Social Work in the British Isles

Herausgeber: Payne, Malcolm; Shardlow, Steven

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This ground-breaking book provides invaluable insight into the diverse nature of social work practice within the British Isles. The contributors explore key differences in social work's role and character, and the legal systems and organisational structures in which it operates in the different regions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 1mm x 1mm x 1mm
• Gewicht: 10g
• ISBN-13: 9781853028335
• ISBN-10: 1853028339
• Artikelnr.: 23588234

Autorenporträt

Malcolm Payne is Professor and Head of Department of Applied Community Studies at the Manchester Metropolitan University and has previously been the United Kingdom's representative on the Board of the International Association of Schools of Social Work. Steven M. Shardlow is Professor of Social Work at the University of Salford and is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Social Work. He has represented the United Kingdom on the European Association of Schools of Social Work.

Inhaltsangabe

1. In Search of 'British' Social Work: Identity
History and Entanglement
Malcolm Payne and Steven Shardlow 2. Social Work in England
Malcolm Payne and Steven Shardlow 3. Social Work in Late-Modern Ireland
Fred Powell
National University of Ireland
Cork and Harry Ferguson
University College
Dublin. 4. Social Work in Northern Ireland
Jim Campbell
Queen's University
Belfast and Mary McColgan
University of Ulster
Derry. 5. Social Work in Scotland: After Devolution
Lorraine Waterhouse
University of Edinburgh and Janice McGhee
University of Edinburgh6. Social Work in Wales
Mark Drakeford
University of Wales
Cardiff and Charlotte Williams
University of Wales
Bangor 7. Guernsey: Social Work on a Small Island
John Wolfe
Deputy Director
Children Board
Channel Islands. 8. Social Work in the British Isles: Continuities and Differentiations
Malcolm Payne and Steven Shardlow. Appendix: About the British Isles. Bibliography. Index