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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782539603321

Titolo

The value base of social work and social care / edited by Adam Barnard, Nigel Horner and Jim Wild

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Maidenhead, England ; ; New York, : Open University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-281-95301-6

0-335-23669-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BarnardAdam

HornerNigel

WildJim <1953->

Disciplina

361.6109730904

Soggetti

Human services

Human services - Professional ethics

Values

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Half title page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; The contributors; The editors; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1: Values, ethics and professionalization: A social work history; Chapter 2: The social work value base: Human rights and social justice in talk and action; Chapter 3: Globalization defined; Chapter 4: An anti-racist strategy for individual and organizational change; Chapter 5: Social work and social value: well-being, choice and public service reform; Chapter 6: Service user values for social work and social care

Chapter 7: Community intervention and social activism Chapter 8: Anti-oppressive practices as contested practice; Chapter 9: Engaging men: Strategies and dilemmas in violence prevention education among men; Chapter 10: Social work and management; Chapter 11: Anti-social care: Occupational depredation and older people in residential care; Index; Back cover

Sommario/riassunto

Explores the concepts and themes that help us understand the value base in social work. This book examines the tensions between values such as justice, anti-discrimination, compassion, and empathy, and the need for professionalism, accountability, cost codes, and performance



measurement.