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Older people are, like younger people, citizens in the communities
of the nations in which they live. This book sees ageing as a life
journey that incorporates a process of citizening, in which people
build their identity as part of their family and community. But the
social experience of illness, frailty, disability and reaching the
end of life may de-citizen older people by devaluing the social
identity that comes from continuing social engagement. We
de-citizen older people by emphasizing dependence on services and
their cost to public expenditure instead of valuing the
interdependence of participation and mutual respect. This book
argues that older people retain full citizenship for the whole of
their lives, up to the moment of death; but what does this mean for
health and social care? In this groundbreaking book, Malcolm Payne
argues that social work with older people must build re-citizening
practice strategies to value both the common and the special
aspects of the citizenship of older people. Current models of
social care and social work create dependency, rather than relying
on values of participative interdependence. The failure to
recognize the end of life as a crucial element in all social care
and social work for older people means that the lessons learned in
providing palliative and end-of-life care in healthcare have not
been transferred to social care, and the priorities of end-of-life
care have not been adequately encompassed in social work with older
people.
Puzzled by terminology, skills, law, or theory? Revising for your
placement or exam? Then look no further! This series of concise and
easy-to-use A-Zs will be your guide. Designed for both students and
newly-qualified social workers, this book will introduce you to
over 350 key theories, theorists and concepts in a concise and
no-nonsense way. Careful cross-referencing will help you make
important connections, while selected further reading will provide
you with a springboard to further learning.
The Routledge Handbook of Social Work Theory provides an
interdisciplinary and international introduction to social work
theory. It presents an analytical review of the wide array of
theoretical ideas that influence social work on a global scale. It
sets the agenda for future trends within social work theory.
Separated into four parts, this handbook examines important themes
within the discourses on social work theory, as well as offering a
critical evaluation of how theoretical ideas influence social work
as a profession and in practice. It includes a diverse range of
interdisciplinary topics, covering the aims and nature of social
work, social work values and ethics, social work practice theories
and the use of theory in different fields of practice. The
contributors show how and why theory is so important to social work
and analyze the impact these concepts have made on social
intervention. Bringing together an international team of leading
academics within the social work field and newer contributors close
to practice, this handbook is essential reading for all those
studying social work, as well as practitioners, policymakers and
those involved in the associated fields of health and social care.
This practical guide condenses the practical features of social
work theory but doesn’t oversimplify them. Students and
practitioners can confidently put their knowledge into action and
see how everyday practice implements theoretical ideas. It will be
an invaluable resource to students and newly qualified
practitioners in social work and in related fields of practice,
making connections with both classic and contemporary movements in
social work
Globalization challenges social work with constant social change,
making a social worker's job and the task of social work education
more complex and uncertain. Post-modern thinking suggests that
social workers must learn to cope with complexity in ways that are
in tension with the increasingly managerialist organization of the
social services. The authors explore and question the concepts of
'postmodern', 'international' and 'global' in light of growing
interest in international social work in the early 21st century.
Emphasizing the importance of critical reflection, they argue that
educational colonization can be challenged and effective
anti-discriminatory and pro-equality practice and education
promoted. Each chapter provides direct examples of how students and
academics can apply these ideas in practice and in their learning,
and how they can respond to and influence the challenges and
changes that are taking place. The authors also examine educational
and practice issues arising from attempts to incorporate
international understanding into national practice and education
systems. The book is designed to be stimulating to academics
interested in international social work while remaining accessible
to practitioners and students without international experience.
Globalization challenges social work with constant social change,
making a social worker's job and the task of social work education
more complex and uncertain. Post-modern thinking suggests that
social workers must learn to cope with complexity in ways that are
in tension with the increasingly managerialist organization of the
social services. The authors' explore and question the concepts of
'postmodern', 'international' and 'global' in light of growing
interest in international social work in the early 21st century.
Emphasizing the importance of critical reflection, they argue that
educational colonization can be challenged and effective
anti-discriminatory and pro-equality practice and education
promoted.Each chapter provides direct examples of how students and
academics can apply these ideas in practice and in their learning,
and how they can respond to and influence the challenges and
changes that are taking place. The authors' also examine
educational and practice issues arising from attempts to
incorporate international understanding into national practice and
education systems. The book is designed to be stimulating to
academics interested in international social work while remaining
accessible to practitioners and students without international
experience.
