Summary
Contents
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A step-by-step guide to the underpinning theoretical knowledge in social work helping your students to confidently apply theory in practice. - Exercises will help them get to grips with the essentials and reflect on learning. - Case studies from eight fictional social workers located in a busy local authority office will allow them to explore a range of different practice experience, theoretical perspectives and approaches to understanding situations and identifying possible courses of action. - The authors’ own experiences will show the importance of reflection, supervision and continual learning to help them prepare for the reality of practice.
Foundations of theory in social work
Foundations of theory in social work
Introduction
We have noted that social work practice draws from theories which have arisen in many other disciplines. This is a book about using theory in social work practice, and it is neither possible, nor desirable to detail every single theory from every single discipline. Some fields, however, have been so influential on social work they can be considered foundational to how our profession has evolved and developed, how social services are organised and delivered, and how we practise as social workers. Subsequent chapters will explore theory predominantly arising from philosophy, psychology and sociology, and so here we outline their core theoretical tenets to offer context for what is to come. All of these ...
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