Social Work Theories in Action

Cover......Page 1
Social Work Theories in Action......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
DEDICATIONS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
......Page 10
Foreword by
 Jim Ife......Page 11
Introduction: Integrating
Theory and Practice......Page 17
Part I:
 People in their Environments......Page 31
Introduction......Page 33
1.

The Ecological Systems Metaphor
in Australasia......Page 34
2.

An Ecological Understanding of HIV
Practice in South Africa......Page 52
3.

Complexity and Context:
An Ecological Understanding
of Trauma Practice......Page 66
4.

Integrated Practice in Mental Health
Social Work......Page 82
Part II:

Developing Communities......Page 95
Introduction......Page 97
5.

Community Development:
Principles into Practice......Page 99
6.

Dreams are Free:
Nga Moemoea a te Hapu......Page 115
7.

Community Development:
A Tongan Perspective......Page 127
8.

Responding to Settlement Needs:
Migrants and Refugees
and Community Development......Page 142
Part III:

Working with Strengths......Page 157
Introduction......Page 159
9.

Working with Families:
Strengths-based Approaches......Page 160
10.

Strengths-based Practice in Statutory
Care and Protection Work......Page 176
11.

Bicultural Strengths-based Supervision......Page 191
Part IV:

Attachment: Reworking
Relationships......Page 207
Introduction......Page 209
12.

Attachment Theory and Social Work......Page 210
13.

Working with Adults
who are Parenting......Page 225
14.

Attachment Issues and Work
with Adolescents......Page 241
Conclusion: Integrated
Theory in Action......Page 253
GLOSSARY OF MAORI AND PACIFIC WORDS......Page 263
CONTRIBUTORS
......Page 266
SUBJECT INDEX
......Page 269
AUTHOR INDEX
......Page 272