Older people are, like younger people, citizens in the communities
of the nations in which they live. This book sees ageing as a life
journey that incorporates a process of citizening, in which people
build their identity as part of their family and community. But the
social experience of illness, frailty, disability and reaching the
end of life may de-citizen older people by devaluing the social
identity that comes from continuing social engagement. We
de-citizen older people by emphasizing dependence on services and
their cost to public expenditure instead of valuing the
interdependence of participation and mutual respect. This book
argues that older people retain full citizenship for the whole of
their lives, up to the moment of death; but what does this mean for
health and social care? In this groundbreaking book, Malcolm Payne
argues that social work with older people must build re-citizening
practice strategies to value both the common and the special
aspects of the citizenship of older people. Current models of
social care and social work create dependency, rather than relying
on values of participative interdependence. The failure to
recognize the end of life as a crucial element in all social care
and social work for older people means that the lessons learned in
providing palliative and end-of-life care in healthcare have not
been transferred to social care, and the priorities of end-of-life
care have not been adequately encompassed in social work with older
people.
Now in its fifth edition, this international best-selling textbook
is a classic in its field. Written by one of the leading names in
social work, it provides a comprehensive and critical overview of
the main practice theories that will act as a companion for
students throughout their course and their career as a
practitioner. In this substantially reworked and updated edition of
his best-selling text, Malcolm Payne presents clear and concise
evaluations of the pros and cons of major theories that inform
social work practice, and comparisons between them. This is the
ideal text for theory, methods and practice modules on qualifying
social work courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level, as
well qualified social work practitioners taking post-qualifying and
CPD courses. New to this Edition: - Theory chapters divided up
based on the three objectives in the IASSW/ISFW global definition
of social work - New content on whiteness theory, post-colonial
approaches and critiques of multicultural and anti-racist theories
- Full treatment of Relational Practice and Attachment Practice in
separate chapters - More space given to Green social work and
environmental approaches
Use of the arts in palliative care settings is a powerful and
effective way of addressing the practical, psychological, social
and spiritual issues faced by service users in end-of-life care.
The Creative Arts in Palliative Care uncovers the possibilities for
using the creative arts and provides guidance on how to implement
arts projects successfully. Part 1 focuses on designing objectives
for the creative arts in palliative care - such as self-fulfilment,
social participation, diversion from pain and other common symptoms
- and managing creative arts services. Part 2 demonstrates the
theory and principles in practice, with detailed case studies: each
chapter draws on a real-life project, the approaches it employed
and the outcomes achieved. This book will be essential reading for
healthcare professionals, arts practitioners and all those involved
in providing palliative care services.
Dying is a social experience, changing irrevocably the family and
social networks around each individual who dies. Older people are a
growing proportion of the population and need help to think and
plan to make positive choices about this important phase of their
life. Social work should help to strengthen individuals to achieve
a respectful death and families to move forward in their lives.
This valuable book focuses on practice interventions, advocating
open communication and skilled interpersonal practice to help dying
and bereaved people, their families and carers. The authors review
sociological and psychological ideas about dying and bereavement,
incorporating spiritual care, multi-professional practice and
ethical issues likely to face social workers in end-of-life and
palliative care. Important features include: a demonstration of the
importance of the social work role in palliative care a firm
knowledge base for social work practice with dying and bereaved
people in both end-of-life and palliative care a strong focus on
social processes as well as psychological and emotional responses
to death and bereavement extended case examples help to develop
practice skills fully 'pause and reflect' sections help students
and practitioners think through their own reactions to practice
with people who are dying and bereaved exploration of group and
community interventions in end-of-life care an international focus,
with useful further reading and website information. This book will
be essential reading for students, health care workers and social
workers and their managers who are working in adult services, end
of life and palliative care. Read Malcolm Payne's blog at
http://blogs.stchristophers.org.uk/ CUSTOMERS IN THE UNITED STATES
AND CANADA: Copies of this title are available from Lyceum
Publishing, www.lyceumbooks.com
Puzzled by terminology, skills, law, or theory? Revising for your
placement or exam? Then look no further! This series of concise and
easy-to-use A-Zs will be your guide. Designed for both students and
newly-qualified social workers, this book will introduce you to
over 350 key theories, theorists and concepts in a concise and
no-nonsense way. Careful cross-referencing will help you make
important connections, while selected further reading will provide
you with a springboard to further learning.
The Routledge Handbook of Social Work Theory provides an
interdisciplinary and international introduction to social work
theory. It presents an analytical review of the wide array of
theoretical ideas that influence social work on a global scale. It
sets the agenda for future trends within social work theory.
