Contemporary Social Work Practice:

A Handbook for Students

This exciting new book provides an overview of fifteen different contemporary social work practice settings, spanning across the statutory, voluntary, private and third sectors. It serves as the perfect introduction to the various roles social workers can have and the numerous places they can work, equipping students with the knowledge, skills and values required to work in areas ranging from mental health to fostering and adoption, and from alcohol and drug treatment services to youth offending.

Each chapter provides:

• An overview of the setting, including the role of the social worker, how service users gain access to the service and key issues, definitions or terms specific to the setting

• Legislation and policy guidance related to the specific setting

• The key theories and methods related to the setting

• Best practice approaches and the benefits and challenges of working within the setting

• Case examples illustrating the application of the information to practice

Social work students will find this an invaluable handbook that they will refer to time and again throughout their education and into their assessed and supported year of employment.

Contributors: Mark Baldwin, Jo Bell, Jenny Clifford, Jill Chonody, Clare Evans, Benedict Fell, Alinka Gearon, Issy Harvey, Caroline Hickman, Tony Jeffs, Debbie Martin, Malcolm Payne, Justin Rogers, Sue Taplin, Barbra Teater, John Watson, Michele Winter.

This text is in its first edition, and has been adapted to be sold within India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.