Table of Contents

Introduction; R.Adams, L.Dominelli & M.Payne
Towards a Critical Understanding of Social Work; R.Adams, L.Dominelli & M.Payne
PART 1: KNOWLEDGE FOR SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE
Positioning Social Work; L.Dominelli
The Changing Nature of Social Work; V.Cree
Values, Ethics and Social Work; S.Shardlow
Anti-oppressive Practice; L.Dominelli
The Wider Significance of Social Work; B.Jordan
Social Policy, Poverty and Social Work; A.Walker & C.Walker
Social Work and the Law; M.Preston-Shoot & S.Braye
Social Work and Organisations; S.Perrott
Perspectives on the Life Course: Childhood and Adolescence; G.Misca
Perspectives on the Life Course; Later Life; R.Adams, L.Dominelli & M.Payne
Researching Social Work; H.McLaughlin
PART 2: SOCIAL WORK PROCESS
Understanding the Social Work Process; M.Payne
Communication in Social Work; P.Hanley
Working with Service Users and Carers; H.Charnley, G.Roddam & j.Simmons
Assessment; N.Baldwin
Planning; M.Holloway
Intervention; N.Horner
Intervention and Empowerment; B.Burke & J.Dalrymple
Alternative Intervention: the Mind-body-spirit Perspective; S.Man Ng C.Chan
Monitoring, Review and Evaluation; L.Bell & M.Payne
PART 3: THE PRACTICE ENVIRONMENT
Working with Children, Young People and Families; R.Adams
Adult Services and Health-related Social Work; M.Payne
Working with the Voluntary and Community Sectors; M.Payne
Practice Planning; J.Tilling
Personal and Professional Development; J.Lishman
Concluding Comments; R.Adams, L.Dominelli & M.Payne.

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REVIEWS OF PREVIOUS EDITION '...extremely good value for money; an essential for everyone's shelves.' - British Journal of Social Work 'A comprehensive second edition of what has become our most popular text for social work students, some of whom refer to it as the 'social work bible' - Debbie Williams, Glyndwr University, UK

About the Author

ROBERT ADAMS is Visiting Professor of Social Work in the School of Health and Social Care at the University of Teesside, UK. He has a considerable writing and publishing track record, for example as author of Social Policy for Social Work (Palgrave Macmillan), editor of Foundations of Health and Social Care (Palgrave Macmillan 2007), consultant editor for the Handbook of Postqualifying Social Work (Jessica Kingsley 2007).

LENA DOMINELLI is Professor of Applied Social Sciences and Head of Social and Community and Youth Work at the University of Durham, UK. She is an academician in the Academy of the Learned Societies for Social Sciences. From 1996 to 2004, she served as President of the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW). She is widely published, with a number of important sole-authored books to her name, particularly in the areas of feminism and anti-racism. These include: Social Work: Theory and Practice in a Changing Profession (Polity Press, 2004); Anti-Oppressive Social Work Theory and Practice; and Anti-Racist Social Work (3rd edition).

MALCOLM PAYNE is Adviser (Policy and Devleopment) St Christopher's Hospice. He is also Emeritus Professor of Community Studies, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK and Honorary Professor, Kingston University St George's Medical School. He is author of the global best-seller, Modern Social Work Theory, as well as numerous other books including Teamwork in Multiprofessional Care and The Origins of Social Work and Social Work Practice in Context.

Reviews

Praise for this edition: 'It is refreshing to see an excellent text updated and improved so clearly.' -Chris Kelly, School of Health and Social Care, Bournemouth University, UK 'This book forms part of an excellent triology of interrelated books...an invaluable book which is and will be a 'must have' for all social work students. As the blurb on the cover states it is no wonder that for many it is the 'social work bible'. - Practice: Social Work in Action 'As accessible and as readable as ever.' -Elaben Mistry Jackson, Department of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Bradford, UK Praise for the second edition 'A comprehensive second edition of what has become our most popular text for social work students, some of whom refer to it as the 'social work bible' -Debbie Williams, Glyndwr University, Wales, UK 'Excellent introductory reader that is a 'must' for all social work first year trainees.' -Professor Andrew Pithouse, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, UK Praise for the first edition '...extremely good value for money; an essential for everyone's shelves.' -British Journal of Social Work