British Journal of Social Work

Editorial

Hazel Kemshall

Editorial
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 1-3; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcm172 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Odette Parry, Andy Pithouse, Cathy Anglim, and Claire Batchelor

‘The Tip of the Ice Berg’: Children’s Complaints and Advocacy in Wales—An Insider View from Complaints Officers
BJSW Advance Access published on August 22, 2006
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 5-19; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcl084 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sally Holland and Mark Rivett

‘Everyone Started Shouting’: Making Connections between the Process of Family Group Conferences and Family Therapy Practice
BJSW Advance Access published on July 19, 2006
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 21-38; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcl064 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jim Wade

The Ties that Bind: Support from Birth Families and Substitute Families for Young People Leaving Care
BJSW Advance Access published on October 27, 2006
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 39-54; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcl342 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Johanna Woodcock and Claire Tregaskis

Understanding Structural and Communication Barriers to Ordinary Family Life for Families with Disabled Children: A Combined Social Work and Social Model of Disability Analysis
BJSW Advance Access published on July 19, 2006
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 55-71; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcl065 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Eileen McLeod, Paul Bywaters, Denise Tanner, and Maureen Hirsch

For the Sake of their Health: Older Service Users’ Requirements for Social Care to Facilitate Access to Social Networks Following Hospital Discharge
BJSW Advance Access published on November 3, 2006
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 73-90; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcl341 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Paul Cambridge

The Case for a New ‘Case’ Management in Services for People with Learning Disabilities
BJSW Advance Access published on October 31, 2006
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 91-116; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcl339 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Joanne Warner and Jonathan Gabe

Risk, Mental Disorder and Social Work Practice: A Gendered Landscape
BJSW Advance Access published on October 17, 2006
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 117-134; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcl334 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Siobhan E. Laird

Social Work Practice to Support Survival Strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa
BJSW Advance Access published on September 20, 2006
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 135-151; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcl087 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sarah Cemlyn

Human Rights and Gypsies and Travellers: An Exploration of the Application of a Human Rights Perspective to Social Work with a Minority Community in Britain
BJSW Advance Access published on November 14, 2006
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 153-173; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcl349 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Mel Gray

Viewing Spirituality in Social Work through the Lens of Contemporary Social Theory
BJSW Advance Access published on July 25, 2006
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 175-196; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcl078 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews

Avril Butler

Solution-Focused Therapy: Theory, Research & Practice, Alasdair Macdonald, London, Sage, 2007, pp. 218, ISBN 978 1 4129 3117 5, £18.99
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 197-198; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcm160 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ian Ellson

Social History Assessment, Arlene Bowers Andrews, London, Sage, 2007, pp. 224, ISBN 9781412914130, £27.00
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 198-200; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcm162 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Claire Gregor

Human Behavior and the Social Environment: Models, Metaphors, and Maps for Applying Theoretical Perspectives to Practice, J. A. Forte, Belmont, CA, Thomson Brooks/Cole, 2007, pp. 634, ISBN 0495006599, US$73.95
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 200-201; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcm163 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Smith

Youth Justice: Ideas, Policy, Practice (2nd edn), Roger Smith, Cullompton, Willan, 2007, pp. xiv + 258, ISBN 978 1 84392 224 7, £19.50
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 201-203; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcm164 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ian Paylor

Out of Sight: Crime, Youth and Exclusion in Modern Britain, Robert McAuley, Cullompton, Willan Publishing, 2007, pp. 196, ISBN 10 1 84392 196 0, £40.00
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 203-204; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcm165 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Julie McGowan

Assessing the Support Needs of Adopted Children and their Families: Building Secure New Lives, Liza Bingley Miller and Arnon Bentovim, London, Routledge, 2007, pp. vii + 146, ISBN 978 0 415 40945 2, £16.99
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 205-206; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcm166 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bernard R. Moss

Faith-Based Social Services: Measures, Assessments and Effectiveness, Stephanie C. Boddie and Ram A. Cnaan, New York, Howarth Pastoral Press, 2006, pp. 302, ISBN 0789035243, US$36.00
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 207-208; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcm167 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Malcolm Hill

Measures for Clinical Practice and Research, Volume 1: Couples, Families and Children, J. Fisher and K. Corcoran, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2007, pp. 618, ISBN 0 19 518190 5, £29.99
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 208-210; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcm168 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paul Lloyd

Ethical Issues in Dementia Care, Julian C. Hughes and Clive Baldwin, London, Jessica Kingsley, 2006, 144 pp, ISBN 1843103575, £14.99
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 210-211; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcm169 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Books Received

Books Received
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 213; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcm161 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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