Social work : an introduction / edited by Joyce Lishman, Chris Yuill, Jillian Brannan, and Alastair Gibson. - London : Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications Ltd, c2014. - xxv, 507 pages : illustrations ; color illustrations ; 24 cm

Machine generated contents note: pt. One Knowledge Base -- 1. Values and ethics / Julian Bell. -- 2. Law / Heather Munro. -- 3. Politics and social policy / Mike Maas-Lowit. -- 4. Sociology / Chris Yuill. -- 5. Material circumstances, poverty and income inequality / Chris Yuill. -- 6. Psychological approaches: their application and relevance to social work / Carmen-Maria Fyfe. -- 7. Human growth and development / Clare Swan. -- 8. Communication and ICT / Jenny Blair. -- 9. Research and development in social work and social care / Joyce Lishman. -- 10. Reflective practice / Angela Duvollet. -- pt. Two Assessment -- 11. Generic issues in assessment and managing uncertainty / Jillian Brannan. -- 12. Models of assessment / Patrick Walker. -- 13. Risk assessment / Mike Shepherd. -- 14. Interprofessional practice / Jillian Brannan. -- 15. The voice of service users and carers / William Rae. -- pt. Three Models of Intervention. -- 16. Relationship-based social work / Tuck-Chee Phung. -- 17. Crisis intervention / Angela Duvollet. -- 18. Cognitive behavioural therapy: its practice and its place in social work / George Allan. -- 19. Task-centred intervention / Dave Humphrey. -- 20. Working in the life space / Jeremy Millar. -- 21. Person-centred planning and personalisation / Neil Gibson. -- 22. Narrative therapy / Inga Heyman. -- 23. Motivational interviewing / Anne Shirran. -- 24. The solution-focused approach / Jillian Brannan. -- 25. Counselling in social work / Fiona Feilberg. -- pt. Four Interventions in Practice -- 26. Working with children and young people -- Sharon Munro and Patrick Walker. -- 27. Methods of intervention in working with individuals with substance problems / Claire Marsden. -- 28. Working with adults: mental health / Mike Maas-Lowit. -- 29. Working with adults: criminal justice social work / Isobel Townsend. -- 30. Working with adults: learning disability / Fiona Feilberg. -- 31. Working with adults: disability and sensory impairment / Sheila Slesser. -- 32. Social work interventions with older people / Iain Fisk. -- 33. Evaluation / Joyce Lishman.

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Social service
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HV40 / L68 2014