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Essential Theory for Social Work Practice

4.17 (12 ratings by Goodreads)

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By (author): Chris Beckett Nigel Horner

Focusing on what students really need to know, this book breaks down all of the key social work theory covered across a students training, demystifying complex concepts by demonstrating their application to real-life practice. Multiple case studies highlight applied theory in different practice settings and across issues and challenges that students might face, while self-assessment exercises, practice notes, concise chapter summaries and discussion points help to consolidate their understanding.

New chapters bring the book right up to date and include Relationship-based Work, The Importance of Language, Political Perspectives and Environmental Intervention.

Written by two well-established and expert authors, this is the must-have theory text for all social work students.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 670g
  • Dimensions: 186 x 232mm
  • Publication Date: 28 Dec 2015
  • Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781446285725

About Chris BeckettNigel Horner

Chris Beckett studied Psychology at Bristol University and qualified as a social worker at Bangor North Wales in 1980 going on to work for eighteen years as a social worker and social work manager and then for fifteen years as a social work lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University and the University of East Anglia. He has had a parallel career for some time as a writer of fiction and is now a full-time writer. His novel Dark Eden was the winner of the Arthur C. Clarke award for 2012. Nigel Horner is Head of the School of Health and Social Care at the University of Lincoln where he teaches social work history theory and methods residential child care and ageing and older people. He began working in a London Borough Childrens Home in 1972 before studying Sociology at Durham University. After a period as a Community Worker he qualified in Social Work from Glasgow University in 1980 and thereafter worked in Mental Health Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Fostering and Youth Offending settings. He is also a Senior Fellow in the Higher Education Academy.

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