Social Work in the British Isles

Malcolm Payne is Professor and Head of Department of Applied Community Studies at the Manchester Metropolitan University and has previously been the United Kingdom's representative on the Board of the International Association of Schools of Social Work. Steven M. Shardlow is Professor of Social Work at the University of Salford and is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Social Work. He has represented the United Kingdom on the European Association of Schools of Social Work.

• 1. In Search of 'British' Social Work: Identity, History and Entanglement, Malcolm Payne and Steven Shardlow 2. Social Work in England, Malcolm Payne and Steven Shardlow 3. Social Work in Late-Modern Ireland, Fred Powell, National University of Ireland, Cork and Harry Ferguson, University College, Dublin. 4. Social Work in Northern Ireland, Jim Campbell, Queen's University, Belfast and Mary McColgan, University of Ulster, Derry. 5. Social Work in Scotland: After Devolution, Lorraine Waterhouse, University of Edinburgh and Janice McGhee, University of Edinburgh6. Social Work in Wales, Mark Drakeford, University of Wales, Cardiff and Charlotte Williams, University of Wales, Bangor 7. Guernsey: Social Work on a Small Island, John Wolfe, Deputy Director, Children Board, Channel Islands. 8. Social Work in the British Isles: Continuities and Differentiations, Malcolm Payne and Steven Shardlow. Appendix: About the British Isles. Bibliography. Index

The best recommendation I can give for this book is that three colleagues have already borrowed it in the short time it has been on my desk! This text is very easy to read and sets in context political climate, social history, legal aspects, policy and procedure and issues of discrimination. This book serves it's purpose well, and it will be interesting to see how social work in Britain develops as national identity continues to grow.