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Ethical Practice in Social Work


Ethical Practice in Social Work

Paperback by Bowles, Wendy; Collingridge, Michael; Curry, Steven; Valentine, Bruce

Ethical Practice in Social Work

£26.49

ISBN:
9780335222032
Publication Date:
16 Oct 2006
Language:
English
Publisher:
Open University Press
Pages:
240 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 13 - 21 May 2024
Ethical Practice in Social Work

Description

'Ethical Practice in Social Work' provides social work students and practitioners with the tools to develop ethical decision-making and problem-solving skills for the changing world of welfare practice. Through case studies in each chapter, the authors demonstrate how social work principles and values can be used to transform practice into an active, effective, inclusive and empowering process for both professionals and their clients. Exercises and discussion questions assist students in developing their ethical understanding.

Contents

1:Introduction: Power ethics in social work Part One: Challenges of practice 2:Professionalism 3:Organisations 4:Social work Part Two: Meeting the challenge 5:Codes of ethics and social justice 6:Reframing the individual and social justice Part Three: Ethics and clients 7:Autonomy, paternalism and self-determination 8:Privacy and confidentiality 9:Social control and toleration Part Four: Power ethics 10:Ethical decision-making 11:Power ethics in social work References

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