00000nam a2200000 i 4500 UP-8027295163992823041 Buklod 20241123155758.0 g||| | fs v| ta 240830t20232023enk b 001 0 eng d 9781529790238 (paperback.) 22477671 DLC rda DSWCD eng HV 40 F634 2023 Fook, Jan author. Social work a critical approach to practice Jan Fook. Fourth edition. ©2023 London Thousand Oaks, California SAGE [2023] v, 232 pages 25 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-225) and index. Now 20 years since its first publication, Jan Fook returns to update her seminal text. Celebrating the ageless ideals of the profession, this book throws a life belt to all social work students and professionals looking to engage with the critical tradition of social work to improve their understanding and practice.Part One: Critical Potential and Current Challenges sets the historical and current contexts for critical social work, introducing you to what critical social work is and what it means for practice.Part Two: Rethinking Ideas unpicks the major concepts associated with critical social work, including knowledge, power, discourse, identity, and difference, and how these need to be rethought in new contexts.Part Three: Redeveloping Practices illustrates how these new ideas can inform new practices, proving you with all the tools you need to deliver flexible, responsible and responsive social work practice." -- Publisher's description Social service. FO UPD DSWCD HV 40 F634 2023 Book