Author: Jane Fenton
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000573559
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
This book is full of ideas about how social work education can confront the individualising and often blaming form of social work that neoliberalism ushered in four decades ago. Radical social work is an approach to social work that has, at its heart, the departure from solely behavioural, moral or psychological understanding of service users’ problems. Social work had originally been concerned with the moral character of people in trouble (usually poor people), making a clear division between those who were ‘deserving’ of help and those who were ‘undeserving’. The rise of science and the ‘psy’ disciplines then led to psychological explanations for the difficulties people found themselves in. Both explanations for social problems – moral and psychological – with their narrow focus on the individual have been enjoying a renaissance in recent times with the neoliberal self-sufficiency narrative (moral) and the more recent focus on trauma (psychological). Radical social work challenges those explanations, concerned as it is with the circumstances a person might find themselves in – poverty, poor housing, poor education, high crime rates, and lack of opportunities of all kinds. This book is a step towards resurrecting radical social work principles, and it urges us to think about how social work education can be reshaped to that end. Radical Challenges for Social Work Education is a significant new contribution to social work practice and theory, and will be a great resource for academics, researchers, and advanced students of Politics, Education, Social Work, Sociology, Public Policy, Development Studies, Anthropology, and Human Geography. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the journal Social Work Education.
Radical Challenges for Social Work Education
Author: Jane Fenton
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000573559
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
This book is full of ideas about how social work education can confront the individualising and often blaming form of social work that neoliberalism ushered in four decades ago. Radical social work is an approach to social work that has, at its heart, the departure from solely behavioural, moral or psychological understanding of service users’ problems. Social work had originally been concerned with the moral character of people in trouble (usually poor people), making a clear division between those who were ‘deserving’ of help and those who were ‘undeserving’. The rise of science and the ‘psy’ disciplines then led to psychological explanations for the difficulties people found themselves in. Both explanations for social problems – moral and psychological – with their narrow focus on the individual have been enjoying a renaissance in recent times with the neoliberal self-sufficiency narrative (moral) and the more recent focus on trauma (psychological). Radical social work challenges those explanations, concerned as it is with the circumstances a person might find themselves in – poverty, poor housing, poor education, high crime rates, and lack of opportunities of all kinds. This book is a step towards resurrecting radical social work principles, and it urges us to think about how social work education can be reshaped to that end. Radical Challenges for Social Work Education is a significant new contribution to social work practice and theory, and will be a great resource for academics, researchers, and advanced students of Politics, Education, Social Work, Sociology, Public Policy, Development Studies, Anthropology, and Human Geography. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the journal Social Work Education.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000573559
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
This book is full of ideas about how social work education can confront the individualising and often blaming form of social work that neoliberalism ushered in four decades ago. Radical social work is an approach to social work that has, at its heart, the departure from solely behavioural, moral or psychological understanding of service users’ problems. Social work had originally been concerned with the moral character of people in trouble (usually poor people), making a clear division between those who were ‘deserving’ of help and those who were ‘undeserving’. The rise of science and the ‘psy’ disciplines then led to psychological explanations for the difficulties people found themselves in. Both explanations for social problems – moral and psychological – with their narrow focus on the individual have been enjoying a renaissance in recent times with the neoliberal self-sufficiency narrative (moral) and the more recent focus on trauma (psychological). Radical social work challenges those explanations, concerned as it is with the circumstances a person might find themselves in – poverty, poor housing, poor education, high crime rates, and lack of opportunities of all kinds. This book is a step towards resurrecting radical social work principles, and it urges us to think about how social work education can be reshaped to that end. Radical Challenges for Social Work Education is a significant new contribution to social work practice and theory, and will be a great resource for academics, researchers, and advanced students of Politics, Education, Social Work, Sociology, Public Policy, Development Studies, Anthropology, and Human Geography. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the journal Social Work Education.
