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Social Working

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Introduction: Thinking about Practice in Social Work

    • Pam Carter, Tony Jeffs, Mark K. Smith
    Pages 1-16
  3. Teamworking

    • Val Chapman
    Pages 17-31
  4. Records and Record Keeping

    • Patsy Little
    Pages 32-48
  5. Policing

    • Deborah Marshall
    Pages 64-76
  6. Private Living in a Public Place

    • Deborah Mann
    Pages 77-93
  7. Advising and Advocacy

    • Lynnzie Stirling
    Pages 94-108
  8. Educating

    • Irene Boyd, Jane Skittrall
    Pages 109-122
  9. Supervising

    • Mary Turner
    Pages 123-136
  10. Managing

    • Jennifer Lapompe
    Pages 137-150
  11. The Daily Round

    • Celia Parnell
    Pages 151-164
  12. Making Sense of Social Working

    • Pam Carter, Tony Jeffs, Mark K. Smith
    Pages 165-180
  13. Back Matter

    Pages 181-182

About this book

Social Working provides a framework for thinking about the daily (and not so daily) experiences of being a social worker. Each chapter of the book focuses on a key process including organising the daily round; keeping records; policing clients, counselling; educating; advising and advocating; living alongside; supervision of staff and teamworking.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Economics and Government and the Social Welfare Research Unit, University of Northumbria, Newcastle, UK

    Pam Carter

  • Department of Applied Social Science, University of Northumbria, Newcastle, UK

    Tony Jeffs

  • Centre for Professional Studies in Informal Education, YMCA National College, London, UK

    Mark K. Smith

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Social Working

  • Editors: Pam Carter, Tony Jeffs, Mark K. Smith, Jo Campling

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23755-5

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1995

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 182

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Social Work