TY - BOOK AU - Adams, R (ed) AU - Dominelli, L (ed) AU - Payne, M (ed) TI - Practising social work in a complex world SN - 9780230218642 PY - 2009/// CY - UK PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Social Work N2 - This book provides an introduction to working in situations characterised by risk and change as well as high pressure to deliver successful outcomes. Contents include: encountering complexity and uncertainty persistent oppressions: the example of domestic violence; risk and protection - working with children and families; young people, truancy and offending; sexuality; frailty and dignity in old age; risk, rights and anti-discrimination work in mental health; social work with asylum-seekers; legal and illicit drug use; managing the workload; partnership working; supervision and being supervised; managing risk and decision-making; managing finances; quality assurance; research methods for ethical practice; getting started with a piece of research/evaluation in social work ER -