What is Social Work?: Contexts and Perspectives - Couverture souple

Livre 56 sur 70: Transforming Social Work Practices

Horner, Nigel

 
9781473989481: What is Social Work?: Contexts and Perspectives

Synopsis

It is essential that social work students have a clear grasp of the history and the evolution of social work practice and this classic text explores the fundamental questions: What is social work? How has social work been defined over the years? What does social work look like now? And what is to come?

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À propos de l?auteur

Nigel Horner is Head of the School of Health and Social Care at the University of Lincoln, where he teaches social work history, theory and methods, residential child care and ageing and older people. He began working in a London Borough Children s Home in 1972, before studying Sociology at Durham University. After a period as a Community Worker, he qualified in Social Work from Glasgow University in 1980, and thereafter worked in Mental Health, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Fostering and Youth Offending settings. He is also a Senior Fellow in the Higher Education Academy.

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It is essential that social work students have a clear grasp of the history and the evolution of social work practice and this classic text explores the fundamental questions: What is social work? How has social work been defined over the years? What does social work look like now? And what is to come?

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ISBN 10 :  1473989477 ISBN 13 :  9781473989474
Editeur : Learning Matters Ltd, 2018
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