What Is the Future of Social Work?
A handbook for positive action
- 214 pages
- English
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What Is the Future of Social Work?
A handbook for positive action
About this book
Social work is under unprecedented pressure as a result of funding cuts, political interventions, marketisation and welfare transformations which, combined, are dramatically reshaping the relationship between individuals and the welfare state.
A wide range of distinguished academics provide a comprehensive analysis of the evolving challenges facing contemporary social work, reflecting on both the existential and ideological threats to the profession. As well as the chief practice areas of child protection, adult care and mental health, contributors also examine practice issues surrounding older people, neoliberalism, neo-eugenics and the refugee crisis.
This book offers concrete policy proposals for the future of the profession alongside valuable solutions which students and practitioners can action on the ground.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Editor’s Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Introduction: What is the Future of Social Work?
- 1. Austerity and the Context of Social Work Today
- 2. Contemporary Developments in Child Protection in England: Reform or Reaction?
- 3. The Slow Death of Social Work With Older People?
- 4. Mental Health Social Work: The Dog That Hasn’t Barked
- 5. Learning Disabilities and Social Work
- 6. Social Work by and For All
- 7. Anti-Oppressive Social Work, Neoliberalism and Neo-Eugenics
- 8. From Seebohm Factories to Neoliberal Production Lines? The Social Work Labour Process
- 9. Social Work and the Refugee Crisis: Reflections From Samos in Greece
- Conclusion: The Road to an Alternative Future?
- References