Empowerment in Action: Self-Directed Groupwork

From three leading authorities in the field, this re-visit to a classic text demonstrates how groupwork can be used as a flexible tool for service user empowerment and participation across a range of contexts. Walking the reader through each stage in group formation and evolution, it is an essential text for health and social care professionals.

AUDREY MULLENDER is Principal of Ruskin College, Oxford, UK. She was previously Professor of Social Work at the University of Warwick, UK.

Jennie Fleming is a leading expert in social action, drawing on many years of professional and academic experience. She has worked as a social worker and a youth and community worker in a range of voluntary and statutory settings. She is currently Chair of the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Refugee Forum and a Visiting Fellow at Nottingham Trent University, UK.