Social Work Practice with Adults

Sally is lecturer and Programme Lead for social work at Bournemouth University. She is also undertaking research on a variety of projects including mental capacity, adult safeguarding and sexual well-being. She completed her doctoral research in 2016 exploring social work practice, physical disability and sexual well-being. This work continues and she is currently developing learning materials (including a short film) around sexual well-being for social care and health practitioners. Sally brings to her academic role extensive social work practice experience built up during more than 25 years of working in diverse practice settings and services. Her research interests focus on often marginalised populations including investigating the experience of financial abuse and the detriment to individuals and society beyond financial loss. Louise is a qualified social worker and has predominantly worked within children's social care. Louise is currently a lecturer in social work at Bournemouth University. Louise completed her PhD in 2019 and her key interests are child-to-parent violence and abuse, working with disabled children and learning from the lived experience. Louise embraces biographical research methods as it illuminates the lived experiences and helps develop an understanding of social work across the life course.

PART I: KEY CONCEPTS AND IDEAS Chapter 1 Key themes in social work practice with adults Chapter 2 Assessment in social work practice with adults Chapter 3: Trauma informed practice in social work with adults Chapter 4: Decision making in social work practice with adults PART II: WORKING WITH ADULTS IN PRACTICE Chapter 5: Working with mental health issues Chapter 6: Working with the Mental Capacity Act 2005 Chapter 7: Working with substance use Chapter 8: Working with marginalized adults Chapter 9: Working with domestic abuse and supporting adults with care and support needs Chapter 10: Working with children (under the age of 18 years) who are abusive towards their parents Chapter 11: Working with disabled adults Chapter 12. Working with adults with learning disabilities Chapter 13: Working with older adults Chapter 14: Working with adults with dementia Chapter 15: Working with adults at the end of life Chapter 16: Working with unpaid carers Conclusion