This book, by one of the leading theorists of social work, tackles a subject of crucial
importance to students and practitioners alike: how social workers can enable their clients to …

Social work has become a business. The traditional distinction drawn between social work
as a non-commercial activity in the public and voluntary sectors of the welfare state and …

Radical Casework represents a major innovation in the social work field. It bridges the
seemingly unbridgeable gap between the rhetoric of social analysis and the day-to-day …

Social workers need to recognize the critical role that theory plays both in the way they make
sense of what is going on and in the way they order their work. Such recognition clarifies …

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An outline is provided of radical social work writers' use of Braverman's labour process
thesis on scientific management to account for developments in state social work in the late …

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3 Page 4 SOCIAL WORK AND RECEIVED IDEAS CHRIS ROJEK, GERALDINE PEACOCK …

Drawing upon the experiences of adult and community educators, youth and community
workers, Mark Smith examines the practice of educators who build up ways of working with …

Management and leadership are increasingly important within the organisation and delivery
of social care services and now form part of the post qualification framework for social …

The concept of social justice has become a common part of the political lexicon in recent
years, with New Labour identifying it as a key goal of its social strategy. In this article, I set …