About the Book
This exciting new book provides an overview of fifteen different contemporary social work practice settings, spanning across the statutory, voluntary, private and third sectors. It serves as the perfect introduction to the various roles social workers can have and the numerous places they can work, equipping students with the knowledge, skills and values required to work in areas ranging from mental health to fostering and adoption, and from alcohol and drug treatment services to youth offending.
Each chapter provides:
An overview of the setting, including the role of the social worker, how service users gain access to the service and key issues, definitions or terms specific to the setting
Legislation and policy guidance related to the specific setting
The key theories and methods related to the setting
Best practice approaches and the benefits and challenges of working within the setting
Case examples illustrating the application of the information to practice
Social work students will find this an invaluable handbook that they will refer to time and again throughout their education and into their assessed and supported year of employment
Contents
1 Introduction / Barbra Teater
2 Children and families / Alinka Gearon
3 Fostering and adoption / Justin Rogers
4 Youth work / Tony Jeffs
5 Youth offending / Issy Harvey
6 Service user and carer involvement /
Caroline Hickman
7 Learning difficulties / Mark Baldwin
8 Physical disabilities / Clare Evans
9 Older adults / Barbra Teater and Jill Chonody
10 Mental health / Debbie Martin
11 Domestic violence and abuse /
Michele Winter
12 Social work in health care settings / Malcolm Payne and Sue Taplin
13 Alcohol and other drug treatment /
John Watson
14 Housing and homelessness /
Barbra Teater
15 Asylum seekers and refugees /
Benedict Fell
16 Rehabilitation and corrections /
Jenny Clifford
17 Self- harming / Jo Bell
About the Author / Editor
Barbra Teater teaches Theories and Methods for Social Work, Communication Skills and Community Practice at Bristol University, UK. She has experience working as a child and family therapist, a medical social worker and in tobacco cessation and prevention.
