Social Work Competences Core Knowledge, Values and Skills,9780803978003

Social Work Competences Core Knowledge, Values and Skills

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ISBN13: 9780803978003
ISBN10: 0803978006
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1996-04-04
Publisher(s): Sage Publications
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Summary

This original textbook provides an invaluable introduction to the required core knowledge, values and skills in social work today. Within the context of critical debate about knowledge, values and skills, a highly respected team of contributors focus their attention on three key areas: social work with children and families; community care and social work with adults; and probation and social work with offenders.One of the most important and innovative features of the text is that it offers a practical tool for readers to identify and monitor competences. Knowledge, values and skills are integrated to produce a set of competences, the main components of which are then shown in practice as problem-solving devices against wh

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii
Notes on Contributors viii
Introduction: The Quest for Quality 1(7)
Antony A. Vass
The Knowledge Base of Social Work
8(28)
Helen Cosis Brown
The Values of Social Work
36(26)
Jennifer Pearce
The Core Skills of Social Work
62(21)
Jane Dutton
Ravi Kohli
Social Work with Children and Families
83(23)
Ravi Kohli
Jane Dutton
Community Care and Social Work with Adults
106(26)
Beverley Morgan
Crime, Probation and Social Work with Offenders
132(58)
Antony A. Vass
Competence in Social Work and Probation Practice
190(31)
Antony A. Vass
Index 221

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