The need for professionals to use reflection to learn about and develop their practice is now
a universally stated goal. In social work however there has been little research into whether …

Assessment is a core component of social work. Since first publication, Assessment in Social
Work has provided students and practitioners with a clear overview of the complex issues …

It is well known that in cases in which abused children have died, social workers and other
professionals did not relate to them effectively—the phenomenon now known as the …

Social worker–client relationship practice has always been and remains central to
contemporary social work purpose and identity. The professional “helping relationship” can …

Doing Ethnography by Amanda Coffey is the third volume in The SAGE Qualitative
Research Kit. This book can be used together with the other titles in the Kit as a …

Although the home is the most common place where social work goes on, research has
largely ignored the home visit. Drawing on a participant observation study of child protection …

While recognition that some service users do not want social work involvement has grown in
recent years, little research has explored what relationships between social workers and …

Relationship-based practice has become an influential theory through which social work
practice is understood. However, much more critical attention needs to be given to the kinds …

This article draws from a 15-month participant observation study of social work and child
protection practices in England to illustrate how social workers used Facebook to gain …

Social work in the United Kingdom is preoccupied with what social workers cannot do due to
having limited time to spend with service users. Yet remarkably little research has examined …