Social Work

Today stakeholders demand accountability from government and nongovernmental human service organizations. Performance measurement has become the ma...

The social work profession comes alive with active learning exercises!This Second Edition engages introductory social work students in hands-on, co...

The first book to focus on evidence-based social work practice with low-income womenThis one-of-a-kind book presents evidence-based coverage of the...

Until now there has been a systemic failure within social work education to address the unique experiences and concerns of LGBTQ individuals and co...

Originally published in 1985 The Role of Voluntary Organisations in Social Welfare considers the voluntary sector as a provider of social welfare. ...

Dive into the heart of social work in this pioneering A-Z reference guide which brings theory to life through the lived experience of social worker...

Essential Ethics for Social Work Practice is designed to empower social work students with the foundational knowledge, skills, critical thinking, a...

Originally published in 1981 Social Welfare and the Failure of the State looks at how the 1980s have ushered in an intensification on the debate of...

First published in 1999, this work draws together a multi-national collection of papers, and aims to stimulate the development of policy and practi...

Originally published in 1976 Talking About Welfare is a collection of essays providing a general survey of the problems facing social welfare. The ...

This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of social work supervision internationally and presents an analytical review of social work supervi...

First published in 1985, this ground-breaking volume contributes to a largely neglected area of social work research, theory and practice. The coll...

Domestic violence legislation is a key response to the entrenched social problem of intimate partner violence across the globe, yet little is known...

By adopting a comparative approach, this book investigates the philosophy, policy, practices, and challenges of inclusive education in the Chinese ...

This important new book critically examines the complex policy and practice issues surrounding child protection, including the impact of theoretica...

Domestic violence is a serious, widespread public, social and health problem that affects the lives of many women, children and men. There is also ...

First published in 1999, this volume is a revision of an earlier edition, after which there has been a virtual transformation in the provision of m...

Exacerbated by the Great Recession, youth transitions to employment and adulthood have become increasingly protracted, precarious, and differentiat...

Participation is a vital element of working with children and young people � ensuring that services are meeting their needs as well as promoting ci...

CHANGE! A Student Guide to Social Action helps students learn how to bring about the change they believe will improve their community. What disting...

The Routledge Handbook of Social Work Practice Research is the first international handbook to focus on practice research for social work. Bringing...

This is the first comprehensive book that provides accessible, international knowledge for practitioners, students and academics about social work ...

The nine chapters in this book, along with a critical introduction, address complex theological issues relating to structural inequalities of our s...

An increase in the legal response to wife assault is evident in North America, largely in reaction to earlier calls for greater responsiveness by t...

The Ethical Foundations of Social Work provides an engaging, theoretically rigorous and practice-based grounding in social work ethics. The authors...

This book provides a good overview of the important and current ssues in child welfare today. --Emma Wolford in The Prevention Report "Nora S. G...

CHANGE! A Student Guide to Social Action helps students learn how to bring about the change they believe will improve their community. What disting...

Being socially competent is essential in late modern society. We expect people to find their own accommodation, partner, job, community and lifesty...

This title was first published in 2000: Equity and Efficiency Policy provides a completely new perspective on post-reform community care, analyzes ...

Why is it so difficult to provide quality mental health care for multicultural populations? How can quality care be achieved? Understanding Cultura...

Much of contemporary scholarship on fathers comes from a deficit model, focusing on men′s inadequacies as parents. This edited volume assembles a g...

Published in 1998, the book provides a useful contribution to current debates on social exclusion, the regeneration of communities and the refocusi...

Public policy thinking and implementation is both a process of intellectual thought and rationale for governing. This book examines public policy a...

Trauma can result in a variety of symptoms and problems such as behavioral disorders, emotional dysregulation, sleep disturbances, recurring nightm...

The Liminal Worker examines the experience of work, employment, employment insecurity and precariousness in a context of high unemployment and welf...