BASW/Policy Press
Our partnership with Policy Press provides the very best in accessible and practical high-quality resources for social work professionals and students.
BASW members receive a 30% discount ALL Policy Press books when ordered from www.policypress.co.uk
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Policy Press journal subscriptions just £37 to BASW members
We are also offering a BASW member discount for individual print subscriptions of our journals. With this discount a print subscription to one of our journals costs £37.
This is available for all our journals including Critical and Radical Social Work, International Journal of Care and Caring, Journal of Gender-Based Violence and our new journal: European Social Work Research.
For details of how to claim your discount please visit:
http://policypress.co.uk/journals/subscribe#association-discounts
Transforming Society?
Society is undergoing change, and, as a result, social welfare services – including social work – are being transformed. This book explores the sociological basis of contemporary society and shows how social workers experience tensions and contradictions in practice. The book uses case studies and self directed activities to enable students to relate sociology to daily lives. It explores key themes in turn, examining their relevance for social work and how they can be applied to practice, particularly in areas such as children and families, mental health, disability and older people. Relevant and accessible, the authors explore aspects of class,...
What is Professional Social Work? (Revised 2nd Edition)
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. This completely re-written second edition explores social work’s struggle to meet its claim to achieve social progress through interpersonal practice. It offers practical ways of analysing personal professional identity and understanding of how social workers embody their profession in their practice with other professionals.
Women and Community Action (Revised 2nd edition)
Though often the unsung heroes of community action, women’s role in a community’s growth and development has become increasingly important in a globalising world that has changed considerably since the first edition of this classic text was published. As well as focusing on women, the book discusses gender relations more widely and highlights the differentiated position of both men and women in community work. It considers how the gender gap might be bridged in terms of building more socially cohesive communities that promote egalitarian social relations.
Working in Group Care (2nd Edition)
This book illustrates how best practice can be achieved in residential and care settings, through the focused and engaged work of individuals and teams. Recognising the challenging and complex nature of group care, detailed attention is paid to the value of everyday practice and its underlying principles.