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Community approaches to child welfare: international perspectives
- Editor:
- DOMINELLI Lena
- Publisher:
- Ashgate
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 212p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
This book seeks to explore ways in which community-based, preventative approaches to child welfare can be used to support families experiencing behavioural problems with children or undergoing difficulties in raising them. Specific practice examples developed in Britain, Canada and Sweden provide a further dimension to this book. Comparing and contrasting developments within these countries reveal that there are both similarities in the methods adopted and difference in the ways in which these are applied. Common themes which appear across the stories that are presented include: the importance of ensuring cultural specificity to respond to identity issues and local traditions; the need to adhere to legislation that is country specific; the importance of dealing with some child welfare issues on an international basis, e.g. child abductions; and the importance of giving children the space within which to articulate their own 'voice.' Additionally, the book reveals how working with families from a community perspective which is centered in acknowledging children’s rights and parental rights may challenge professionals in ways that they find uncomfortable. Nevertheless, the book concludes that practice can more effectively serve children’s interests if parents and workers work in partnership with each other.
Broadening horizons: international exchanges in social work
- Editors:
- DOMINELLI Lena, BERNARD Wanda Thomas
- Publisher:
- Ashgate
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 400p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
This book provides al contribution to the debate on how to tackle social work problems on a global scale. Filling both a theoretical and a practice gap in the literature, the book discusses the experiences of academics, practitioners and students involved in international exchanges in social work. It draws on a major EU-Canadian exchange project as well as separate projects in countries including South Africa, the USA, China and Australia. The contributors highlight the opportunities and barriers that shaped their experience and give guidance on how to deal with both the practicalities and aspirations of living and working across borders.
Practising social work in a complex world
- Editors:
- ADAMS Robert, DOMINELLI Lena, PAYNE Malcolm, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 368p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
Formerly published as Social Work Futures, this is one of three interrelated books. The companion books are Social Work: Themes, Issues and Critical Debates (3rd ed.) and Critical Practice in Social Work (2nd ed.). It provides coverage of social work practice situations involving complexity, tension and uncertainty, focuses on how social work can contribute by integrating the perspectives of service users, carers, other professionals and the wider agency context; discusses a range of management skills, presented as versatile tools for all practitioners; and explores social work research as an important but widely debated professional resource.
Social work: themes, issues and critical debates
- Editors:
- ADAMS Robert, DOMINELLI Lena, PAYNE Malcolm, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 432p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
- Edition:
- 3rd ed.
One of three interrelated books edited by the editors, this covers the debates that shape the profession and insight into the issues at the heart of social work practice. This third edition is in three parts. Part one is about knowledge for social work practice and covers the knowledge bases and subject disciplines to which social work relates. Part two describes the basic tasks and processes that it entails in the settings of adult services, children and families, and third sector work with voluntary organisations and community groups. Part three is about the practice environment, it details the settings in which social work is practiced and the kinds of policies and structures that professionals can expect to work with. Each part is then comprised of a number of essays by top social care writers, teachers and practitioners.
Critical practice in social work
- Editors:
- ADAMS Robert, DOMINELLI Lena, PAYNE Malcolm, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 429p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
This book provides material to develop understanding of what is involved in practicing social work critically. It is the second in a trilogy of social work books by the same authors. The text is divided into three parts: looking at how values affect personal and professional development; surveying the main theoretical perspectives on and approaches to practice; studying particular areas of social work from the viewpoint of how to develop critical practice. Further reading and weblinks are provided for each chapter and illustrative case material is used throughout.
Critical practice in social work
- Editors:
- ADAMS Robert, DOMINELLI Lena, PAYNE Malcolm, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 358p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
Focusing on social work values, on areas of particular practice (ranging across work with children, families and vulnerable adults) and on management issues relevant to all social workers whether they are managers or not, the book offers an overview both of the practicalities of social work and the principles underpinning practice.
Social work futures: crossing boundaries, transforming practice
- Editors:
- ADAMS Robert, DOMINELLI Lena, PAYNE Malcolm, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 342p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
The book follows three-part structure: social work practices, processes and questions which are designed to complement each other. Its distinctive focus is on the development of practice through deepened understanding of social work processes, organizational settings and the evidence base for practice and multiprofessional working.
Beyond racial divides: ethnicities in social work practice
- Editors:
- DOMINELLI Lena, LORENZ Walter, SOYDAN Haluk
- Publisher:
- Ashgate
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 310p.,diags.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
This book examines race and ethnicity in relation to social work theories and practices and acknowledges the complexities in these concepts. Part one looks at: emerging ethnicities as a theoretical framework; a theoretical framework for ethnic sensitivity for social work practice; multicultural organisational development; and inclusive thinking and acting. Part two is on: the social pedagogical model in the multicultural society; the experience of Zimbabwe in using social development as a model of social work practice; and social work education with migrants and refugees in France. Part three examines mainstream social work practice with diverse user groups, including black and minority ethnic older people, children and people with mental health problems. Part four focuses on reclaiming heritages through social work practice and contains chapters on: renewing first nations ways of helping; a Maori social work construct; and appropriateness of social work practice with communities of African origin.
Social work: themes, issues and critical debates
- Editors:
- ADAMS Robert, DOMINELLI Lena, PAYNE Malcolm
- Publisher:
- Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 408p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
Provides an introduction to the main currents of theory, research and practice in social work, drawing together a collection of papers on the knowledge, values, skills and contexts which are crucial both to the social work curriculum and to effective personal practice. Contains chapters on: anti-oppressive practice; values, ethics and social work; social work and society; social policy and social work; social work and the law; social work and organisations; social work through the life course; personal and professional development; research and development; social work theories and reflective practice; counselling; groupwork; community work; psychosocial work; cognitive behavioural practice; task centred work; radical social work; feminist social work; postmodernism and discourse approaches to social work; social work processes; social work with children and families; social work with adults; and social work with offenders.