1st Edition
Social Work with Children and Families Reflections of a Critical Practitioner
Biography
Steve Rogowski has almost forty years' practice experience of social work. On qualifying he worked as a generic social worker for Derbyshire Council. Since then he has been a social worker with children and families for Oldham Council where he remains. He has published widely about his experiences in a variety of social work/policy journals and magazines, recently including the odd blog. His books ’Social Work: The Rise and Fall of a Profession?’ and ’Critical Social Work with Children and Families: Theory, Context and Practice’ were published in 2010 and 2013 respectively.
'Another insightful contribution by Steve Rogowski who, in recent years, has written about the rise of neoliberalism and managerialism, and the contextual effects of this development upon frontline social work practice with children and families. As with his other publications, this book advocates a critical social work practice which makes interesting reading for both students and more professionally experienced practitioners.
This book reflects Steve's passion for social justice. Unlike many writers on social work, he has spent most of his professional life doing the job and he provides readers with important dispatches from the profession’s ‘frontline’. The book should be on ‘recommended reading lists’ for social courses in the UK and beyond.' - Lisa Cooney, Social Worker, England
