Social Work: Social Work Practice

Edited by Luann Good Gingrich, Stefan Köngeter

Transnational Social Policy highlights the changing face of social policy and social work against the background of accelerating transnationalization of economies, labour markets, education, social services, and care. The contributions of this book provide unique case examples on the interplay of…

Paperback – 2019-12-20 
Routledge

Edited by Andrew Malekoff

Group Work Stories Celebrating Diversity is a most timely book about group work practice and education that highlights the theme of diversity, which encompasses acceptance and respect for various dimensions of difference. Dimensions of diversity include race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation,…

Paperback – 2019-12-20 
Routledge

By Yvonne Vissing, Diane Nilan, Christopher Hudson

Changing the Paradigm of Homelessness offers a comprehensive look at family housing distress related to the homelessness epidemic in the United States. This book explores the causes and consequences of this epidemic and proposes drastic changes in America’s historically ill-fated approach to family…

Paperback – 2019-11-19
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By Stewart Collins

Developed from the author’s own experiences in social work and social work education, this book considers alternative approaches for social workers in dealing with the extensive demands, persistent pressures, and stress that they may face in their daily working lives. The Positive Social Worker is…

Paperback – 2019-09-24
Routledge

Edited by Maritta Törrönen, Carol Munn-Giddings, Laura Tarkiainen

A sense of participation and opportunities to share and participate in activities or groups that are important to them are crucial factors in human wellbeing. This book provides a robust empirical and theoretical analysis of reciprocity and its implications for social work and social policy…

Paperback – 2019-09-11
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Routledge Advances in Social Work

Edited by Bishnu Mohan Dash, Sanjoy Roy

This volume is a definitive manual for students and practitioners involved in learning and developing essential theories and models for fieldwork practicum in social work education. It addresses various functional issues in field practicum, delineates proper guidelines for students and supervisors,…

Paperback – 2019-07-15
Routledge India

Edited by Monica Kjørstad, May-Britt Solem

As a discipline, social work needs an inclusive metatheory for both research and practice that goes beyond positivism and constructivism. This is the first book to present and discuss how critical realism can contribute to a more useful and realistic approach to both research and practice in social…

Paperback – 2019-05-21
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Routledge Advances in Social Work

Edited by Jioji Ravulo, Tracie Mafile'o, Donald Bruce Yeates

As a region, the Pacific is changing rapidly. This edited collection, the first of its kind, centres Pacific-Indigenous ways of knowing, doing and being in Pacific social work. In so doing, the authors decolonise the dominant western rhetoric that is evident in contemporary social work practice in…

Paperback – 2019-05-10
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By Werner Schirmer, Dimitris Michailakis

Social systems occur in many contexts of social work. This book provides an easy-to-read introduction to systems thinking for social workers who will encounter social problems in their professional practice or academic research. It offers new insights and fresh perspectives on this familiar topic…

Paperback – 2019-04-02
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Edited by Gale Burford, John Braithwaite, Valerie Braithwaite

In Restorative and Responsive Human Services, Gale Burford, John Braithwaite, and Valerie Braithwaite bring together a distinguished collection providing rich lessons on how regulation in human services can proceed in empowering ways that heal and are respectful of human relationships and…

Paperback – 2019-03-12
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By David Thompson, Terry Thomas

Circles of Support and Accountability is a voluntary initiative that assists people with convictions for sexual offences to resettle in the community. People leaving prison with such convictions often have difficulties in resettling. They carry the burden of the conviction itself, which may be both…

Paperback – 2019-02-04
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Routledge Studies in Crime and Society

By Margaret Alston, Tricia Hazeleger, Desley Hargreaves

Disasters are increasing in frequency and intensity across the world, causing significant destruction to individuals and communities. Yet many social workers are ill-prepared for the demands of this field of practice. This book discusses the role of social workers in disaster work, including in…

Paperback – 2019-01-22
Routledge