The Enlightened Social Worker: An Introduction to Rights-Focused Practice

Donald Forrester

doi:10.46692/9781447367680

This text offers a new concept of social work that is an inspiring and practical vision of what Social Work is and should be, placing rights at the heart of practice, enabling students and workers to become more confident dealing with the uncomfortable realities of practice.

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Frontmatter
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Dedication
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Contents
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List of figures, tables and boxes
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Acknowledgements
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Part I - Rights and social work
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1 - Social work: tensions, conflicts and rights
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2 - The Enlightenment, social work and progress
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3 - On rights and social work
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4 - Liberty, helping and protection
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5 - Social work, positive freedom and need
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6 - Human connection, community and love
pp 63-76
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Part II - Theories for rights-focused practice
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7 - Humanist social work
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8 - The social model
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Part III - Rights-focused practice
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9 - Assessment as theory development
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10 - Assessment, formulations and rights
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11 - Working with individuals and families
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12 - Rights beyond the individual and the family
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13 - Social work, rights and society
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References
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Index
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An Introduction to Rights-Focused Practice

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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Dedication
pp iii-iv

Contents
pp v-v

List of figures, tables and boxes
pp vi-vi

Acknowledgements
pp vii-viii

Part I - Rights and social work
pp 1-2

1 - Social work: tensions, conflicts and rights
pp 3-12

2 - The Enlightenment, social work and progress
pp 13-26

3 - On rights and social work
pp 27-34

4 - Liberty, helping and protection
pp 35-52

5 - Social work, positive freedom and need
pp 53-62

6 - Human connection, community and love
pp 63-76

Part II - Theories for rights-focused practice
pp 77-78

7 - Humanist social work
pp 79-88

8 - The social model
pp 89-100

Part III - Rights-focused practice
pp 101-102

9 - Assessment as theory development
pp 103-113

10 - Assessment, formulations and rights
pp 114-130

11 - Working with individuals and families
pp 131-151

12 - Rights beyond the individual and the family
pp 152-158

13 - Social work, rights and society
pp 159-171

References
pp 172-186

Index
pp 187-194

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