{"product_id":"what-is-professional-social-work-9781861347046","title":"What Is Professional Social Work?","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Malcolm Payne\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Policy Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Policy Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Social Work\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is Professional Social Work? is a now classic analysis of social work as a discourse between three aspects of practice: social order, therapeutic and transformational perspectives. It enables social workers to analyse and value the role of social work in present-day multiprofessional social care.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This completely re-written second edition explores social work's struggle to meet its claim to achieve social progress through interpersonal practice. Important features of this new edition include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   practical ways of analysing personal professional identity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   understanding how social workers embody their profession in their practice with other professionals\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   detailed analysis of current and historical documents defining social work and social care analysis of values, agencies and global social work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This new edition will stimulate social workers, students and policy-makers in social care to think again about the valuable role social work plays in society.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Policy Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46891639406743,"sku":"9781861347046","price":3459.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781861347046.webp?v=1770275538","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/what-is-professional-social-work-9781861347046","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}