Separated into four parts, this handbook examines important themes
within the discourses on social work theory, as well as offering a
critical evaluation of how theoretical ideas influence social work
as a profession and in practice. It includes a diverse range of
interdisciplinary topics, covering the aims and nature of social
work, social work values and ethics, social work practice theories
and the use of theory in different fields of practice. The
contributors show how and why theory is so important to social work
and analyze the impact these concepts have made on social
intervention. Bringing together an international team of leading
academics within the social work field and newer contributors close
to practice, this handbook is essential reading for all those
studying social work, as well as practitioners, policymakers and
those involved in the associated fields of health and social care.
Social work education has developed internationally over the past
50 years as part of wider processes of economic and cultural
globalization. Diverse political and social events across the world
have shaped social work and its education, leading to aims and
methods that are shared and contested. This book brings together,
through 13 interviews and biographies, the lives, experiences and
contributions of leading social work educators from Comoros, the
Caribbean, India, Mexico, Sweden, Switzerland, the United States
and the United Kingdom. Their receipt of IASSW's Katherine Kendall
Award recognized that they were at the forefront of establishing
and securing social work education during this period of
internationalization. Exploring the aims and priorities of these
leading social work educators, Askeland and Payne draw out a
historical and contextual account of how social work education
became widely adopted in different national and cultural
environments. The Awardees' diverse lives and professional
experiences reveal the issues they faced, the paths they travelled
and the prospects and threats confronting social work and its
education more widely.
Social work and social care services should treat older people as
citizens with the same humanity and rights as every other citizen.
That means services of all kinds engaging older people in a
fulfilling, creative life in the mainstream of each community.
Informed by a wide international literature, Malcolm Payne, a
leading social work author, develops a critical and creative social
work practice focused on social inclusion to achieve a high quality
of life for all older people and explores how advance care planning
allows older people to influence the space they live in and the
quality of care that they need, and support at the end of life. He
shows how integrated services can provide a secure place for older
people, with opportunities for personal development and creativity
in their lives and that groupwork should be a crucial part of any
service to facilitate mutual support and advocacy for older people
and their carers. This clearly written and well-structured textbook
uses case examples and reflective points to illustrate concepts and
will be essential reading for all social work students.
What is Professional Social Work? is a now classic analysis of
social work as a discourse between three aspects of practice:
social order, therapeutic and transformational perspectives. It
enables social workers to analyse and value the role of social work
in present-day multiprofessional social care. This completely
re-written second edition explores social work's struggle to meet
its claim to achieve social progress through interpersonal
practice. Important features of this new edition include: practical
ways of analysing personal professional identity understanding how
social workers embody their profession in their practice with other
professionals detailed analysis of current and historical documents
defining social work and social care analysis of values, agencies
and global social work. This new edition will stimulate social
workers, students and policy-makers in social care to think again
about the valuable role social work plays in society.
In a wide-ranging series of papers, researchers from Poland,
Slovakia and the Czech Republic and from the UK, Denmark and
Germany offer perspectives on social work interventions in adult
services in the European Union. Topics include: adult care policies
in Europe and the UK, including personalisation, end-of-life care,
care homes for older people, drug abuse, Roma people, care leavers
and foster care recruitment and management, people with
disabilities, homelessness and unemployment, multi-problem families
and universities of the Third Age. The papers draw on research and
practice in a wide range of social work agencies in many different
European countries. The papers are from a conference organised by
Opole University, Poland of participants in an EU Leonardo da Vinci
programme. The volume is edited by: Professor Jozefa Br giel and Dr
Iwona D browska-Jab o ska (Faculty of Pedagogical Sciences, Opole
University, Poland) and Professor Malcolm Payne (St Christopher's
Hospice, and Kingston University, UK, and Opole University,
Poland).
In this exciting new book, Malcolm Payne draws on core principles
of social work to articulate a new humanistic practice for the
twenty-first century. Humanistic Social Work: Core Principles in
Practice presents a profession that aims at positive fulfillment in
social relationships, exploring and reconciling artistic, creative,
and spiritual avenues with evidence-based practice approaches and
postmodernist understandings of human growth and knowledge
development. Showing how practitioners can embody flexible,
skilled, and knowledge-based responses to the complexities of human
individuality, Payne reorients the aims of social work as an
accountability to clients' individual self-fulfillment, enabled by
community and social development. Humanistic Social Work is a
reaffirming treatise on the strengths rather than the deficits of
the individual, the innovations rather than the imperfections of
the social work profession.
