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Local Authority Social Services: An Introduction
Hill
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Description for Local Authority Social Services: An Introduction
Hardback. An introduction to the context in which UK social work is practised, Local Authority Social Services. The book is based on the realities of work in a modern social services department and addresses the major changes that have taken place. It also looks at the prospects for personal social services. Editor(s): Hill, Michael; Hudson, Bob; Mitchell, Stephen; Shaw, Ian; Tunstill, Jane. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFF; JKSN; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 468.
This new text provides readers with a comprehensive introduction to Local Authority Social Services, the main context in which UK social work is practised .
This new text provides readers with a comprehensive introduction to Local Authority Social Services, the main context in which UK social work is practised .
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631209461
SKU
V9780631209461
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Hill
Michael Hill is currently Visiting Professor at Goldsmiths College, University of London. He was previously Professor of Social Policy at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He is joint editor of the Journal of Social Policy and the author of numerous books including Social Policy: A Comparative Analysis (1995) and Understanding Social Policy (6th edition, 2000). The other contributors are Bob Hudson, Principle Research Fellow in the Community Care Division at the Nuffield Institute of Health at the University of Leeds. Stephen Mitchell, Head of the General Social Services Policy Branch in the Department of Health. Ian Shaw, Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Nottingham. Jane Tunstill, Professor of Social Work at Royal Holloway College, University of London.
Reviews for Local Authority Social Services: An Introduction
"The writing is accessible, well balanced and up to date student texts is a difficult task, of which in the field of social policy Michael Hill is the incomparable past-master. Here he has spotted a gap in the market, the lack of a book covering all the manifold and rather baggy activities performed by local authority social service departments...this is a timely book."
Tony Rees, University of Southampton "The strength of this book lies in the quality of analysis and its ability to capture and discuss critically the impact of the government's modernization agenda. It should have a place in all departmental libraries."
Terry Bamford, Community Care "This book is unique in providing a clear framework for understanding the relationship between social policy and social services, and the complex structures and roles of the different organizations involved in the operation of social services ... It is one of the few texts that provide a clear picture of how to make sense of the bureaucratic organizational structures that surround social services ... in all the book is an important text for the social worker or student in understanding the relationship between social services, local authority and the central state." (Journal of Social Work)
Tony Rees, University of Southampton "The strength of this book lies in the quality of analysis and its ability to capture and discuss critically the impact of the government's modernization agenda. It should have a place in all departmental libraries."
Terry Bamford, Community Care "This book is unique in providing a clear framework for understanding the relationship between social policy and social services, and the complex structures and roles of the different organizations involved in the operation of social services ... It is one of the few texts that provide a clear picture of how to make sense of the bureaucratic organizational structures that surround social services ... in all the book is an important text for the social worker or student in understanding the relationship between social services, local authority and the central state." (Journal of Social Work)