Martin Davies
Social Work with Children and Families
Buch
Social workers are constantly making decisions under pressure. How do policy, law, research and theory influence what they do? This important book provides the answers with a crystal-clear map of the field of social work with children and families. Focused on four major themes - family support work, child protection, adoption and fostering, residential child care - the book brings together expert commentators to:? Outline the policy background;? Summarize the relevant law;? Describe the key theories;? Highlight the research findings. A wealth of real life case studies reveal, in detail, the challenges that social workers face every day. Throu…
Mehr
Beschreibung
Social workers are constantly making decisions under pressure. How do policy, law, research and theory influence what they do? This important book provides the answers with a crystal-clear map of the field of social work with children and families. Focused on four major themes - family support work, child protection, adoption and fostering, residential child care - the book brings together expert commentators to:? Outline the policy background;? Summarize the relevant law;? Describe the key theories;? Highlight the research findings. A wealth of real life case studies reveal, in detail, the challenges that social workers face every day. Through a series of questions, readers are invited to join in the process of 'Making connexions' between different elements of social work knowledge and practice. Edited by the highly respected Martin Davies, this authoritative and illuminating book argues that the skill of the social worker can have life-enhancing consequences for some of the most vulnerable people in society. It is an essential investment for students, educators and practitioners alike.
CHF 54.90
Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)
V103:
Folgt in ca. 5 Arbeitstagen
Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-230-29385-4
- EAN: 9780230293854
- Produktnummer: 12124770
- Verlag: Macmillan Education UK
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 352 S.
- Masse: H24.4 cm x B17.0 cm x D1.8 cm 608 g
- Auflage: 1st ed. 2012
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 608
Über den Autor
Martin Davies is Professor Emeritus at the University of East Anglia, UK, where he was the founding Director of the Graduate Programme in Social Work. He is the author of seven books and more than a hundred scholarly papers. He is editor of The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Social Work and The Blackwell Companion to Social Work, now in its third edition. His text, The Essential Social Worker, also in its third edition, was based on the UEA course on social work in society, which he taught for twenty years. His most recent authored text, Doing a Successful Research Project, has sold over 8,500 copies since publication in 2007.
100 weitere Werke von Martin Davies:
Bewertungen
0 von 0 Bewertungen
Anmelden
Keine Bewertungen gefunden. Seien Sie der Erste und teilen Sie Ihre Erkenntnisse mit anderen.