{"product_id":"social-work-and-disability-hardback-9780745670195","title":"Social Work and Disability (Hardback) 9780745670195","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSocial Work and Disability\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePeter Simcock (Author), Rhoda Castle (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745670195, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 25 March 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.9 x 17.5 x 2.5 cm, 0.567 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e �Simcock and Castle offer a critical but balanced account of the role, function and context of social work with disabled people. The book is clear in asserting that social workers have an important and often positive role in the lives of disabled people. Countering some earlier texts which tended to be anti-social work and anti-professional, the authors make plain the barriers to enabling social work and the way the policy environment makes life challenging for disabled people and social workers. Optimistic in tone and practical in orientation, I would recommend it for practice and policy audiences alike.�\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlan Roulstone, University of Leeds\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e�This book is a very welcome addition to the limited literature on social work practice with disabled people. Its strength lies in linking a social model discourse with contemporary challenges for social work practice in this area. As such it �bridges the gap� between theoretical concepts and practice realities. It will serve as an excellent resource for discussion and debate with social work students.�\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Mercer, Leeds Beckett University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSocial Work and Disability\u003c\/i\u003e offers a contemporary and critical exploration of social work practice with people with physical and sensory impairments, an area that has previously been marginalized within both practice and academic literature. It explores how social work practice can, and indeed does, contribute to the promotion of disabled people’s rights and the securing of positive outcomes in their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book begins by exploring the ways in which disability is understood and how this informs policy and practice. Opening with a thought-provoking account of the lived experience of a disabled person using social work services, it goes on to critically analyse theory, policy and contemporary legislative change. Inequality, oppression and diversity are the focus of the second section of the book, while the remainder offers an in-depth exploration of the social work practice issues in disability settings, notably work with children, adults and safeguarding. Service-user and carer perspectives, case profiles, reflective activities and suggestions for further reading are included throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSocial Work and Disability\u003c\/i\u003e will be essential reading for social work students and practitioners. It will also be of interest to service users and carers, students on health and social care courses, third-sector practitioners and advocates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul style=\"white-space: normal\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; text-transform: none\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; word-spacing: 0px\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; color: #000000\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; text-align: left\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; font: 11px Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; widows: 1\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; letter-spacing: normal\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; text-indent: 0px\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePART I Perspectives: Understanding Disability\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e1 Lived Experience of Impairment, Disability and Social Work\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e2 Theories and Models of Disability\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e3 Disability from a Life Course Perspective\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e4 The Legal and Policy Perspective\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePART II Diversity, Inequality and Disability\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e5 Inequality, Oppression and Disability\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e6 Disability and Diversity\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePART III Disability and Social Work Practice\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e7 Communication and Engagement\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e8 Working with Disabled Children\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e9 Working with Disabled Adults\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e10 Safeguarding, Social Work and Disability\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e11 Collaborative Practice\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Psychology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Psychology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Psychology%20%5BJM%5D%22\"\u003eJM\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52407332897048,"sku":"9780745670195","price":45.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745670195.jpg?v=1784162847","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/social-work-and-disability-hardback-9780745670195","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}