Social Work Practice: Assessment, Planning, Intervention and Review

About Jonathan Parker

Prof. Dr. Jonathan Parker is Professor of Society & Social Welfare at Bournemouth University Emeritus Professor at University of Stavanger Norway. He is Visiting Professor at the Tasik Chini Research Centre Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Universiti Sains Malaysia and Universiti Malaysia Sarawak and Doctoral programme team member at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milan. He was one of the founders and director of the Family Assessment and Support Unit a placement agency attached to the University of Hull and Head of Department of Social Work. He was Chair of the Association of Teachers in Social Work Education until 2005 Vice Chair of the UK higher education representative body the Joint University Council for Social Work Education from 2005- 2010 and is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. He has published widely (over 200 scholarly papers and chapters and 37 books): on disadvantage marginalization violence social work and welfare education. He is author of the best-selling book Social Work Practice (SAGE 2021) and series editor for the highly successful Transforming Social Work Practice series (SAGE).