Tim Mann & Angela Olsen 
Key Concepts in Social Work Practice 

This book is a quick and accessible reference guide to the key concepts that social work students and professionals need to understand to be effective. The authors place practice at the centre of the text, and include a host of case examples to bring the concepts to life.

Examining the essential topics of the social work curriculum, the concepts covered relate to practice, theory, policy and personal challenges. Further reading is included in each entry, so that the reader can explore what they have learned in more detail.

This book will be an invaluable resource for social work students during their studies and on their practice placement. It will also be useful for qualified social workers, who want to continue their professional education.

Table of Content

Accountability

Advocacy

Anti-Oppressive Practice

Assessment

Asylum Seekers and Refugees

Care Management

Carers

Communication

Confidentiality

Counselling

Critical Thinking

Dementia

Direct Work with Children

Domestic Violence

Empowerment

Equality and Diversity

Ethics

Family Work

Finance

Fostering

History of Social Work

HIV and Social Work

International Social Work

Law and Social Work

Leadership and Management

Learning Disability

Looked after Children

Managing Change

Managing Technology

Media and Social Work

Mental Capacity

Mental Health

Multi-Professional Working

Older People

Partnership

Personalisation

Practice Education

Physical Disability

The Political Context of Social Work

Practice Education

Professional Development

Quality Assurance

Record-Keeping

Reflection

Religion and Belief

Research and Evidence-Based Practice

Risk Assessment and Risk Management

Safeguarding Adults

Safeguarding Children

Service User Involvement

Sexuality

Social Exclusion

Social Justice

Social Work

Social Work in Healthcare Settings

Stress in Social Work

Substance Misuse

Supervision

Team Working

Theory and Social Work

Values

Welfare Rights

Youth Justice

About the author

Aidan Worsley has a professional background in the probation service, working as a Probation Officer and latterly a Senior Probation Officer from 1987 to 1997 before moving into Higher Educaiton. He has written and researched around themes of practice education, interprofessional learning, social work education, and practitioner research. He is actively involved – and committed to – social work reform, being a member of the Reform Board, as well as having roles with the HCPC and College of Social Work. He is currently Dean of the School of Social Work at the University of Central Lancashire – and is also co-chair of the Association of Professors of Social Work.