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Social Work and Poverty: A Critical Approach
Lester Parrott
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Social work and poverty: A critical approach provides a timely review of the key issues facing social workers and service users in working together to combat poverty.First, it situates social work and poverty within a historical context, then analyses definitions and theories of poverty along with their importance in enabling anti-oppressive practice with service users. It goes on to evaluate the Welfare Reform Act 2012 in relation to the negative impact on service users and social workers alike. Key areas of social work and social care are covered with regard to the effects of poverty including, uniquely, access to food, ... Read more
Social work and poverty: A critical approach provides a timely review of the key issues facing social workers and service users in working together to combat poverty.First, it situates social work and poverty within a historical context, then analyses definitions and theories of poverty along with their importance in enabling anti-oppressive practice with service users. It goes on to evaluate the Welfare Reform Act 2012 in relation to the negative impact on service users and social workers alike. Key areas of social work and social care are covered with regard to the effects of poverty including, uniquely, access to food, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bristol University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447307945
SKU
V9781447307945
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About Lester Parrott
Lester Parrott is a lecturer in social work at Keele University. He has published widely in relation to social work and social policy and contributes regularly to social work journals with reference to ethical issues and anti-oppressive practice.
Reviews for Social Work and Poverty: A Critical Approach
"Social work and poverty achieves its aim of putting poverty where it belongs: at the centre of social work theory and practice." Rona Woodward, University of Stirling