Practising social work
Subtitle: meeting the professional challenge
By: Neil Thompson.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780230201927
Subjects: Social service; Social workers
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Needs, unmet needs and problems; title: The social context of personal problems; title: Promoting and preventing change : developing vs. sustaining; title: Perspectives on problems : working in partnership; title: Reflective practice : developing critical analysis skills; title: Social work as education; title: Thinking and feeling : emotional intelligence; title: Narratives and meaning making; title: Managing self; title: Managing processes, tasks and outcomes; title: Managing risk and resources; title: Managing expectations; title: Traditional professionalism; title: The legacy of anti-professionalism; title: Developing empowering professionalism; title: Professionalism in practice.