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Record Nr.

UNINA9910170983103321

Titolo

Practising social work / / edited by Christopher Hanvey and Terry Philpot

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1994

ISBN

0-203-42169-8

1-280-32166-0

1-134-87273-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xi, 207 p

Altri autori (Persone)

HanveyChristopher P

PhilpotTerry

Disciplina

361.3/2/0941

Soggetti

Social service - Great Britain

Human services

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Title -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 The systems approach -- 2 Task-centred work -- 3 Groupwork in Britain -- 4 A participatory approach to social work -- 5 Community work -- 6 The behavioural approach to social work -- 7 Practising feminist approaches -- 8 Alternatives to custody -- 9 Anti-racist social work: a black perspective -- 10 Crisis intervention: changing perspectives -- 11 Casework -- 12 Family therapy -- 13 Welfare rights -- 14 Written agreements: a contractual approach to social work -- Name index -- Subject index.

Sommario/riassunto

Practicing Social Workprovides a systematic exploratiuon of ar ange of social work approaches. Each chapter focuses on a single theme and explains the practice implications of a particular method.