An A-Z of Social Work Theory - Paperback

by Malcolm Payne (Author)

Puzzled by terminology, skills, law, or theory? Revising for your placement or exam? Then look no further! This series of concise and easy-to-use A-Zs will be your guide.

Designed for both students and newly-qualified social workers, this book will introduce you to over 350 key theories, theorists and concepts in a concise and no-nonsense way. Careful cross-referencing will help you make important connections, while selected further reading will provide you with a springboard to further learning.

Author Biography

Malcolm Payne holds honorary professorial posts with Manchester Metropolitan University, where he was for many years professor and head of Applied Community Studies, and Kingston University London. He worked as a social worker and manager in probation, child and adult social care and in community, mental health and residential care development work in local and national voluntary organisations, and in social work education in the UK, Finland, Poland and Slovakia. Among his many books are Modern social work theory (5^th edition, 2021), Humanistic social work, What is professional social work?, Citizenship social work with older people, and (edited with Emma Reith-Hall) The Routledge handbook of social work theory (2019).