What Is Social Work? : Context and Perspectives

Horner, Nigel

ISBN 10: 1844452484 / ISBN 13: 9781844452484

Published by SAGE Publications, Limited, 2009

About this Item

Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: What Is Social Work? : Context and Perspectives
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Limited
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1844452484
• ISBN 13: 9781844452484
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: Third.
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 0.816 pounds

About this title

Synopsis

Now in its third edition, this classic social work text explores the foundations of social care in the UK, how it evolved and why. It answers key questions on mental health, working with older people, working with families and children and much more. With expanded chapters on international social work, the new directions for social care and the implications of interprofessional working, this text is widely considered the best introduction to the subject a social work student can have.

About the Author

Nigel Horner is Head of the School of Health and Social Care at the University of Lincoln, where he teaches social work history, theory and methods, residential child care and ageing and older people. He began working in a London Borough Children’s Home in 1972, before studying Sociology at Durham University. After a period as a Community Worker, he qualified in Social Work from Glasgow University in 1980, and thereafter worked in Mental Health, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Fostering and Youth Offending settings. He is also a Senior Fellow in the Higher Education Academy.