Social work : fields of practice / edited by Margaret Alston, Jennifer McKinnon. - xxxiv, 308 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Target Groups for Social Work Practice. Working with Women / Social Work with Gay Men and Lesbians / The Australian Disability Field-Times of Change / Social Work with Indigenous Australians / Social Work Practice in an Ethnically and Racially Diverse Australia / Social Work with Families / Social Work with Adolescents / Social Work Practice Settings. Social Work in Health Care Settings / Social Work Practice in Mental Health / Social Work in the Field of Income Maintenance / Employment / Gerontological Social Work / Child Maltreatment and Child Protection / Emerging Trends and Issues in Social Work. Social Work and the Environment / Social Work in Rural and Remote Australia / Social Work with Refugee Survivors of Torture and Trauma / An Australian Perspective on International Fields of Practice in Social Work / Margaret Alston. Richard Roberts. Wendy Bowles. Stephanie Gilbert. Robert Doyle. Jan Mason. Michael Smith and Jenny Shaw -- Elspeth Browne. Robert Bland. Peta Fitzgibbon and Desley Hargreave. Michael Wearing. David Wiles. Elizabeth Fernandez -- Jenny McKinnon. Brian Cheers and Judy Taylor. Robin Bowles. Jeanette Conway. Pt. I. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Pt. II. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Pt. III. 14. 15. 16. 17.

"This is the first book to offer a detailed analysis of social work practice in contemporary Australian society, recognising that it is shaped by unique social, cultural, environmental, and political realities."--Publisher description.

0195512162 9780195512168

2001411634


Social service--Australia

HV473 / .S62 2001

361.30994 361.320994