Split into three parts, this book considers what is meant by disadvantage and marginalisation, how this can come about and the impact this may have on lives, before unpicking the key knowledge and skills needed to practice effectively with individuals and groups.

Part One: Understanding Disadvantage and Marginalisation People
Chapter 1: Understanding the concepts
Chapter 2: Who are the disadvantaged and marginalised people?
Chapter 3: The processes: how people become marginalised and disadvantaged
Chapter 4: The impact: how disadvantage and marginalisation is experienced
Part Two: Knowledge and Skills
Chaprer 5: Factual and interpretive knowledge
Chapter 6: Skills
Chapter 7: Professional knowledge and skills
Part Three: Practising Ethically and Reflexively
Chapter 8: Using the law and policy
Chapter 9: Ethical dilemmas in practice
Chapter 10: Reflections and conclusions

Prof. Dr. Jonathan Parker is Professor of Society & Social Welfare at Bournemouth University, Emeritus Professor at University of Stavanger, Norway. He is Visiting Professor at the Tasik Chini Research Centre Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Universiti Sains Malaysia and Universiti Malaysia Sarawak and Doctoral programme team member at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan. He was one of the founders and director of the Family Assessment and Support Unit, a placement agency attached to the University of Hull, and Head of Department of Social Work. He was Chair of the Association of Teachers in Social Work Education until 2005, Vice Chair of the UK higher education representative body, the Joint University Council for Social Work Education from 2005- 2010, and is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. He has published widely (over 200 scholarly papers and chapters and 37 books): on disadvantage, marginalization, violence, social work and welfare education. He is author of the best-selling book Social Work Practice (SAGE, 2021) and series editor for the highly successful Transforming Social Work Practice series (SAGE).