Table of Contents

1. The Individual and Society: Looking Both Ways in Social Work 2. Order and Change: The Purpose of Social Work 3. Care and Control: The Tasks of Social Work 4. Bureaucrats and Professionals: How Social Workers are Organised and Operate 5. Certainty and Uncertainty: How Social Work Decisions are Made 6. Objects and Subjects: People's Inner and Outer Worlds 7. Qualitative and Quantitative: Social Work's Research and Evidence Base 8. Thought and Feeling: How Social Workers can Best Respond 9. Past and Future: What is the Focus of Social Work 10. Nature and Nurture: How to Make Sense of Human Behaviour 11. Art and Science: The Craft of Social Work 12. Good Relationships and Working Well: How to Practice Empathically and Effectively 13. Freedom and Equality: How to Balance Individual Choice and the Collective Good 14. Facts and Values: What is Known and What Ought to be Done 15. On the Whole and Taking Everything into Consideration 16. The Compleat Social Worker.

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This is a little gem of a book, it provides the reader with a perspective on a number of discussions that are taking place in social work on a day to day basis. David Howe adopts a neutral stance, delivered in a readable style.' - Dave Mason, Staffordshire University

About the Author

David Howe is Emeritus Professor at the University of East Anglia, UK. He is the author of many books including The Emotionally Intelligent Social Worker and A Brief Introduction to Social Work Theory.

Reviews

'This is a little gem of a book, it provides the reader with a perspective on a number of discussions that are taking place in social work on a day to day basis. David Howe adopts a neutral stance, delivered in a readable style.' - Dave Mason, Staffordshire University