240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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This highly successful book on groupwork practice, first published in 1979, has become a standard introductory text on most social work training courses. It is very popular with social workers, whatever their agency setting, and is also used by health visitors, youth workers and the voluntary sector. This new enlarged and revised third edition includes two new additional chapters. The first of... Read more
Contents: Groupwork in Social Work; Planning a Group: Preparation and Contract; Leadership in Groups (Including Co-working); Group Programme and Group Process; Working with Groups in Day and Residential Centres; Anti-discriminatory Groupwork: Race and Gender; Developing Groupwork Skills and Understanding; Bibliography; Indices.
Biography
Allan Brown
’If required to recommend just one book on working with groups, this would always be the choice.’ Community Care ’Allan Brown’s book has made its mark by its overall balanced view, its accessible style, and, let us spell it out: at a price that front line low paid workers can afford. It offers up-to-date groupwork knowledge relevant to the harsh reality of front line practice. Third time round; it does it again with increased breadth.’ British Journal of Social Work ’The third edition of Groupwork is a worthy successor to its predecessors and easily maintains the standards set by these, it provides both a helpful guide and tool for practice and an authoritative overview of the discipline. Brown achieves a good balance between summary and clear guidance, and critical reflection and challenge.’ Groupwork
