Practising Social Work in a Complex World

ROBERT ADAMS is Visiting Professor of Social Work in the School of Health and Social Care at the University of Teesside, UK. LENA DOMINELLI is Professor of Applied Social Sciences and Head of Social and Community and Youth Work at the University of Durham, UK.MALCOLM PAYNE is Adviser (Policy and Development) at St Christopher's Hospice, London, UK. There are also a number of prestigious contributors to this book, bringing experience of teaching and practice from a variety of backgrounds.

• IntroductionWhat Do We Mean by Integrative Social Work?PART 1: UNCERTAINTY AND COMPLEXITY IN PRACTICEWhat do we mean by Integrative Social Work? (TBC)Encountering Complexity and UncertaintyPersistent Oppressions: The Example of Domestic ViolenceRisk and Protection: Working With Children and FamiliesTroubled and in Trouble: Young People, Truancy and OffendingSexualityFrailty and Dignity in Old AgeRisk, Rights and Antidiscrimination Work in Mental HealthSocial Work with Asylum-seekersLegal and Illicit Drug UsePART 2: MANAGEMENT, LEADERSHIP AND CHANGEManagement and ManagerialismManaging the WorkloadPartnership WorkingStrategic Leadership and PlanningSupervision and Being SupervisedManaging Risk and Decision-makingManaging FinancesQuality AssuranceChange and Continuity in Social WorkPART 3: RESEARCHING SOCIAL WORKResearch Methods for Ethical PracticeGetting Started With a Piece of Research/Evaluation in Social WorkDoing Literature Searches and ReviewsExperiencing Research as a PractitionerEvaluating PracticeEmancipatory Social Work ResearchDeveloping Social Work ResearchConcluding Comment.

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