Best Practices of Social Work Methods : Contextual Examples and Reflections from the Field

Best Practices of Social Work Methods is an attempt to discuss indigenous approaches to social work methods globally, aiming to impart knowledge and support the practitioners, academicians and students to work for social work intervention models, appropriate to the local needs within the socio-cultural context. The book brings an evidential reading to the social work practice professionally in the backdrop of six social work methods. The book is picturesque of how social workers worldwide attempted to practice profession and relate the knowledge they earned from theories and thus makes reading examples for furthering the social work profession. This book provides evidence-based practice of social work methods that help social workers to accept, adapt and share their new insights and learnings. This book also contributes to our professions growing philosophical base and practice of methods as we support people through transformative change. - Rory Truell, IFSW Secretary-General This timely volume, in the era of social-economic upheavals, documents how social workers as agents of change can contribute to the social wellbeing using social work methods. Indeed, social work methods and models must creatively tackle the emerging trends and issues exemplified in the research and practice as illustrated in this publication. -Dr. Ngoh Tiong TAN, Treasurer, International Association of Schools of Social Work