Social Work with Disabled People
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Having gone through 30 years of development, the new edition of this highly-regarded classic is the most trusted companion for understanding and promoting the potential for social work with disabled people. It offers readers a clear introduction to the core issues of disability alongside discussion and assessment of the social worker's role. Written by an experienced and highly respected team of authors, the book reflects:- The latest updates, developments and policy changes- The broad range of areas needing to be understood for informed practice- Recent changes to the focus of social work education and practice - The Social Model of Disability, encouraging debate about its role in social work- Developments for independent living- The heightened importance of safeguarding issues, giving attention to the topical issue of disabilist hate crimeAccessible to a broad readership and respected by disabled people themselves, this text is the foundation for effective practice.
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- Bloomsbury UK
- 9781350313279
- 9780230297951
- ePub
- 4
- Michael Oliver; Bob Sapey; Pam Thomas
- English
- 2012-03-01
- 100
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- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface to the fourth edition
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: setting the scene
- 1 Social work and disability: old and new directions
- Old directions
- New directions
- Explaining disability
- The social model and its implications for social work
- 2 Impairment, disability and research
- Introduction
- Relevance of medical control
- Medical knowledge and the social work task
- Identifying impairment
- Origin of impairment
- Classifying impairment
- Prevention of disability
- Impairment and disability
- The need to investigate disability
- Functional definitions of disability/disability research
- National surveys
- Definitions of disability in the design of questionnaires
- 3 Relationships and families
- Families and households
- Relationships
- 4 Independent living and personal assistance
- Introduction
- Centres for Independent Living
- Personal assistants and direct payments
- Assessment
- Other social services provision
- Residential accommodation for disabled people: a discredited provision
- 5 Independent living: the wider social policy and legal context
- Introduction
- Employment
- Equality and human rights
- Housing
- Disabled children and education
- The rights of disabled people: ways forward?
- 6 Independent living: vulnerability and safeguarding
- Introduction
- Lessons from the past and meaning for today
- Institutional abuse
- Hate crime
- Abuse of disabled children
- Risk
- 7 Conclusion: future directions
- Theoretical and professional developments
- Organisational issues and structural developments
- Some strategies for social work
- References
- Index