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THE TASK-CENTRED BOOK Task-centred social work is one of the best known and most strongly supported approaches to social work practice. The model fits well with the long-standing emphasis in social work on empowerment, as well as with more recent pressure for evidence-based practice. This text is a radical departure from traditional literature on social work methods. The main reference point is the voice of practitioners, service users and carers, as researched and developed by the authors over twenty years. Case studies are used throughout the book to build on the experiences of practitioners and the people with whom they have worked and to demonstrate practical skills for: • studying and analysing • teaching and learning • practising task-centred social work • review and continuing development. The Task-Centred Book is a core text for both undergraduate social work courses and continuing professional development training, as well as being a practical book for the active professional which will support the development and implementation of taskcentred practice. Peter Marsh is Professor of Child and Family Welfare, University of Sheffield. Mark Doel is Research Professor of Social Work, Sheffield Hallam University.
the social work skills series published in association with Community Care series editor: Terry Philpot
the social work skills series • builds practice skills step by step • places practice in its policy context • relates practice to relevant research • provides a secure base for professional development This new, skills-based series has been developed by Routledge and Community Care working together in partnership to meet the changing needs of today’s students and practitioners in the broad field of social care. Written by experienced practitioners and teachers with a commitment to passing on their knowledge to the next generation, each text in the series features: learning objectives; case examples; activities to test knowledge and understanding; summaries of key learning points; key references; suggestions for further reading. Also available in the series: Commissioning and Purchasing Terry Bamford Executive Director of Housing and Social Services in Kensington and Chelsea. Former Chair of the British Association of Social Workers. Managing Aggression Ray Braithwaite Consultant and trainer in managing aggression at work. Lead trainer and speaker in the national ‘No Fear’ campaign. Tackling Social Exclusion John Pierson Institute of Social Work and Applied Social Studies, Staffordshire University. Safeguarding Children and Young People Corinne May-Chahal and Stella Coleman Professor of Applied Social Science at Lancaster University and Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Central Lancashire.
THE TASK-CENTRED BOOK Peter Marsh and Mark Doel
LONDON AND NEW YORK communitycare
First published 2005 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 270 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to http://www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk/.” © 2005 Peter Marsh and Mark Doel All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data A catalog record for this book has