A Contemporary History of Social Work : : Learning from the Past /

A Contemporary History of Social Work : : Learning from the Past / / Terry Bamford.

Drawing on lessons from the recent history of social work to identify how and why it has lost its privilege and influence, this book challenges social work students to understand why social work has failed to maintain its position as a driver of social reform. Bamford looks forward to a new model of...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Complete eBook-Package 2015
VerfasserIn:
Bamford, Terry,
MitwirkendeR:
Bamford, Terry,
Place / Publishing House:Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • A brave new world: social work at its zenith
  • Social work’s ambivalence about professionalism
  • Childcare and the loss of trust
  • Neoliberalism and social work practice
  • Education or training for social work
  • The evolution of radical social work
  • From the mainstream to the margins: two case studies
  • The impossible dream: integration of health and social care
  • Social work and devolution
  • Social work in a changing world
  • Rotherham and beyond
  • References
  • Index

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