1st Edition

Integrating Social Work Methods

Edited By Harry Specht, Anne Vickery Copyright 1977
260 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages
by Routledge

Throughout its history, social work has been seeking a means to state its purposes and methodology as a unity that transcends the purposes and methodology applicable in particular fields of practice, or sanctioned by particular legislation, or practised by a particular kind of worker. Recent changes in society, developments in social work practice, new additions to the knowledge base of social... Read more

Acknowledgements.  Notes on Contributors.  Introduction.  Part I: Background to Integrating Social Work Methods  1. Social Trends Harry Specht  2. Theory as a Guide to Practice Harry Specht  3. Social Work Practice: Divisions and Unifications Anne Vickery  4. Theory Development and the Unitary Approach to Social Work Practice Howard Goldstein  5. A Model for Social Work Practice Allen Pincus and Anne Minahan  Part II: Content to be Integrated  6. Social Work in the Future: Trends and Training Eileen Younghusband  7. Social Casework Anne Vickery  8. Social Group Work Models: Possession and Heritage Beulah Rothman and Catherine P. Papell  9. Social Group Work in the United Kingdom Nano McCaughan  10. Community Work in the United Kingdom David Jones  11. Community Work and Social Work in the United Kingdom Catherine Briscoe  12. Residential Social Work Chris Payne  Part III: Issues and Problems in Education and Practice  13. The Incomplete Profession Neil Gilbert and Harry Specht  14. Use of Unitary Models in Education for Social Work Anne Vickery  15. Issues and Problems in Utilising a Unitary Method Harry Specht.  Index.

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Harry Specht, Anne Vickery