Böcker av Colin Turbett

There has been a rebirth of interest in bringing community back into social work, but what does community social work mean when applied to practice? What are the opportunities in a landscape dominated by shrinking budgets with their attendant procedural and risk-obsessed, assessment and care management models? In this accessibly written book, Colin Turbett explores the erratic history of community social work. He goes on to demonstrate through contemporary examples how this preventative and relationship-based model can work for the individuals and communities served, and also provide an answer to the recruitment and retention issues adversely affecting mainstream settings.

This book takes the reader through main events of the Cold War period, but focuses on the impact on ordinary citizens East and West and the view of events from their perspective.

A well-illustrated social history of the wartime alliance between Britain and the USSR which...

A richly illustrated history of life in the Soviet Union during the Second World War. Features a more human face of war - the individuals and their families who made up the Soviet war machine.

This is the first book to provide social workers with an applicable model for radical practice. Through examining the current state of social work in the UK and looking at the radical approaches that have developed over the years, this book explores some of the opportunities that exist for a radical social work.