Radical Social Work
Author: Roy Bailey
Publisher: Hodder Education
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Publisher: Hodder Education
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Radical Social Work
Author: Roy Victor Bailey
Publisher: Pantheon
ISBN:
Category : Social service
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Publisher: Pantheon
ISBN:
Category : Social service
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Radical Social Work Today
Author: Michael Lavalette
Publisher: Policy Press
ISBN: 1847428177
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
To celebrate the 35th anniversary of the seminal text Radical Social Work (1975), this volume has been compiled to explore the radical tradition within social work and assess its legacy, relevance and prospects. It is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduates studying social work, as well as social work academics and researchers.
Publisher: Policy Press
ISBN: 1847428177
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
To celebrate the 35th anniversary of the seminal text Radical Social Work (1975), this volume has been compiled to explore the radical tradition within social work and assess its legacy, relevance and prospects. It is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduates studying social work, as well as social work academics and researchers.
Radical Social Work in Practice
Author: Ferguson, Iain
Publisher: Policy Press
ISBN: 1861349912
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
This much-needed textbook provides a fresh understanding of the radical tradition and shows how it can be developed in contemporary social work.
Publisher: Policy Press
ISBN: 1861349912
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
This much-needed textbook provides a fresh understanding of the radical tradition and shows how it can be developed in contemporary social work.
The Road Not Taken
Author: Michael Reisch
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415933995
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415933995
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Social Work Practice
Author: Jeffry H. Galper
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Radicals in Social Work
Author: Daphne Statham
Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul Books
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul Books
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Social Work for Lazy Radicals
Author: Jane Fenton
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350313874
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
Be proud to be a lazy radical! This textbook makes the case for a radical approach to social work that can be embraced by everyone. It's an approach based on real empathy and an understanding of oppression, of managerialism, of the moral heart of social work, of humanism and of the effects of neoliberal hegemony. Jane Fenton provides a model of radical practice for students and social workers who are committed to 'doing the right thing', and who want to develop their own framework for practice. This book will appeal to students who are activists, but want to frame their individual-level practice in a meaningful way, and to those who are non-activist and non-political but simply want to be good social workers. It will give a political and moral understanding of social work practice and lead to confident, value-based and enjoyable social work.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350313874
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
Be proud to be a lazy radical! This textbook makes the case for a radical approach to social work that can be embraced by everyone. It's an approach based on real empathy and an understanding of oppression, of managerialism, of the moral heart of social work, of humanism and of the effects of neoliberal hegemony. Jane Fenton provides a model of radical practice for students and social workers who are committed to 'doing the right thing', and who want to develop their own framework for practice. This book will appeal to students who are activists, but want to frame their individual-level practice in a meaningful way, and to those who are non-activist and non-political but simply want to be good social workers. It will give a political and moral understanding of social work practice and lead to confident, value-based and enjoyable social work.
Social Work with Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Migrants
Author: Rachel Larkin
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1784506745
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Mass-migration, conflict and poverty are now persistent features of our globalised world. This reference book for social workers and service providers offers constructive ideas for practice within an inter-disciplinary framework. Each chapter speaks to a skill and knowledge area that is key to this work, bringing together myriad voices from across disciplines, interspersed with the vital perspectives of asylum seekers, refugees and migrants themselves. The book discusses the specific challenges faced when working in the community, and where people have suffered torture, in the context of social work practiced from an ethical value-base. Staying up to date with the latest developments in policy; and addressing key specific skills needed to work with people affected by borders, this book is a valuable resource for both practitioners and students.
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1784506745
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Mass-migration, conflict and poverty are now persistent features of our globalised world. This reference book for social workers and service providers offers constructive ideas for practice within an inter-disciplinary framework. Each chapter speaks to a skill and knowledge area that is key to this work, bringing together myriad voices from across disciplines, interspersed with the vital perspectives of asylum seekers, refugees and migrants themselves. The book discusses the specific challenges faced when working in the community, and where people have suffered torture, in the context of social work practiced from an ethical value-base. Staying up to date with the latest developments in policy; and addressing key specific skills needed to work with people affected by borders, this book is a valuable resource for both practitioners and students.