What is the Future of Social Work? /

This book offers a unique analysis of the challenges facing contemporary social work that considers the multi-faceted threats to the profession. It provides in-depth reflections on the future of social care practice and solutions for students and practitioners.

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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol : Policy Press, 2019.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures and tables; Notes on contributors; Editor's acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction: what is the future of social work?; 1. Austerity and the context of social work today; 2. Contemporary developments in child protection in England: reform or reaction?; 3. The slow death of social work with older people?; 4. Mental health social work: the dog that hasn't barked; 5. Learning disabilities and social work; 6. Social work by and for all; 7. Anti-oppressive social work, neoliberalism and neo-eugenics
  • 8. From Seebohm factories to neoliberal production lines? The social work labour process9. Social work and the refugee crisis: reflections from Samos in Greece; Conclusion: the road to an alternative future?; References; Index; Back cover