Social Work: A Very Short Introduction
Social Work: A Very Short Introduction Social workers spend their time trying to ease social suffering. Social work is replete with vivid human stories: the troubled teenage boy who cannot settle in…
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Social Work: A Very Short Introduction
Social workers spend their time trying to ease social suffering. Social work is replete with vivid human stories: the troubled teenage boy who cannot settle in a foster home; the frail older woman who is desperate for social contact; the community seeking a way to tackle gang violence; the sex offender leaving prison; and the disputed territory of international adoption. They encounter the extreme casualties of social inequality: the victims of poverty, illness, addiction, and abuse; they work with abusers and offenders; and operate in the space between the state and the poor or marginalized.
Reflecting international human stories of social problems Social work therefore holds a fundamental importance throughout the modern world.In this Very Short Introduction, Sally Holland and Jonathan Scourfield explain what social work is and look at its rich historical development.