Social work : a critical approach to practice / Jan Fook.

Previous edition: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-225) and index.

Part I: Critical potential and current challenges -- Chapter 1: The critical tradition of social work -- Chapter 2: Current contexts of practice: Challenges and possibilities -- Part II: Rethinking ideas -- Chapter 3: New ways of knowing -- Chapter 4: Power -- Chapter 5: Discourse, language and narrative -- Chapter 6: Identity and difference -- Part III: Redeveloping practices -- Chapter 7: Critical deconstruction and reconstruction -- Chapter 8: Empowerment -- Chapter 9: Problem conceptualisation and assessment -- Chapter 10: Narrative strategies -- Chapter 11: Contextual practice: Strategies for working in and with contexts -- Chapter 12: Ongoing learning.

"Now 20 years since its first publication, Jan Fook returns to update her seminal text. Celebrating the ageless ideals of the profession, this book throws a life belt to all social work students and professionals looking to engage with the critical tradition of social work to improve their understanding and practice.Part One: Critical Potential and Current Challenges sets the historical and current contexts for critical social work, introducing you to what critical social work is and what it means for practice.Part Two: Rethinking Ideas unpicks the major concepts associated with critical social work, including knowledge, power, discourse, identity, and difference, and how these need to be rethought in new contexts.Part Three: Redeveloping Practices illustrates how these new ideas can inform new practices, proving you with all the tools you need to deliver flexible, responsible and responsive social work practice." -- Publisher's description