This succinct yet comprehensive book written by Margaret Reith and
Malcolm Payne combines the authors' more than 70 years of social
work experience to provide a definitive introduction to social work
practice in end-of-life and palliative care. Reith and Payne trace
the development of palliative care and the important role of social
work within it. The book's unique sociological focus on required
practitioner knowledge of death, dying, and bereavement helps
balance out the prevalent psychological focus of other books in the
field. Chapters in the book focus on practice skills and
interventions. Extensive use of case materials throughout the text
help students and practitioners juggle the precarious balance of
helping their clients keep hope for the future while understanding
the truth that people are moving towards death. Unlike many books
that focus on medical issues, this book addresses ethical issues
faced by social workers and helps them guide their clients through
this difficult journey.
Dying is a social experience, changing irrevocably the family and
social networks around each individual who dies. Older people are a
growing proportion of the population and need help to think and
plan to make positive choices about this important phase of their
life. Social work should help to strengthen individuals and
families to achieve a respectful death and to move forward in their
lives. This valuable book focuses on practice interventions,
advocating open communication and skilled interpersonal practice to
help dying and bereaved people, their families and carers. The
authors review sociological and psychological ideas about dying and
bereavement, incorporating spiritual care, multi-professional
practice and ethical issues likely to face social workers in
end-of-life and palliative care. Important features include: a
demonstration of the importance of the social work role in
palliative care; a firm knowledge base for social work practice
with dying and bereaved people in both end-of-life and palliative
care; a strong focus on social processes as well as psychological
and emotional responses to death and bereavement; extended case
examples help to develop practice skills fully; 'pause and reflect'
sections help students and practitioners think through their own
reactions to practice with people who are dying and bereaved;
exploration of group and community interventions in end-of-life
care; an international focus, with useful further reading and
website information. This book will be essential reading for
students, health care workers and social workers and their managers
who are working in adult services, end of life and palliative care.
In this important text, Malcolm Payne shows how team members in
care services can use networking and team- building to strengthen
their practice by working with wider networks of agencies,
professionals, and service users. He brings traditional team
development up to date, including perspectives from research,
management ideas, and professional writings. Each chapter contains
a concise account of new ideas in teamwork, practical guidance on
teambuilding, and teambuilding activities. Team development
activities are discussed in the appendix.
Social work and social care services should treat older people as
citizens with the same humanity and rights as every other citizen.
That means services of all kinds engaging older people in a
fulfilling, creative life in the mainstream of each community.
Informed by a wide international literature, Malcolm Payne, a
leading social work author, develops a critical and creative social
work practice focused on social inclusion to achieve a high quality
of life for all older people and explores how advance care planning
allows older people to influence the space they live in and the
quality of care that they need, and support at the end of life. He
shows how integrated services can provide a secure place for older
people, with opportunities for personal development and creativity
in their lives and that groupwork should be a crucial part of any
service to facilitate mutual support and advocacy for older people
and their carers. This clearly written and well-structured textbook
uses case examples and reflective points to illustrate concepts and
will be essential reading for all social work students.
This classic textbook provides the clearest and most authoritative
introduction available to working in situations characterised not
only by risk and change but also by high pressure to deliver
successful outcomes. Edited by three of the leading names in Social
Work, Robert Adams, Lena Dominelli and Malcolm Payne provide an
indispensable guide to successful social work practise. Its
coherent and thoughtful coverage of practice situations involving
complexity, tension and uncertainty is uniquely geared to the needs
of students in the final stages of their qualifying Social Work
course, professionals returning to study, or those simply wishing
to deepen their professional understanding.
What do social workers need to know in order to practise skilfully
and effectively? Edited by three Social Work's leading scholars,
the second edition of this highly respected textbook helps bridge
the gap between social work theory and the challenges of day-to-day
practice. Versatile and thoughtful, the book's simultaneous
accessibility and depth make it essential reading suited for both
social work students at undergraduate and post-qualifying level.
Practitioners, too, will learn and benefit from the insights
collected together in this valuable addition to their bookshelf.
In this clear and insightful book, best selling author Malcolm
Payne analyses the major elements of social care practice,
explaining how caring and social work skills and values are crucial
to effective social care. Through theory, research evidence and
skill development, Payne identifies the varying contexts in which
social care takes place, the agencies that provide it and the
relationships at its heart. The book explains the key practical
social care skills: * How to be receptive to users' and carers' own
understanding of their needs * How to develop continuity in service
provision * How to use effective interpersonal engagement with
users and carers to ensure a positive future for them in which they
have as much control over their care as possible * How to work in
partnership with colleagues and other agencies With practice and
case examples, research boxes, further reading and reflection
activities, this book is a stimulating read for social work and
community care students and practitioners.
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