Sosyal çalışma mesleği ortaya çıktığı ilk yıllardan itibaren politika ile yakından ilgilenmiş, savunmasız nüfus gruplarının savunuculuğu rolünü üstlenmiştir. Mesleğin temsilcileri başta kadın hakları, saatleri ve çocuk işçiliği gibi konularla ilgili değişikliklerine gidilmesini sağlayacak çalışmalar yapmışlardır. Ancak meslek tarihi boyunca sosyal hizmet uzmanlarının politik faaliyetlere dahil ...

This report describes an exploration of Google Trends in an attempt to determine its usefulness for social work research. Web searches on Google Trends related to social work were undertaken for the period 2007-2013. Hits related to jobs and education dominated. Emerging trends related to social media such as Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin, but also came up for words such as evidence, technolog...

This short book for adolescents is one of a series giving information in story form, about careers. It is a useful idea and the essential facts about social work are correctly conveyed. Most important of all, is the skilful way in which the author has woven into her story the kind of personality needed for this type of work. Apart from the inappropriate dust cover (showing a nurse in uniform) t...

Action research by social work practitioners provides a particularly direct means of overcoming the often cited practice/research divide within the profession. This article draws from a project within a UK local authority fostering recruitment team that examined aspects of recruitment including the impact of foster carer involvement. Characteristics of the project that contributed to its effect...