The fourth edition of Veronica Coulshed's classic text remains an ideal introduction for all beginning social work students as well as a refresher and companion for practitioners. It has been meticulously revised to reflect the latest changes in social work education and retains the focus on the relationship between theory, evidence and practice.

'[A] key text for social work students and a useful resource for practioners and lecturers.' - British Journal of Social Work

'The book has always been a perfect jumping off point for students' - Social Work Practice

'Maintains its bestseller status with this edition.' - Rachel Wooler, Community Care

'In general it is a good all-rounder and a worthwhile purchase...Its emphasis on understanding theory and reflecting is vital for students and practitioners today, as it always has been.' - Fiona Macdonald, Social Policy and Social Work

List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Theory and Practice
SECTION 1: SOCIAL WORK PROCESSES
Social Work Processes: Assessment
Social Work Processes: Advocacy, Negotiation and Partnership
Social Work Processes: Communication
SECTION 2: METHODS OF INTERVENTION
Counselling
Working with Loss and Change
Task-Centred Practice
Cognitive Behavioural Work
SECTION 3: CONTEXTS OF INTERVENTION
Working with Families and Children
Working with Adults
Working with Groups
Working with Communities
Endings
References

VERONICA COULSHED sometime Head of Applied Social Studies at the University of Sunderland, UK. As well as the original author of Social Work Practice, she wrote the first edition of Management in Social Work.

JOAN ORME is Head of the Glasgow School of Social Work, a joint school of Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities, UK. She has written extensively on the contribution of feminist theory to social work and on social work education and practice.