Collaboration in social work practice / edited by Jenny Weinstein, Colin Whittington and Tony Leiba.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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Collaboration in Social Work Practice; Contents; Editors' Preface; Part I Service Users, Professionals and the Collaborative Context; 1 Collaboration and Partnership in Context; 2 A Model of Collaboration; 3 Who are the Participants in the Collaborative Process and What Makes Collaboration Succeed or Fail?; 4 Shared Values in Interprofessional Collaboration; Part II Collaboration in Practice; 5 Allies and Enemies: The Service User as Care Co-ordinator; 6 Collaboration or Confusion? The Carers' Perspective.

New or experienced social workers who are developing their collaborative practice with service users and carers and with other professionals, will find this book to be an essential source of knowledge, skills and issues for reflection. The authors explain how practitioners in social care, health and related sectors can work more effectively together in line with current developments in policy and practice, offering a critical appraisal both of the benefits and the challenges. The authors explore definitions of collaborative work, describe policy and research and give examples from their experi.

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