Fully revised and restructured, this fresh edition offersstudents and trainee social workers an incisive and authoritativeintroduction to the subject. As well as entirely new sections ontheory and practice, the expert contributions which have shaped thecompanion's leading reputation have been updated and nowinclude innovative standalone essays on social work theory.
* Comprehensively reworked new edition comprising six substantivesections covering essential topics for trainee social workers- in effect, six books in one
* Includes an extensive introduction and chapters by leadingexperts on the focus and purpose of social work
* Provides a unified textbook for trainees and an invaluableprofessional reference volume
* Features a wealth of new material on theory and practicealongside detailed expositions of the social and psychologicalframework, stages in the human life cycle, and the objectives andcore components of social work
* Each chapter lists five key points to remember, questions fordiscussion, and recommendations for further reading