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Groupwork literature and practice theory is largely eurocentric. The issues facing black groupworkers and the groupwork needs of service users from minority communities are inadequately addressed in available material. In some countries anti-racist and race equality perspectives are now under attack. Race and Groupwork provides a coherent overview of its subject. The Editors have included innovative material by front-line practitioners working...

his Handbook is aimed at any professional whose work involves predicting the behaviour of others-eg probation, social work, residential care and health and nursing staff. Contents include: basic principles . bias in decision-making . individual risk and external factors (applied risk) . definition of target behaviour, probability v. cost of recurrence, motivation to repeat behaviour, controls and disinhibitors, insights into past offending

his book provides a framework for professional expertise and practice for our times. Professionals must deal with complex and unpredictable situations and balance competing interests. What specific knowledge and skills should they develop to be able to work flexibly and confidently? How is the often stereotypical knowledge of the novice student transformed into responsive ways of working in uncertainty? This book grounds these issues in a stud...

This book is the first to present a full-length account of Wolfenberger's theory of Social Role Valorization with specific reference to the English context. It addresses the critiques that form a key part of the 'English experience' of social role valorization. It clearly demonstrates that social role valorization is a theory directly relevant to individuals and caring services working with vulnerable groups. The author shows how this concept ...

A series of case studies and practice accounts from several countries which illustrate applications of the social group work model in a range of settings. They are a selection from those presented at the IASWG Symposium in New York, 2013. The series presents some of the best case studies available in this field

This is the second title in the Groupwork Monographs Series, themed anthologies of papers published over the years in Groupwork each dedicated to one area of groupwork practice. Titles will include Groupwork and Women, Social Action Groupwork , and Groupwork Relations. Books in the series are designed to be useful to students, practitioners, teachers and trainers, and researchers alike. All are invited to sample a pool of knowledge that has ac...

Since its first issue in 1988, much interesting and inspiring material has been published in Groupwork. Most of this still says much of use to today's groupworkers, and there is a steady stream of requests for reprints. We are therefore making back volumes of Groupwork available in volume form. Authors in this volume include leading academic figures in the field as well as practitioners working in the field. Any groupworker will find this mate...

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This work, by an experienced groupwork practitioner and lecturer, offers a sound general introduction to working with groups. The author covers: group dynamics and the group processthe various groupwork methodologies such as transactional analysis, assertion and social skills training and Gestalt.The use of groups in different kinds of health and social services agencies and in other settingsCommon problems in group relationships A list of org...

Shifting the focus from poetry to the novel, from Afro-Cuban writing to the representation of Asian-Caribbean women, from the oral tradition to the scribal, this critical anthology develops the debate concerning ways of reading Caribbean women's literature. Framing The Word offers challenging perspectives from writers and critics alike writing and/or teaching in the Caribbean, the UK and the USA. Reflecting on the diversity within that body of...

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The answer depends to some extent on the work-setting you have in mind. In Ripples, leading groupworkers introduce you to eleven applications. Assuming little prior knowledge, each tells you of the clients'/users' needs, the methods used and the ideas that guide workers in one setting. Further reading is suggested. Initiated by the interdisciplinary journal Groupwork, Ripples invites workers to learn form one another, in the belief that the ri...

Professional practice is in crisis. The formal theoretical knowledge on which practitioners base their practice is often outstripped by rapid changes in the contexts of this practice. The unpredictability of workplace and broader contexts often renders existing traditional practices irrelevant or ineffective. How can practitioners develop new ways of working which are flexible and responsive? The reflective approach, whereby practitioners draw...

This book results from a collaboration between activists and academics. The editors believe that if grammar is to become politically important, then educated people must receive some grounding in a scientifically based descriptive linguistics before they are exposed to the prejudices of traditional prescriptive linguistics. Issues covered include: the use of language as a form of ethnic defence the implications of the emergence of literary for...

Shifting the focus from poetry to the novel, from Afro-Cuban writing to the representation of Asian-Caribbean women, from the oral tradition to the scribal, this critical anthology develops the debate concerning ways of reading Caribbean women's literature. Framing The Word offers challenging perspectives from writers and critics alike writing and/or teaching in the Caribbean, the UK and the USA. Reflecting on the diversity within that body of...

This book results from a collaboration between activists and academics. The editors believe that if grammar is to become politically important, then educated people must receive some grounding in a scientifically based descriptive linguistics before they are exposed to the prejudices of traditional prescriptive linguistics. Issues covered include: the use of language as a form of ethnic defence the implications of the emergence of literary for...

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The mission of Social Work & Social Sciences Review has been to promote a social science perspective in social work and social service agencies, and to reinforce the links between practice and the disciplines which should inform it. Over the years, the journal has published some of the most innovative material in the field. This material is now being made available again in this book series

Since its first issue in 1988, much interesting and inspiring material has been published in Groupwork. Most of this still says much of use to today's groupworkers, and there is a steady stream of requests for reprints. We are therefore making back volumes of Groupwork available in volume form. Authors in this volume include leading academic figures in the field as well as practitioners working in the field. Any groupworker will find this mate...

Since its first issue in 1988, much interesting and inspiring material has been published in Groupwork. Most of this still says much of use to today's groupworkers, and there is a steady stream of requests for reprints. We are therefore making back volumes of Groupwork. available in volume form. Authors in this volume include leading academic figures in the field as well as practitioners working in the field. Any groupworker will find this mat...