Social Work

CONTENTS
Context of Contemporary Social Work Practice
Margaret Alston, Samone McCurdy and Jennifer McKinnon

PART I: WORKING WITH PARTICULAR GROUPS AND COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST
1. Working with Women: A gendered analysis of social work practice
Margaret Alston
2. Social Work with LGBTI Clients
Mark Hughes
3. Social Work and People with Disabilities
Wendy Bowles and Marie Sheahan
4. Social Work and Indigenous Australians
Bindi Bennett and Sue Green
5. Social Work Practice with Ethnically and Culturally Diverse Clients
Linda Briskman
6. Working with Young People
Karen Healy
7. Working With Older People (Gerontological Social Work)
Mark Hughes and Karen Heycox

PART II: SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE SETTINGS
8. Social Work in Healthcare Settings
Fiona McDermott and Glenda Bawden
9. Social Work in Educational Settings
Louise Oliario
10. Social Work Practice in Mental Health Settings
Rosemary Sheehan and Melissa Petrakis
11. Social Work in the Field of Income Maintenance and Employment
Philip Mendes and Desley Hargreaves
12. Social Work in Child Protection Settings
Claire Tilbury
13. Criminal Justice: Extending the Social Work Focus
Chris Trotter
14. Social Work in the Domestic Violence Sector
Donna Chung 

PART III: NICHE SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE FIELDS
15. Social Work in Rural and Remote Australia
Sarah Wendt
16. Palliative Care
Carol Quayle
17. International Social Work
Samone McCurdy

PART IV: EMERGING TRENDS AND ISSUES IN SOCIAL WORK
18. Social Work, Sustainability and the Environment
Heather Boetto and Jennifer McKinnon
19. Social Work in Post-disaster Sites
Tricia Hazeleger, Margaret Alston and Desley Hargreaves
20. Understanding Trauma and Resilience
Louise Harms
21. The Changing Face of Social Work in China
Zhaoen Pan (Penny) and Kerri Whittenbury

Margaret Alston - Professor, School of Humanities and Social Science, Newcastle University

Samone McCurdy - Lecturer, School of Social Work, Monash University

Jennifer McKinnon -  Adjunct Professor, School of Human Services and Social Work, Charles Sturt University

Margaret Alston is Professor of Social Work and Head of Department at Monash University and heads the Gender, Leadership and Social Sustainability research unit (GLASS) at Monash. Samone McCurdy is a Lecturer in Social Work at Monash University. Jennifer McKinnon is Adjunct Professor in Social Work at Charles Sturt University.

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Chapter 1: Working with Women: A gendered analysis of social work practice