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Applied Social Care 2nd Edition
An Introduction for Students in Ireland
Edited by Perry Share and Kevin Lalor
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€37.99
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Description
A comprehensive introduction to all key study areas within Applied Social Care:
The Field of Social Care; Theoretical Approaches; Practice Issues; Social Care
and Specific Population Groups.
· This second edition of Applied Social Care continues to establish Social Care in Ireland as a distinct professional field.
· It is endorsed by the IASCE (Irish Association of Social Care Educators) and by the Resident Managers’ Association.
· This new edition incorporates o Legislative developments since the first edition, including the Health & Social Care Professionals Act 2005
o Additional chapters added to expand on a wide range of topics and themes, including: mental health issues; drugs, alcohol and substance abuse; multidisciplinary teamwork; and responding to challenging behaviour
o Analysis of the most up-to-date research, practice developments, statistics and findings
o Expanded field of expert contributors, both national and international
· Suitable for students of Social Care/Applied Social Studies at FETAC and Degree level.
· Accompanied by a lecturers’ website containing teaching slides for every chapter.
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Author Biography
Perry Share is Head of the Department of Humanities at the Institute of Technology, Sligo. Founder member and former secretary of the Irish Association of Social Care Educators (IASCE), he is also co-author of A Sociology of Ireland, 3rd edition published by Gill & Macmillan.
Kevin Lalor PhD is Head of Department of Social Sciences at Dublin Institute of Technology, Mountjoy Square. He is Editor of the Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies. He is co-author of Young People in Contemporary Ireland published by Gill & Macmillan (2007). He is a chapter reviewer on the World Health Organisation 'Violence and Health in Africa' report.
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Table of Contents
Part A Introduction to social care practice
1 What is social care?
2 The development of social care in Ireland
3 The view from Europe
4 The view from North America
5 The view from the UK
6 The professionalisation of social care
7 Anti-discriminatory practice and the challenge of equality
Part B Theoretical approaches to social care practice
8 Psychological theories and application to social care
9 Sociological theories and application to social care
10 The use of the self
11 Gender, sexuality and social care
12 Research and social care: evidence–based practice
Part C Working in social care
13 The practice placement
14 Supervision
15 The everyday practice of residential care work
16 Responding to challenging behaviour
17 Multidisciplinary teamwork
18 Personal and professional development for social care practitioners
19 Mental health issues Mark McGranaghan
Part D Working with specific population groups
20 Residential child care
21 Community child care: working with children and families
23 Care work with older people: an emerging opportunity
24 Social care and family support work
25 Social care and disability
26 Travellers and social care
27 Working with young people
28 Drugs, alcohol and substance abuse
29 Working with homeless people
30 Social care in a multicultural society
Bibliography
Glossary of items
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Publication Details
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Format
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Paperback
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ISBN
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9780717143764
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Imprint
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Gill & Macmillan
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Language
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English
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Product Dimensions
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232 x 156 mm
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Publication Date
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August 2009
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