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This volume is a pioneering study, offering a systematic global comparison of the professional features of social work. Intended for students, researchers, teachers and social work practitioners with an interest in the professional characteristics of social work and the sociology of the professions, it provides a broadly-based examination of trends in social work in diverse social and political contexts. The book takes a cross-national comparative perspective and includes in-depth analyses of the social work profession by national experts in ten countries with very different histories and practice settings: Chile, Germany, Hungary, India, Mexico, South Africa, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States. The country analyses examine a range of parameters of professional practice, from models of professional organization, application of a code of ethics and training requirements through to issues concerning monopoly over fields of practice, the degree of autonomy social work enjoys, and the level of remuneration and status that it is accorded. The book provides ample evidence of the existence of common professional characteristics for social work globally, but also underscores marked differences in the autonomy, monopoly and prestige of the profession across the world

interculturaliteit --- sociaal werk --- Social welfare methods --- #SBIB:316.8H30 --- Professies en methoden in het welzijnswerk: sociaal werk, vrijwilligerswerk, hulpverleningsmethoden … --- Maatschappelijk werk --- Opleidingen --- Internationale vergelijking --- Opleiding --- Internationale samenwerking --- Arbeidsmarkt

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Rather than being seen simply as social policy implementors, in recent decades there has been recognition of the unique insights that social workers can bring to policy formulation. This book offers a theoretical framework for understanding why social workers engage in policy, and the implications for research, education and practice.

Social service. --- Social policy. --- Social workers. --- Human services personnel --- National planning --- State planning --- Economic policy --- Family policy --- Social history --- Benevolent institutions --- Philanthropy --- Relief stations (for the poor) --- Social service agencies --- Social welfare --- Social work --- Human services --- Social service --- Social planning. --- Government policy. --- Society. --- Social services & welfare, criminology.

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Social service --- Social service --- International cooperation --- Research