Overview

This book gives a unique analysis of the challenges facing contemporary social work that considers both the existential and ideological threats to the profession.  Providing a wide range of in-depth reflections on the future of social care practice in the UK, it offers concrete policy proposals for the future of the profession alongside solutions which students and practitioners can action on the ground.

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Author:   Peter Dowd ,  Chris Jones ,  John Harris ,  Gurnam Singh (School of Health and Social Sciences, Coventry University)
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
Imprint:   Policy Press
ISBN:  

9781447340812

ISBN 10:   1447340817
Pages:   214
Publication Date:   02 October 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Foreword ~ Peter Dowd Introduction: what is the future of social work? ~ Michael Lavalette Austerity and the context of social work today ~ Michael Lavalette Contemporary developments in child protection in England: reform or reaction? ~ Brid Featherstone The slow death of social work with older people? ~ Mark Lymbery Mental health social work: the dog that hasn’t barked ~ Iain Ferguson Learning disabilities and social work ~ Jan Walmsley Social work by and for all ~ Peter Beresford Anti-oppressive social work, neoliberalism and neo-eugenics ~ Gurnam Singh From Seebohm factories to neoliberal production lines? The social work labour process ~ John Harris Social work and the refugee crisis: reflections from Samos in Greece ~ Chris Jones Conclusion: the road to an alternative future? ~ Michael Lavalette

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Michael Lavalette is Professor in Social Work and Head of the School of Social Sciences at Liverpool Hope University. He has published widely on radical social work and contemporary social movements. He is co-editor of Critical and Radical Social Work journal.

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