Social work : the basics / Mark Doel.

CW717, CW758, CW768

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

[Part 1: Reformist or radical : Social work's roots and different identities] What is social work? -- Origins of social work -- Social work values and ethics -- Beginnings of social work knowledge -- Roots of models and methods -- Evolution of social work education -- Development of social work organisation -- Welfare -- Social work and social problems -- Ideology -- Managerialism -- The cousins.

[Part 2: Harridan or heroine : the public face of social work] Public image -- Public service -- Media -- Politics -- Social work responses -- Themes -- Language.

[Part 3: Clients or service users : how and why people come into contact with social work] Neither universal nor mainstream -- Clients -- Who becomes a service user and how? -- Looking after other people's children -- Children and families -- Court work and youth justice -- Disabilities -- Mental health -- Drug and alcohol misuse -- Refugees, asylum seekers and travellers -- Older people -- Service users who do not want to be service users -- Service users providing and buying social services -- Carers -- Service users as volunteers -- Where do social workers and clients meet? -- On a caseload -- Themes -- What do service users want from social work?

[Part 4: A profession or a career; a calling or a job : what social workers do and how social work is organized] A profession -- A career or a calling -- A job -- Themes -- Management and leadership -- Social work practice -- A week in social work -- Social work and social care -- How social work services are organised -- How social work services are bought and sold -- Regulation, inspection and conduct -- Relations with the neighbours.

[Part 5: A discipline or a skill; an education or a training : how social workers learn their practice] A discipline -- Social work research -- Theory and practice -- Social work skills -- Reflective practice -- Education and training -- Becoming a social worker -- Placements and practice learning -- The organisation of social work education -- Supervision -- Law and social work -- After qualification.

[Part 6: Universal or specific : social work local and global] Generic and specialist -- Specifics in social work -- Countries of the United Kingdom -- International social work -- International mobility.

[Part 7: Past and future : the pioneers of today are the prophets of tomorrow (Attlee)] Challenges -- An ideal social work?

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