Now in its third edition,
Social Work: An Introduction will equip you, as a future social worker, with everything you need to know in your first year and beyond. Split into four parts, each chapter is packed with learning features to allow you to get the most out of your reading and studies.
This book includes:
— Case studies and exercises to illustrate and test your knowledge
— Critical thinking boxes and reflective questions to help you carefully consider and review what you have learned
— Recommended reading to further develop your understanding
— A range of tools for practice with different service user groups
— Guidance on relating your knowledge to different practice frameworks throughout the UK.
Plus free online resources to support teaching: find themes for discussion, SAGE journal articles, case studies, activities, and more at https://study.sagepub.com/lishman-et-al3e.
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Part I: Knowledge Base
Chapter 1: Values, Ethics And Anti-Discriminatory Practice — Julian Bell and Sach Magill
Chapter 2: Law — Heather Munro
Chapter 3: Social Work: A political Profession — Gary Spolander
Chapter 4: Sociology — Megan Todd and Chris Yuill
Chapter 5: Material Circumstances, Poverty And Income Inequality — Chris Yuill and Alice Butler-Warke
Chapter 6: Psychological Approaches: Their Application And Relevance To Social Work — Rita Phillips
Chapter 7: Human Growth And Development — Stewart Brodie and Clare Hancock-Fraser
Chapter 8: Communication And ICT — Sheila Slesser and Jenny Blair
Chapter 9: Research For Social Work: An Introduction — Rita Philips, Alice Butler-Warke and Gary Spolander
Chapter 10: Reflective Practice — Angela Hart
Part II: Assessment And Joint Working
Chapter 11: Generic Issues In Assessment And Managing Uncertainty — Jillian Brannan
Chapter 12: Models Of Assessment — Janine Bolger and Patrick Walker
Chapter 13: Risk Assessment — Kirstin Parkes and Mike Shepherd
Chapter 14: Interprofessional Practice — Ruth Waugh, Ruth Taylor and Jillian Brannan
Chapter 15: Leadership, Management And Teamwork — Gary Spolander, Jillian Brannan, Jill Campbell and Alastair Gibson
Chapter 16: The Voice Of People With Lived Experience — Tiegan Boyens, Jillian Brannan, Simon Gardner, Steve Morrison and Isaac Samuels
Part III: Models Of Intervention
Chapter 17: Relationship-Based Social Work — Tuck-Chee Phung
Chapter 18: Crisis Intervention — Angela Hart
Chapter 19: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: Its Practice And Its Place In Social Work — Tracey Clare with George Allan
Chapter 20: Task-Centred Intervention — Dave Humphrey
Chapter 21: Working In The Life Space — Jeremy Millar with Janine Bolger
Chapter 22: Person-Centered Planning And Personalisation — Neil Gibson
Chapter 23: Narrative Approaches — Neil Gibson and Inga Heyman
Chapter 24: Motivational Interviewing — Anne Shirran and Colleen Elliott
Chapter 25: The Solution-Focused Approach — Steve Smith, Jim Dressel, Jillian Brannan and Alastair Logan
Chapter 26: Counselling In Social Work — Michael Sutherland and Fiona Feilberg
Chapter 27: Community Practice In Social Work — Linda Harms-Smith and Sarah Buckler
Part IV: Practice Contexts And Application
Chapter 28: Generic Issues In Practice Contexts — Graeme Simpson
Chapter 29: Working With Children And Young People — Sharon Munro, Patrick Walker and Dave Humphrey
Chapter 30: Methods Of Intervention In Working With Individuals With Substance Problems — Claire Marsden
Chapter 31: Working With Adults: Mental Health — Mike Maas-Lowit
Chapter 32: Working With Adults: Justice Social Work — Isobel Townsend
Chapter 33: Working With Adults: Disability And Sensory Impairment — Sheila Slesser
Chapter 34: Working With Adults: Learning Disability — Fiona Feilberg and Neil Gibson
Chapter 35: Social Work Interventions With Older People — Alyson Hill, Iain Fisk and Rory Lynch
Chapter 36: Evaluation — Joyce Lishman with Janine Bolger
Conclusion — Joyce Lishman
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Chris Yuill is a sociologist at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, whose work focuses on the sociology of health and the sociology of urban experiences. In addition to a variety of journal publications and research reports he has written and co-edited a number of textbooks for SAGE, one of his most recent being Sociology for Social Work co-edited with Alastair Gibson. Other texts include Understanding the Sociology of Health: An Introduction with Anne-Marie Barry, which is now in its third edition and has also been translated into Chinese. Chris has also served two terms on the executive of the British Sociological Association.