Social Work : Contexts and Practice (2nd edition 2008)

AUTHOR : Marie Connolly

Category : Social Services >
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9780195562873

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Building on the strengths of the popular first edition, Social Work is the most comprehensive text of its kind: encompassing the theory and practice of social work in both Australia and New Zealand. A variety of social work environments are explored with the fields of practice covered, including: working with the elderly, child protection, mental health and drugs and alcohol, and community development. With an emphasis on cultural practice and field skills development, this text will be useful throughout students' entire education and into their professional lives. Contents: FOREWORD; PART 1: SOCIAL WORK AND CONTEMPORARY ISSUES; 1 THE ART AND SCIENCE OF SOCIAL WORK; 2 SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE THEORIES FRAMEWORKS; 3 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND PRACTICE; 4 VALUES AND HUMAN RIGHTS; 5 SOCIAL WORK, POVERTY AND DISADVANTAGE; 6 GENDER, SEXUALITY AND POWER; 7 ABORIGINAL ISSUES IN CONTEXT; 8 INDIGENOUS ISSUES IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND; 9 PASIFIKA SOCIAL WORK; 10 WORKING WITH REFUGEES; 11 CROSS-CULTURAL PRACTICE; PART 2: FIELDS OF PRACTICE; 12 FAMILY VIOLENCE; 13 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN HEALTH SOCIAL WORK; 14 WORKING WITH OLDER PEOPLE; 15 SOCIAL WORK AND DISABILITY; 16 MENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL WORK IN NEW ZEALAND; 17 MENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL WORK IN AUSTRALIA; 18 PERSPECTIVES ON DRUG USE; 19 EARLY INTERVENTION WITH FAMILIES OF VULNERABLE CHILDREN; 20 CHILD WELFARE PRACTICE; 21 HUMAN SERVICE WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE; 22 SOCIAL WORK AND YOUTH JUSTICE; 23 SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE AND THE JUSTICE SYSTEM; 24 SOCIAL WORK AND THE LAW; 25 WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES; PART 3: PROFESSIONAL ISSUES IN SOCIAL WORK; 26 HISTORIES OF THE SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION; 27 THE REGISTRATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS; 28 RESEARCH IN SOCIAL WORK; 29 SOCIAL WORK SUPERVISION; 30 FIELDWORK PRACTICE IN SOCIAL WORK; 31 THRIVING AT WORK: PREVENTING OCCUPATIONAL STRESS; 32 TRANS-TASMAN REFLECTIONS

FOREWORD; PART 1: SOCIAL WORK AND CONTEMPORARY ISSUES; 1 THE ART AND SCIENCE OF SOCIAL WORK; 2 SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE THEORIES FRAMEWORKS; 3 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND PRACTICE; 4 VALUES AND HUMAN RIGHTS; 5 SOCIAL WORK, POVERTY AND DISADVANTAGE; 6 GENDER, SEXUALITY AND POWER; 7 ABORIGINAL ISSUES IN CONTEXT; 8 INDIGENOUS ISSUES IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND; 9 PASIFIKA SOCIAL WORK; 10 WORKING WITH REFUGEES; 11 CROSS-CULTURAL PRACTICE; PART 2: FIELDS OF PRACTICE; 12 FAMILY VIOLENCE; 13 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN HEALTH SOCIAL WORK; 14 WORKING WITH OLDER PEOPLE; 15 SOCIAL WORK AND DISABILITY; 16 MENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL WORK IN NEW ZEALAND; 17 MENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL WORK IN AUSTRALIA; 18 PERSPECTIVES ON DRUG USE; 19 EARLY INTERVENTION WITH FAMILIES OF VULNERABLE CHILDREN; 20 CHILD WELFARE PRACTICE; 21 HUMAN SERVICE WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE; 22 SOCIAL WORK AND YOUTH JUSTICE; 23 SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE AND THE JUSTICE SYSTEM; 24 SOCIAL WORK AND THE LAW; 25 WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES; PART 3: PROFESSIONAL ISSUES IN SOCIAL WORK; 26 HISTORIES OF THE SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION; 27 THE REGISTRATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS; 28 RESEARCH IN SOCIAL WORK; 29 SOCIAL WORK SUPERVISION; 30 FIELDWORK PRACTICE IN SOCIAL WORK; 31 THRIVING AT WORK: PREVENTING OCCUPATIONAL STRESS; 32 TRANS-TASMAN REFLECTIONS