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Skills for Social Work Practice

About the Book Series

This textbook series is ideal for all students studying to be qualified social workers, whether at undergraduate or postgraduate level. Covering key elements of the social work curriculum, the books are accessible, interactive and thought-provoking.

4 Series Titles


Social Work and Technology A Practical Guide for Using Technology in Social Work practice

Social Work and Technology: A Practical Guide for Using Technology in Social Work practice

1st Edition

Forthcoming

Edited By Alex D. Colvin, M. Sebrena Jackson
November 03, 2025

Technological innovation has brought changes to the landscape of the social work profession, and these have produced both challenges and opportunities for the field. Guiding readers through the origins of the policy standards around technology integration including the profession’s charge to ...

Social Work and the Psychosocial Journey Out of Far-Right Extremism

Social Work and the Psychosocial Journey Out of Far-Right Extremism

1st Edition

Forthcoming

By Danny W. Carroll II
August 29, 2025

Over the last 30 years, domestic far-right extremism has risen to become the greatest threat to peace and safety in the United States. In the last few years alone, racialized, minoritized, and marginalized individuals and communities have been increasingly forced to feel the pain and experience the...

Careers in One Health Social Workers’ Roles in Caring for Humans and Their Animal Companions

Careers in One Health: Social Workers’ Roles in Caring for Humans and Their Animal Companions

1st Edition

Edited By Lori R. Kogan
December 01, 2023

Social workers play a critical role in the wellbeing of communities – trained to help individuals, families, and groups effect positive change and address barriers that stand in the way of optimal life and wellbeing. In addition to a focus on people, many social workers include animals in their ...

Case Examples in Child Welfare and Family Services for Social Workers

Case Examples in Child Welfare and Family Services for Social Workers

1st Edition

By Tyrone Cheng
November 15, 2022

This book provides social work students at both undergraduate and graduate level with compelling child welfare case examples, intervention plans, and tips for building working alliances with clients. The 50 such case examples, categorized by maltreatment type(s) and by underlying problem(s), each ...

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