Professor Stewart Asquith, Dr Chris Clark, Professor Lorraine Waterhouse, University of Edinburgh
ISBN 0 7559 2856 3 (Web only publication)
This document is also available in pdf format (520k)
CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1. INTRODUCTION
2. SOCIAL WORK- A PROFESSION IN CRISIS?
3. SOCIAL WORK- ITS NATURE AND FUNCTION
4. SOCIAL WORK- PROFESSIONAL VALUES AND ETHICS.
5. THE ROLE OF THE SOCIAL WORKER
6. THE ROLE OF THE SOCIAL WORKER IN CONTEXT
7. PREVENTION
8. GENERAL CONCLUSIONSCRISIS
9. ANNEX A: COVERING EMAIL
10. REFERENCES
'Indeed we have only the most general ideas of what we are trying to produce, what constitutes the essential skill of the social worker, and consequently still more varied ideas as to how to set about it' (Younghusband, 1959, p.28).
The views expressed in the report are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the Scottish Executive or any other organisation(s) by which the author(s) is/are employed.
The Scottish Executive is making this research report available on-line in order to provide access to its contents for those interested in the subject. The Executive commissioned the research but has not exercised editorial control over the report.
This web only report is accompanied by "Insight 25: The Role of the Social Worker in the 21st Century" also in web only format. Both reports are published by Information and Analytical Services Division, Scottish Executive Education Department, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh, EH6 6QQ. If you have any enquiries about these reports please contact the Dissemination Officer on 0131-244-0316.
These reports were commissioned by the 21st Century Social Work Review Group to inform their work. Copies of this full report had already been released on the 21st Century Social Work Review website ( http://www.21csocialwork.org.uk/).
Both reports were published on The Scottish Executive website in December 2005.