What Is Social Work?: Contexts and Perspectives

by Nigel Horner

Book Overview

Following the lives of four fictional time-travelling characters, it examines the changing functions of social work by unpicking the changing social and political responses to their needs. From its historical roots to the modern and fast-moving profession it has become, this book looks in detail at how social work has evolved as a profession, what social work looks like in recent years and where it is heading. There are key chapters on working with...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1473989477
• ISBN13: 9781473989474
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Learning Matters
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.8" x 9.8"