LEADER 04968nam 22006015 450 001 9910763598903321 005 20240627173053.0 010 $a3-031-38677-9 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-38677-0 035 $a(CKB)28853132800041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30943287 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30943287 035 $a(OCoLC)1409700016 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-38677-0 035 $a(EXLCZ)9928853132800041 100 $a20231114d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aComplexity Theory for Social Work Practice /$fby Fiona McDermott, Kerry Brydon, Alex Haynes, Felicity Moon 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (219 pages) 311 08$a9783031386763 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPart 1. Complex practice in a complex world -- 1. Introduction: social work in a changing context -- 2. The strengths and limitations of social work -- 3. Becoming a complexity thinker: towards an epistemology of social work practice -- 4. Thinking complexity and acting pragmatically -- Part 2. Thinking complexity in practice -- 5. Early doing and thinking complexity: the Multiple and Complex Needs Initiative -- 6. Thinking complexity across fields of practice: children and older people -- 7. Thinking complexity in management -- 8. Thinking complexity in community development -- 9. Thinking complexity in hospital social work practice -- Part 3. Thinking complexity in Policy, Research and Education -- 10. Thinking complexity in public policy -- 11. Thinking complexity in research -- 12. Thinking complexity in social work education and professional practice -- 13. Next steps: what do we know about thinking complexity and acting pragmatically in social work?. 330 $aThis textbook provides a grounding in complexity theory, demonstrating how it can influence and shape social work interventions in policy, management, and practice, as well as forming an epistemological and methodological basis for research. It provides a contemporary theoretical basis for social work practice, equipping social workers to work in a 21st-Century world. The authors argue that the history of social work demonstrates the profession's engagement with the social and structural problems of each era since its emergence 150 years ago. However, in the 21st Century, such things as globalisation, the COVID-19 pandemic, and climate change have highlighted that existing theories and practice models are insufficient to the task of working with the complicatedness of contemporary life in a fast-changing world. Distilling the central tenets of Complexity Theory and the notion of complex adaptive systems in partnership with pragmatism, the book provides practice perspectives and guidelines which build on social work's enduring commitment to understanding the person-in-context. The recognition that social workers require conceptual and theoretical agility to work across micro, meso and macro 'levels' remains central, but the argument is made that their focus and practice must primarily be at the meso level. The authorship of combined academic and practice expertise enables such perspectives to be brought to life through the theoretical and practical analysis of conceptual and 'real-world' challenges. The book consists of 13 chapters organized in three sections: Part I: Complex Practice in a Complex World Part II: Thinking Complexity in Practice Part III: Thinking Complexity in Public Policy, Research and Education Complexity Theory for Social Work Practice encourages social workers to 'think complexity' and 'act pragmatically'. It is intended for final-year social work students; academics and researchers working in a range of disciplines, primarily in the social work field but also in the areas of sociology, psychology and anthropology; and practitioners in policy, research, management and practice settings. . 606 $aSocial service 606 $aSocial service$xResearch 606 $aCommunity development 606 $aTheory and Method in Social Work 606 $aSocial Work 606 $aSocial Work Research 606 $aSocial Work and Community Development 615 0$aSocial service. 615 0$aSocial service$xResearch. 615 0$aCommunity development. 615 14$aTheory and Method in Social Work. 615 24$aSocial Work. 615 24$aSocial Work Research. 615 24$aSocial Work and Community Development. 676 $a361.301 676 $a361.301 700 $aMcDermott$b Fiona$01439124 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910763598903321 996 $aComplexity Theory for Social Work Practice$93660444 997 $aUNINA