Core Social Work

Preface and Acknowledgements. Foreword by Stephen Webb, University of Newcastle, Australia. 1. Social Work. 2. Surviving: Needs and Social Conditions. 3. Development and Change. 4. Help and Support. 5. Position and Functions of Social Work in Society. 6. Perspectives. References. Index

This important book by Willem Blok brings a fresh but closely considered perspective to important aspects of social work practice… It is fair to say that this book bears the fruit of many years of research and practice experience much of which the author gleaned through international perspectives and travels…This book is a welcome contribution and will be a most useful guide for students of social work and its practitioners. I would like to hope that student and practitioners of social work invest time in reading it carefully from cover to cover.