Social Work and Social Care Practice

This lively and engaging book is an adaptation of the bestselling introductory social work book available in Australia. This edition has been thoroughly revised to reflect wider changes that have characterized social work training and practice in recent years. It offers readers an essential grounding in the knowledge, values, and skills needed for successful completion of their degree.

Preface

ix

Acknowledgements

xii

List of acronyms

xiii

Introducing the practice framework

1

(14)

What is social work practice?

1

(2)

The practice framework

3

(8)

The structure of this book

11

(4)

Social welfare policies and politics

15

(28)

What is social welfare?

17

(2)

Ideology and social welfare

19

(2)

Citizenship and globalization

21

(3)

Poverty and social exclusion

24

(2)

Personal social services

26

(10)

Change and social welfare in Britain

36

(5)

Chapter summary

41

(2)

Self, relationships, process and practice

43

(33)

Self

44

(6)

Understanding practice as a process

50

(4)

Issues in communication

54

(5)

Communication skills

59

(4)

Interviews and discussions

63

(3)

Relationships in social work practice

66

(8)

Chapter summary

74

(2)

Assessment

76

(29)

The value of a systematic approach to assessment

78

(2)

An approach to assessment

80

(7)

Practice example: assessment with children and families

87

(8)

Our own issues and assessment processes

95

(2)

Community profile

97

(4)

Network analysis

101

(1)

Negotiating and sharing the assessment - a return to process

102

(1)

Chapter summary

103

(2)

Intervention

105

(35)

Building relationships and the purposeful use of self

107

(1)

Problem solving

107

(3)

Empowerment

110

(1)

Working with groups

111

(4)

Practice example: the Refugee Women's Group

115

(4)

Building community

119

(3)

Building networks

122

(6)

Engaging with conflict

128

(3)

Implementing a social mandate - working with involuntary clients

131

(4)

Providing long-term care

135

(2)

Chapter summary

137

(3)

Intervention and the organizational context

140

(38)

Social work practice and the organizational context

141

(7)

Working together with others

148

(9)

Case management and care management

157

(4)

Practice example: hospital-based care management

161

(4)

Records and report writing

165

(3)

Advocacy

168

(6)

Developing policy

174

(2)

Chapter summary

176

(2)

Placements and practice learning

178

(19)

Issues in placements and practice learning

179

(2)

Roles and responsibilities on placements

181

(3)

Beginning placements

184

(2)

Learning on placement

186

(4)

Teaching, learning and assessing in supervision

190

(2)

Assessment, evaluation and finishing up

192

(3)

Chapter summary

195

(2)

Towards ethical self-reflective practice

197

(22)

Ethics and values

199

(3)

An overview of ethical theories used in social work

202

(3)

Ethical principles in social work practice

205

(2)

Codes of ethics and codes of practice

207

(2)

An approach to ethical decision making

209

(6)

Conclusion: returning to the practice framework

215

(2)

Chapter summary

217

(2)

References

219

(14)

Index

233

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