Policy and Social Work Practice
eBook - ePub

Policy and Social Work Practice

  1. 192 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Policy and Social Work Practice

About this book

Social policy is central to social work practice. This textbook is designed to help students, practitioners and academics think critically about the relationship between policy and practice; particularlyĀ in howĀ policy both structures and informs practice. Reflective questions help critical thinking and links to websites of substantive information across the UK and internationallyĀ  help keep you up-to-date with policy developments.

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The authors? experience and skillsĀ in working with different service user groupsĀ combine to provide a constructive and critical approach to working with social policy in an era of welfare retrenchment.

Key topics include: discretion and practice; social work training and education; safeguarding children; responses to the needs of looked after children; personalization in adult care; 'race' and welfare policy; domestic violence; mental health and capacity; and comparing social work and social care internationally.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Publisher Note
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Contents
  7. About the Editors and Contributors
  8. Introduction: Policy and Social Work
  9. 1 Discretion in the History and Development of Social Work
  10. 2 Social Work Education and Training as a Policy Issue
  11. 3 Prevention and Protection: The Development of Safeguarding in Childrenā€™s Services
  12. 4 Children Like Ours? Policy and Practice Responses to Children Looked After
  13. 5 Personalisation
  14. 6 Mental Capacity and Social Policy
  15. 7 Social Welfare Policy in Racialised Contexts
  16. 8 International Social Work: Understanding Social Work within Social Policy Systems
  17. 9 Domestic Violence: UK and Australian Developments
  18. 10 Local Policy in a Global Context: Regimes of Risk in Mental Health Policy and Practice ā€“ The Case of Community Treatment Orders
  19. Concluding Thoughts: The Interface between Social Policy and Social Work
  20. Index

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