Work and the workplace : a resource for innovative policy and practice /
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New York ; Chichester :
Columbia University Press,
c2005.
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| Series: | Foundations of social work knowledge
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Table of Contents:
- 1. History and rationale
- 2. The meaning and context of work
- 3. The changing landscape
- 4. Social work in the world of work and in traditional settings
- 5. Distinctive presenting problems
- 6. Delivery systems : conceptual dimensions and structures
- 7. Disability as a metaphor for world of work practice
- 8. Social workers as workers, social agencies as employers
- 9. The future : issues, trends, and potential.