Social Work Practice: Assessment, Planning, Intervention and Review

This best-selling book will take readers step-by-step through the four main aspects of social work practice—Assessment, Planning, Intervention, and Review—giving a complete foundation in each. It will introduce readers to each process in a clear and accessible way, supporting them to both reflect on and apply what they have learnt in practice across settings and service user groups. Social Work Practice provides readers with a theoretical foundation from which they can explore other aspects of social work.

New to the Fifth Edition:

• An ‘ethnographic approach’ to social work
• Focus on relationship and resilience
• Revised exploration of the political context of social work
• Updated emphasis on social justice and human rights