth practitioners need to be able to develop, review and evidence their work using a variety of research and assessment tools. This text equips students and practitioners with a thorough understanding of research...

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-57103-6 | Paperback (Routledge)

3. Working with Cultural Diversity in Health and Social Care

   By Siobhan E. Laird

   In a multicultural society, all health and social care professionals need to deliver culturally appropriate services to meet the complex needs of their patients and service-users. This useful text provides a toolkit for students and practitioners to enable them to take account of cultural...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-49445-8 | Paperback (Routledge)

4. Grief, Loss and Bereavement Care: An Evidence-Informed Approach for Health and Social Care Practitioners

   Edited by Peter Wimpenny, John Costello

   Bereavement is a challenging area for everyone, including health and social care practitioners who are often well placed to offer help and support to the bereaved. This invaluable text draws together a comprehensive evidence-base for supporting grieving people from a wide range of research, and...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-46751-3 | Paperback (Routledge)

5. Distinguishing Clinical and Upper Level Management

   Edited by Marvin D. Feit, Michael J. Holosko

   This co-edited book examines social work administration by separating management and administrative practise into two distinct aspects – clinical management and upper level management. This process enables the editors to explicates the tasks appropriate to each type of management for providing...

   June 2011 | 978-0-7890-2539-5 | Paperback (Routledge)

6. Practising social work ethics: International cases and commentaries

   Edited by Sarah Banks, Kirsten Nøhr

   Ethics and values are central to social work practice, yet it is often difficult to know how and when to interpret ethical frameworks and codes. Acting as gatekeepers or in statutory settings, as well as helpers working to empower service users, social workers may find themselves in situations...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-56033-7 | Paperback (Routledge)

7. When Parents Die: Learning to Live with the Loss of a Parent, 3rd Edition

   By Rebecca Abrams

   The death of a parent marks an emotional and psychological watershed in a person's life. For children and teenagers, the loss of a parent if not handled sensitively can be a lasting trauma, and for adults too, a parent's death can be a tremendous blow. When Parents Die speaks to bereaved children...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-59012-9 | Paperback (Routledge)

8. Practice-based Research: A Textbook for Social Workers

   By Sarah-Jane Dodd, Irwin Epstein

   This unique textbook explores practice-based research (PBR), which actively engages students and practitioners to embrace research as a meaningful support for their practice. Whilst evidence-based practice gives practitioners access to information about best practices, it does not enable them to...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-56524-0 | Paperback (Routledge)

9. Routledge Handbook of Disability Studies

   Edited by Carol Thomas, Nick Watson, Alan Roulstone

   A detailed and up-to-date overview, the Routledge Handbook of Disability Studies provides an authoritative overview of the main issues in the field around the world today. Consisting entirely of newly commissioned chapters and arranged thematically, it surveys the state of the discipline, examining...

   April 2011 | 978-0-415-57400-6 | Hardback (Routledge)

10. Social Justice in Group Work: Practical Interventions for Change

    Edited by Anneliese Singh, Carmen Salazar

    This book spotlights the unique contribution of the Journal for Specialists in Group Work to the social justice literature, and of group work to a social justice agenda. Although the term social justice may be relatively new in the counseling and psychology literature, the underlying values -...

    March 2011 | 978-0-415-57681-9 | Hardback (Routledge)