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Social work : a critical approach to practice / Jan Fook.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : SAGE, 2012.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 224 pISBN:
  • 9781446200520:
  • 1446200523 (pbk.)
  • 1446200515 (Cloth)
  • 1446200515 (hbk.)
  • 9781446200520 (pb : alk. paper)
  • 9781446200513 (hb : alk. paper)
  • 9781446200513 (Cloth)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 361.3
Online resources:
Contents:
[Critical Potential and Current Challenges] The Critical Tradition of Social Work -- Current Contexts of Practice: Challenges and Possibilities.
[Rethinking Ideas] New Ways of Knowing -- Power -- Discourse, Language and Narrative -- Identity and Difference.
[Redeveloping Practices] Critical Deconstruction and Reconstruction -- Empowerment -- Problem Conceptualisation and Assessment -- Narrative Strategies -- Contextual Practices: Strategies for Working in and with Contexts -- Ongoing Learning.
Summary: "Social work is a human profession founded on social justice. It is difficult however to negotiate this in the constantly-changing context of the twenty-first century. Now in it's Second Edition, this book considers the critical tradition of social work and updates it with postmodern thinking. Jan Fook draws on critical reflection to help social workers deliver flexible, responsible and responsive practice and to celebrate the ageless ideals of the profession. Jan Fook draws on her own experiences to relate theoretical ideas to real life. Summaries, exercises and further reading are also included in each chapter." publisher description.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
General Lending Wexford Campus Library Wexford General Lending 361.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 76030

previous edition entitled: Social work : critical theory and practice / Jan Fook. 2002.

CW017

CW068

Includes bibliographical references and index.

[Critical Potential and Current Challenges] The Critical Tradition of Social Work -- Current Contexts of Practice: Challenges and Possibilities.

[Rethinking Ideas] New Ways of Knowing -- Power -- Discourse, Language and Narrative -- Identity and Difference.

[Redeveloping Practices] Critical Deconstruction and Reconstruction -- Empowerment -- Problem Conceptualisation and Assessment -- Narrative Strategies -- Contextual Practices: Strategies for Working in and with Contexts -- Ongoing Learning.

"Social work is a human profession founded on social justice. It is difficult however to negotiate this in the constantly-changing context of the twenty-first century. Now in it's Second Edition, this book considers the critical tradition of social work and updates it with postmodern thinking. Jan Fook draws on critical reflection to help social workers deliver flexible, responsible and responsive practice and to celebrate the ageless ideals of the profession. Jan Fook draws on her own experiences to relate theoretical ideas to real life. Summaries, exercises and further reading are also included in each chapter." publisher description.

33.35

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