Rural Social Work Practice in Scotland ISBN::978-1-86178-083-6 emphasising its transformative rather than

emphasising its transformative rather than ameliorative potential

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Each country within the UK faces similar challenges and there is much learning to be gleaned from exploring the range of social work interventions that have been developed and applied in different parts of the United Kingdom in recent years

teachers and social work practitioners with an interest in the professional characteristics of social work and the sociology of the professions

Rural Social Work Practice in Scotland ISBN::978-1-86178-083-6 emphasising its transformative rather thanRural Social Work Practice in Scotland brings international approaches to rural social work into a modern Scottish context. The book critically examines Scottish rural issues before going on to describe recognised rural models of social work practice, drawing upon a wide range of material from the United Kingdom, Canada, the USA and Australia. Individual chapters cover most aspects of social work: children and families, adults, minorities (with a