Introducing Social WorkISBN: 978-0-7456-4087-7
Paperback
184 pages
March 2009, Polity
Other Available Formats: Hardcover
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Introducing Social Work.
Chapter One: What is Social Work?.
Chapter Two: Working with Children, Young People and their Families: Child Saviour or Child Snatcher?.
Chapter Three: Working with Older People: Market-Driven Facilities or Universal Services?.
Chapter Four: Disabled People: Human Tragedies or Disabling Societies?.
Chapter Five: Mental Ill Health: Care in Institutions or the Community?.
Chapter Six: Homeless People: Independence or Social Neglect?.
Chapter Seven:.
People Who Misuse Substances: Addictions or Responses to Difficult Life Circumstances and Relationships?.
Chapter Eight:.
Offending Behaviour: and Working with Offenders: Rehabilitation or Warehousing?.
Chapter Nine:.
Disaster Interventions: Immediate Relief or Long-Term Reconstruction?.
Conclusions:.
Universal Services for All or Residual Services for the Few?.
Bibliography.
Author Index.
Subject Index