1st Edition

The Social Worker in Family Situations

By William Jordan Copyright 1972
162 Pages
by Routledge

162 Pages
by Routledge

162 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1972, The Social Worker in Family Situations sets out to provide a theoretical basis for the practice of the family casework approach. William Jordan studies those families whose members flee from emotional involvement with each other, stressing their individual autonomy and the dangers of close family ties. He concentrates on the problems of working with these ‘centrifugal’... Read more

1. Family interaction and family casework  2. Centrifugal families  3. The role of the social worker  4. Working in family situations  5. Working outwards from the family

Biography

William Jordan is Honorary Professor of Social Policy and Social Work at the University of Plymouth, UK.

Review of the first publication:

‘A sensible and sympathetic book, and a good short read.’

— Tom Arie, The British Journal of Psychiatry, Volume 122, Issue 568