by Malcolm Payne · Policy Press · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781861347046
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«What is Professional Social Work?» is Malcolm Payne's essay on social work, published by Policy Press in paperback (232 pages, in English).
Analysis of social work as a discourse between three perspectives: social order, therapeutic and transformative. Helps assess the role of social work in multiprofessional care and examines social progress through interpersonal practice. Includes tools for analyzing professional identity and documents that define the profession.
This is the second revised edition, published on July 26, 2006 within the BASW/Policy Press titles series.
Aimed at social work students and professionals, as well as policymakers in social care.
Malcolm Payne, is a retired English academic and writer in the field of social work. He is best known for his Modern social work theory textbook, which is in its fourth edition. He is an Adviser at St Christophers Hospice, London, Emeritus Professor of Community Studies, Manchester Metropolitan University, and Honorary Professor, Kingston University St Georges Medical School. He was made an honorary Fellow of the University of Chichester in 2005.
