Social Work Competences: Core Knowledge, Values and Skills - Paperback

by Anthony Andreas Vass (Editor), Antony A. Vass (Editor), Anthony Vass (Editor)

Series Description: Recent changes in the training and requirements of social workers and allied professionals have prompted the need for a set of textbooks to address issues of knowledge, skills and practice as well as contemporary social debates. New Directions in Social Work is designed to cater for students' academic and professional needs, and, in the context of new course guidelines, will address specific areas of practice such as working with offenders; social problems and social policy; children and young people; families; people with special needs; and working within the community.

Author Biography

Antony A Vass is Professor of Social and Penal Studies and Head of the School of Social Work and Health Sciences at Middlesex University. He is professionally qualified in social work (probation studies) and has worked in various fields of social work including the voluntary sector, hospital settings, a local authority social services department and the probation service. He has published numerous articles in academic and professional journals and his books include Alternatives to Prison (Sage, 1990) and Working with Offenders (Sage, 1996; edited with Tim May).

CONTRIBUTORS OUTSIDE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

Helen Cosis Brown Middlesex University

Jane Dutton Middlesex University

Ravi Kohli Middlesex University

Beverley Morgan

Jennifer Pearce Middlesex University