Social Work: A Critical Approach to Practice

Jan Fook's book "Critical Social Work: An Introduction" is a revised and updated version of her seminal text, celebrating the ageless ideals of the profession and providing a life belt to social work students and professionals looking to engage with the critical tradition of social work to improve their understanding and practice.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 248 pages
Publication date: 12 October 2022
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd

Twenty years have passed since the publication of Jan Fook's groundbreaking work, and she is back to revise and update her seminal text. This book celebrates the timeless principles of the profession, offering a lifeline to social work students and professionals seeking to engage with the critical tradition of social work in order to enhance their understanding and practice.

In Part One: Critical Potential and Current Challenges, the author sets the historical and contemporary contexts for critical social work, providing an introduction to what critical social work is and what it entails for practice.

Part Two: Rethinking Ideas delves into the major concepts associated with critical social work, such as knowledge, power, discourse, identity, and difference, and explores how these concepts need to be rethought in new contexts.

Part Three: Redeveloping Practice showcases how these new ideas can inform innovative practices, equipping readers with the necessary tools to deliver flexible, responsible, and responsive social work practice.

This revised and updated edition of Jan Fook's seminal text is a valuable resource for social work students, professionals, and practitioners alike, as it encourages them to critically examine the field and embrace new ideas and practices that can lead to positive social change.

Weight: 434g
Dimension: 170 x 242 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529790238
Edition number: 4 Revised edition