Suitable for second year undergraduate students, this book synthesizes important 'theoretical' concerns with the practicalities of youth work through effective use of activities and case studies.

This book provides essential knowledge and skills to address all the new social work education requirements for placements and practice learning. It will help students to successfully pass their compulsory social work placement whilst meeting the Professional Capabilities Framework (PCF) for Social Workers and developing their professional practice.

Revised edition of the authors' Gangs in America's communities, [2016]

Best-selling text on direct practice learning for degree students

A lively and timely overview of a modern preoccupation

Guides social work and social care students through working with disabled people. Unique in its aspirational, outcomes-focused approach.