Jonathan Parker 
Social Work Practice 
Assessment, Planning, Intervention and Review

Providing students with a complete foundation of knowledge and understanding for each process, this step-by-step guide will introduce them to the four main aspects of social work practice, and help them to apply theory to practice across settings and service user groups.

Tabela de Conteúdo

Chapter 1: Understanding assessment in social work practice: theoretical concerns

Chapter 2: Understanding assessment in social work practice: practice issues

Chapter 3: Tools and diagrammatic aids to assessment

Chapter 4: Developing, making and writing plans for effective social work

Chapter 5: Working together for positive change

Chapter 6: Reviews and the evaluation of practice

Sobre o autor

Prof. Dr. Jonathan Parker is Professor of Society & Social Welfare at Bournemouth University, Emeritus Professor at University of Stavanger, Norway. He is Visiting Professor at the Tasik Chini Research Centre Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Universiti Sains Malaysia and Universiti Malaysia Sarawak and Doctoral programme team member at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan. He was one of the founders and director of the Family Assessment and Support Unit, a placement agency attached to the University of Hull, and Head of Department of Social Work. He was Chair of the Association of Teachers in Social Work Education until 2005, Vice Chair of the UK higher education representative body, the Joint University Council for Social Work Education from 2005- 2010, and is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. He has published widely (over 200 scholarly papers and chapters and 37 books): on disadvantage, marginalization, violence, social work and welfare education. He is author of the best-selling book Social Work Practice (SAGE, 2021) and series editor for the highly successful Transforming Social Work Practice series (SAGE).