Problem Solving in Dalton: A Generic Approach to Social Work Theory and Practice. Olive M. Stone

1959 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 335-336
Author(s):  
Mary Louise Somers
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Social Work Theory

Child-Centred Social Work: Theory and Practice Vivienne Barnes

Practice ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-232
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Social Work Theory

Anti-Oppressive Social Work Theory and Practice

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lena Dominelli
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Social Work Theory

Feminist Social Work Theory and Practice

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lena Dominelli
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Social Work Theory

Theoretical pathways to the future: Globalization, ICT and social work theory and practice

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah West ◽  
David Heath
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Political Ideology ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
New Managerialism ◽  
Holistic Approaches ◽  
Social Work Theory ◽  
Patterns Of Communication ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Core Issues

• Summary: Society has changed substantially and rapidly with the advent of globalization where technology is both a catalyst for and a response to globalization. Concurrently and connected to these trends has been the advent of neo-liberalism, new managerialism and postmodernism. Globalization, technological change and neo-liberalism underpin and are driven by each other in a continual cycle. This rapidly changing, globally connected and technologically based society is the context for clients and social workers alike. This article explores the connections between globalization, ICT and neo-liberalism. This forms the basis for critical reflection on theories, models and modes of practice in light of the changing context allowing a proactive response to the challenges that face the profession and our clients. • Findings: Irrespective of the agency of employment, social workers are faced with challenges that arise out of an ideology of outsourcing, reductionism, speed of response, accountability and cost effectiveness with a decreased value on practice wisdom and holistic approaches. However, many of our theories and models were developed at a time when social structure, political ideology and economic underpinnings were different. As such workers are left being reactive to situations with limited opportunities to influence the core issues. This has contributed to the decreasing role and value of social workers. • Application: To remain relevant social work needs to continue to influence systems for the benefit of society while reviewing and updating theories and models to reflect current lifestyles, modes and patterns of communication and the impact of globalization.

Partnership working between young carers project and social services

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 50-64
Author(s):  
Anna Heyman
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Young Carers ◽  
Social Work Theory ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Impact

This article draws on in-depth qualitative interviews with ten practitioners who specialise in working with young carers, to examine how members of the emerging profession of ‘young carers’ worker’ view their partnerships with social services. It focuses particularly on one case study area (Town Z), where partnerships between social services and the voluntary sector around young carers were relatively highly developed. It explores the practitioners’ comments about the impact of their organisations’ partnerships with social services on their work. This is done in the context of their conceptualisations of care and family relationships. In particular, the themes of identifying young carers and working with the family as a whole are discussed, and young carers’ workers views are compared to the conceptualisations that come across in literature from both disability studies and social work perspectives. It is concluded that young carers’ workers conceptualisations of care and disability do differ markedly from the perspectives that appear to dominate both social work theory and practice, and that this impacting on how the former view their partnerships with the latter.

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