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5%OFFHoward Sercombe - Youth Work Ethics - 9781847876041 - V9781847876041
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Youth Work Ethics

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Description for Youth Work Ethics Paperback. This book shows youth work students and professionals how to locate their practice within the professional code of ethics Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFM; JKSB1; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 171 x 11. Weight in Grams: 340.
What does it mean to practice youth work ethically? How does ethical theory relate to the youth work profession? What are the moral dilemmas confronting youth workers today, and how should practitioners respond?

This definitive text on youth work ethics examines these questions and more and should be on the reading lists of all youth work trainees and practitioners. A wide range of topics are covered, including: confidentiality; sexual propriety; dependence and empowerment; equity of provision; interprofessional working; managing dual relationships; working across cultures; working within an agency.

Referencing professional codes of ethics in youth work, ... Read more

-Narrative case studies to provide an insight into real life dilemmas.

-Reflective questions and exercises to encourage critical thinking.

-Chapter summaries and further reading.

Youth Work Ethics is the ideal text for undergraduates and postgraduates studying on youth work, youth studies or youth & community work degrees, as well as youth work practitioners.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847876041
SKU
V9781847876041
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2

About Howard Sercombe
Professor Sercombe is a youth work practitioner, researcher and academic who moved to Scotland from Australia in early 2007. Brought up in an Aboriginal community, he has worked as a detached youth worker in inner-city areas and housing estates and quite recently as a community based youth worker in remote towns in Western Australia. His doctoral studies, in sociology, looked ... Read more

Reviews for Youth Work Ethics
′[In this book] Howard Sercombe offers another useful and considered dimension for revisiting a wide and relevant spectrum of debates and issues in this valuable area...Offers a carefully considered opportunity to re-conceptualise understandings of the core ethics of youth work′ - Youth and Policy "This comprehensive and thought provoking book should be read by ... Read more

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