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Editorial Back

Mark Lymbery
Editorial
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1193-1196; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcp116 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Sue White, Chris Hall, and Sue Peckover
The Descriptive Tyranny of the Common Assessment Framework: Technologies of Categorization and Professional Practice in Child Welfare
BJSW Advance Access published on April 16, 2008
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1197-1217; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn053 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marie-Antoinette Sossou and Joseph A. Yogtiba
Abuse of Children in West Africa: Implications for Social Work Education and Practice
BJSW Advance Access published on April 10, 2008
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1218-1234; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn033 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Karen Winter
Recent Policy Initiatives in Early Childhood and the Challenges for the Social Work Profession
BJSW Advance Access published on April 15, 2008
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1235-1255; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn051 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sadie Parr
Family Intervention Projects: A Site of Social Work Practice
BJSW Advance Access published on April 23, 2008
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1256-1273; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn057 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stan Houston
Communication, Recognition and Social Work: Aligning the Ethical Theories of Habermas and Honneth
BJSW Advance Access published on April 11, 2008
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1274-1290; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn054 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jill Manthorpe, Sally Jacobs, Joan Rapaport, David Challis, Ann Netten, Caroline Glendinning, Martin Stevens, Mark Wilberforce, Martin Knapp, and Jess Harris
Training for Change: Early Days of Individual Budgets and the Implications for Social Work and Care Management Practice: A Qualitative Study of the Views of Trainers
BJSW Advance Access published on March 7, 2008
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1291-1305; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn017 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mary Pat Sullivan
Social Workers in Community Care Practice: Ideologies and Interactions with Older People
BJSW Advance Access published on May 2, 2008
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1306-1325; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn059 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Judith Burton and Diane van den Broek
Accountable and Countable: Information Management Systems and the Bureaucratization of Social Work
BJSW Advance Access published on April 26, 2008
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1326-1342; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn027 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yuk-Lin Renita Wong and Jana Vinsky
Speaking from the Margins: A Critical Reflection on the ‘Spiritual-but-not-Religious’ Discourse in Social Work
BJSW Advance Access published on March 28, 2008
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1343-1359; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn032 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Amnon Boehm and Nir Yoels
Effectiveness of Welfare Organizations: The Contribution of Leadership Styles, Staff Cohesion, and Worker Empowerment
BJSW Advance Access published on April 7, 2008
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1360-1380; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn036 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Critical Commentaries Back

Andy Bilson
Use of Residential Care in Europe for Children Aged Under Three: Some Lessons from Neurobiology
BJSW Advance Access published on July 28, 2009
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1381-1392; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcp076 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Darja Zavirsek
Social Work with Adults with Disabilities: An International Perspective
BJSW Advance Access published on July 28, 2009
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1393-1405; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcp083 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews Back

Mark Doel
A Textbook of Social Work, Brian Sheldon and Geraldine Macdonald, London, Routledge, 2009, pp. xvii + 429, ISBN 978-0-415-34721-1 (pbk), £20.99
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1406-1407; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcp107 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gordon Jack
Children, Families and Social Exclusion: New Approaches to Prevention, Kate Morris, Marian Barnes and Paul Mason, Bristol, The Policy Press, 2009, pp. iv + 161, ISBN 978 1 86134 965 1 (pbk), £21.99
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1407-1409; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcp108 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Keith Popple
Effective Practice in Health, Social Care and Criminal Justice: A Partnership Approach, 2nd edn, Ros Carnwell and Julian Buchanan (eds), Maidenhead, Open University Press, 2009, pp. xvi + 342, ISBN 978 0 335 22911 6 9 (pbk), £24.99
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1409-1410; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcp109 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alastair Christie
Black Issues in Social Work and Social Care, Mekada Graham, Bristol, The Policy Press, 2007, pp. xi + 195, ISBN 978 1 86134 845 6, £18.99
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1410-1412; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcp110 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sally Holland
Assessment in Social Work, 3rd edn, Judith Milner and Patrick O'Byrne, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, pp. ix+278, ISBN 9780230218628 (pbk), £19.99
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1412-1413; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcp111 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Janet McDermott
The Pink Guide to Adoption for Lesbians and Gay Men, Nicola Hill, London, BAAF, 2009, pp. viii + 221, ISBN 978 1 905664 68 9 (pbk), £12.95
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1413-1415; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcp112 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Baljit Soroya
Social Work and Migration: Immigrant and Refugee Settlement and Integration, Kathleen Valtonen, Aldershot, Ashgate, pp. 218, ISBN 978-0-7546-7194-7 (hb), £55.00
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1415-1416; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcp113 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bob Sapey
Mental Health Still Matters, 2nd edn, Jill Reynolds, Rosemary Muston, Tom Heller, Jonathan Leach, Mick McCormick, Jan Wallcraft and Mark Walsh (eds), Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, pp. xiv + 386, ISBN 978 0 230 57729 9 (pbk), £23.99
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1416-1418; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcp114 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Steve J. Hothersall
Permanence in Foster Care: A Study of Care Planning and Practice in England and Wales, Gillian Schofield and Emma Ward with Andrea Warman, John Simmonds and Jane Butler, London, British Association for Fostering and Adoption, 2008, pp. 189, ISBN 978 1 905664 57 3 (pbk), £12.95 • Achieving Permanence in Foster Care (Good Practice Guide), Gillian Schofield and Mary Beek, London, British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF), 2008, pp. 105, ISBN 978 1 905664 58 0 (pbk), £9.95
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1418-1420; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcp115 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Books Received Back

Books Received
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1421-1422; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcp117 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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