This new textbook examines the knowledge, skills and values that underpin and inform current social work practice and processes. With a clear focus on skills, social work processes and the suitability of different methods, Watson offers students a toolkit for applying theoretical frameworks to actual practice situations.

DAVID WATSON is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Glasgow Caledonian University, UK.

List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
New Professionalism The Challenge for Social Work Practice
Approaches to Practice
Assessment: Purpose, Process and Approach
Methods of Intervention: Purpose and Process
Methods of Intervention: Working with Presenting Issues
Methods of Intervention: Working on Feelings
Selecting Methods
Reflection and Supervision
Evaluation of Practice: Learning for the Future
Conclusion: Approaches to Practice and Modern Social Work
Appendix
Bibliography.