Martin Davies

Essential Social Worker

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a portrait of social work, not based on what the analyst thinks it should be, but on empirical studies which describe it as it is. It puts social work into a contemporary policy context and argues that the social worker¿s role remains an essential element in any civilised society preparing to enter the 21st century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• 3rd edition
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juni 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9781857421019
• ISBN-10: 1857421019
• Artikelnr.: 57039068

Autorenporträt

Professor Martin Davies is the Executive Director of the School of Social Work at the University of East Anglia, Norwich. A qualified and experienced probation officer, he has spent much of his professional life engaged in social work research and education. He has been responsible for nine books, concerned either with probation practice or with the role of social workers in society.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: A Framework for the 1990s: The historical context; The policy context: child protection; Children with disabilities; People with learning disabilities; Elder-care; Mental health; Probation. The Theory and Practice of Maintenance: The social worker
s role; Clients point the way: eight lessons to learn; Towards a theory of maintenance; The achievement of change; Power and responsibility; Pro-active involvement in the community. Dimensions of Practice: First encounter: the client enters an alien world; Who is the client? Who determines the action?; Speech: the social worker
s basic tool; The social worker
s use of self; Beyond the use of self. In Conclusion: Skills, knowledge and qualities in the essential social worker; Bibliography; Indices.