Social Work : A Reader

Building on the successful 1st edition, this reader brings together some of the most significant ideas that have informed social work practice over the last fifty years. At the same time as presenting these foundational extracts, the book includes commentaries that allow the reader to understand the selected extracts on their own terms as well as to be aware of their relations to each other and to the wider social work context. There is no settled view or easy consensus about what social work is and should be, and the ideas reflected in this volume are themselves diverse and complex. The world of social work has changed greatly over the last ten years, and this new edition reflects that change with new material on the decolonisation of social work knowledges, the greater emphasis on inter-disciplinarity and co-production and the new concern for identities. With an accessible introduction to contextualise the selections, the book is divided into three main sections, each presenting key texts drawn from a wide range of perspectives: psychological, sociological, philosophical, educational and political, as well as perspectives that are grounded in the experiences of practitioners and those who use services, which have contributed to the development of: - the profession of social work, - knowledge and values for social work and - practice in social work. By providing students and practitioners with an easy way into reading first-hand some of the most interesting, foundational texts of the subject, it will be required reading for all undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and professionals undertaking post-qualifying training. Building on the successful 1st edition, this reader brings together some of the most significant ideas that have informed social work practice over the last fifty years. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Series Page 3 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Table of Contents 6 List of Figures 10 List of Table 11 List of Contributors 12 Acknowledgements 18 Introduction Reading Social Work 22 Part I: The Profession of Social Work 30 Commentary One 31 1 Black History Month: A Provocation and a Timeline 32 2 But is it Social Work? 52 3 The Politics of Social Work 58 4 Changes in the form of Knowledge in Social Work: From the ‘Social’ to the ‘Informational’? 65 5 The Quest for a Universal Social Work: Some Issues and Implications 71 6 The (R)evolution and Decolonization of Social Work Ethics: The Global Social Work Statement of Ethical Principles 78 7 Human Rights Practice: Possibilities and Pitfalls for Developing Emancipatory Social Work 82 8 The Impact of Scandal and Inquiries on Social Work and the Personal Social Services 89 9 Social Work in a Risk Society 95 10 Am I my Brother’s Keeper? 100 11 Research from the Underside 105 12 What is Professional Social Work? 111 13 The Client Speaks 115 14 Service Users and Practitioners Reunited: The Key Component for Social Work Reform 117 Part II: Knowledge and Values for Social Work 124 Commentary Two 125 15 The Sociological Imagination 126 16 Reassessing Attachment Theory in Child Welfare 130 17 A Critique of the Adverse Childhood Experiences Framework in Epidemiology and Public Health: Uses and Misuses 137 18 Resilience: Some Conceptual Considerations 143 19 A Critical Understanding of Social Work by Paolo Freire 149 20 There is an Alternative: Homines Curans and the Limits of Neoliberalism 153 21 The Social Model of Disability 158 22 The Relevance of Nancy Fraser for Transformative Social Work Education 162 23 Feminism for the 99% 169 24 Intersectionality’s Definitional Dilemmas 173 25 Learning to Deliver LGBT+ Aged Care 180 26 Towards Practising Social Work Law 186 27 What are Values and Ethics? 191 28 Green Social Work in theory and Practice: A New Environmental Paradigm for the Profession 198 Part III: Practice in Social Work 204 Commentary Three 205 29 On the Nature of Practice 206 30 ‘Radical Social Work’ by Roy Bailey and Mike Brake: A Classic Text Revisited 211 31 The Critical Role of Street Level Bureaucrats 215 32 Assessment in the Twenty-First Century 220 33 The Significance of African-Centered Social Work for Social Work Practice 226 34 Bridging the Past and Present to the Future of Crisis Intervention and Crisis Management 231 35 The Contemporary Context of Relationship-Based Practice 238 36 The Ecological Systems Metaphor in Australasia 244 37 The Strengths Perspective in Social Work Practice: Extensions and Cautions 251 38 Personalisation through Participation: A New Script for Public Services 257 39 Collaboration and Partnership in Context 261 40 A Review of Donald A. Schön’s, The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action 268 41 Making things New: Distant Voices and Unbound at Vox Liminis with Padraig O’Tuama 274 Index 278 Social,Work;,Black,History,Month;,Decolonization;,Human,Rights,Practice;,Personal,Social,Services;,Child,Welfare;,Public,Health Social Work,Black History Month,Decolonization,Human Rights Practice,Personal Social Services,Child Welfare,Public Health "Building on the successful 1st edition, this reader brings together some of the most significant ideas that have informed social work practice over the last fifty years. At the same time as presenting these foundational extracts, the book includes commentaries that allow the reader to understand the texts on their own terms as well as to be aware of their relations to each other and to the wider social work context. There is no settled view or easy consensus about what social work is and should be, and the ideas reflected in this volume are themselves diverse and complex. The world of social work has changed greatly over the last ten years, and this new edition reflects that change with new material on the decolonisation of social work knowledges, the greater emphasis on inter-disciplinarity and co-production and the new concern for identities. By providing students and practitioners with an easy way into reading first-hand some of the most interesting, foundational texts of the subject, it will be required reading for all undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and professionals undertaking post-qualifying training"-- Provided by publisher