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.
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Scandal, Social Policy and Social Welfare - (Revised 2nd Edition)
This book, by examining the landmark scandals of the post-war period, including more recent ones, such as the Victoria Climbie Inquiry, reveals how scandals are generated, to what purposes they are used and whose interests they are made to serve.
Sexual Issues in Social Work
Social workers and social care practitioners are increasingly required to engage directly with matters relating to sex and sexuality in their everyday work. Sexual issues in social work is essential reading for anyone who works with others where sex and sexuality have become part of the practice concerns.
Social Work and People with Dementia, Partnerships, Practice & Persistence
Current community care policies and increasing numbers of older people needing assistance mean that all social workers must be up-to-date in their knowledge, skills and attitudes towards people with dementia and their carers. This book is a revised and updated edition of the popular Working with dementia. Written by experienced social workers, it provides guidance on best practice in a readable and jargon-free style.
Social work on trial
The public inquiry that followed the death of Maria Colwell had profound implications for the developing profession and practice of social work in the UK. This book describes the politics, professional concerns and public interest - both local and national - that surrounded the inquiry and its aftermath, and shows how the concerns of this landmark child abuse case have still failed to find a satisfactory resolution today. Social work, then and now, remains 'on trial'. Author Biography Ian Butler is Professor of Social Work at the University of Bath and a qualified social worker with considerable practice and managerial...