Lavalette What Is the Future of Social Work?

A handbook for positive action
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-4473-4083-6
Verlag: Policy Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 214 Seiten

Social work is under unprecedented pressure as a result of funding cuts, political interventions, marketisation and welfare transformations which, combined, are dramatically reshaping the relationship between individuals and the welfare state.

A wide range of distinguished academics provide a comprehensive analysis of the evolving challenges facing contemporary social work, reflecting on both the existential and ideological threats to the profession. As well as the chief practice areas of child protection, adult care and mental health, contributors also examine practice issues surrounding older people, neoliberalism, neo-eugenics and the refugee crisis.

This book offers concrete policy proposals for the future of the profession alongside valuable solutions which students and practitioners can action on the ground.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lavalette, Michael

Weitere Mitwirkende

Dowd, Peter

Jones, Chris

Harris, John

Singh, Gurnam

Beresford, Peter

Walmsley, Jan

Ferguson, Iain

Lymbery, Mark

Featherstone, Brid

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Fragen & Probleme

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Lymbery, Mark
Mark Lymbery is an Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Lincoln. He has a long-standing academic interest in the development of adult social care.

Ferguson, Iain
Iain Ferguson is Honorary Professor of Social Work and Social Policy at the University of West Scotland and a founding member of the Social Work Action Network.

Beresford, Peter
Peter Beresford OBE is Visiting Professor at the University of East Anglia and Co-Chair of Shaping Our Lives, the user led organisation and network as a long term user of mental health services. He has a longstanding track record of work in the field of participation and citizen involvement as academic, service user, researcher, educator and activist.

Walmsley, Jan
Jan Walmsley is a historian of intellectual disability and Visiting Chair in History of Learning Disability at The Open University. In 1994 she founded the Social History of Learning Disability Research Group at The Open University.

Featherstone, Brid
Brid Featherstone is Professor of Social Work at the University of Huddersfield.

Lavalette, Michael
Michael Lavalette is a Professor in the Department of Social Work, Care and Justice at Liverpool Hope Univeristy. He has published widely on radical social work and contemporary social movements. He is co-editor of Critical and Radical Social Work journal.

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.