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Social Work and Social Care has been revised and updated to take into account the profound changes that have occurred in social work over the past two years, in particular the extensive legislative changes to childrens and community care services. A new chapter examines the relevance of social exclusion for social work and continues to affirm the importance of equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice within social work.
Social Work and Social Care:
* outlines the importance of social policy for social work
* describes the powerful ideological forces that underpin current practice
* considers the future of social work and social care within * altered social and political contexts
* covers all main areas of social work
* includes a glossary and useful website addresses.
This book is essential reading for students approaching the study of social work, social care and social policy and includes the most current research available.
Social Work and Social Care:
* outlines the importance of social policy for social work
* describes the powerful ideological forces that underpin current practice
* considers the future of social work and social care within * altered social and political contexts
* covers all main areas of social work
* includes a glossary and useful website addresses.
This book is essential reading for students approaching the study of social work, social care and social policy and includes the most current research available.
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About the Author:
Lester Parrott is Senior Lecturer in Social work at North East Wales Institute teaching social policy on professional and undergraduate courses. He worked for many years as a social worker for Derbyshire Social Services Department. He has written a number of books on social policy and social work, his most recent being Social Policy: Social Work Foundations, Prospects Publications.
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'Were all my personal social service students to have read this book before we started, it would make my teaching much easier, and probably far more effective.' - John Baldock, University of Kent, Social Policy Association News
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- PublisherRoutledge
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0953357112
- ISBN 13 9780953357116
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages168
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