Social Work Theories in Context: Creating Frameworks for Practice

by Karen Healy

This popular and innovative core text book explores contemporary social work theories and perspectives in a systematic way, using an integrated and flexible framework to link context, theory, and practice approaches. Healy expertly provides an applied guide to social work theory across a range of organisational contexts, showing social work as a diverse activity that is profoundly shaped by professional purpose, public policy, and practice locations. This is ideal reading to support and develop undergraduate and postgraduate students taking modules on Social Work Theories and Methods on qualifying professional programmes. Its international breadth and supportive pedagogical features have ensured the book's value to students of social work all over the world.

Genres: Social Work, Nonfiction, Reference

272 pages, Paperback

First published February 14, 2014

Reviews

[Emma · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very clear and easy to read.