Introduction PART I Perspectives: Understanding Disability 1 Lived Experience of Impairment, Disability and Social Work 2 Theories and Models of Disability 3 Disability from a Life Course Perspective 4 The Legal and Policy Perspective PART II Diversity, Inequality and Disability 5 Inequality, Oppression and Disability 6 Disability and Diversity PART III Disability and Social Work Practice 7 Communication and Engagement 8 Working with Disabled Children 9 Working with Disabled Adults 10 Safeguarding, Social Work and Disability 11 Collaborative Practice Conclusion Bibliography
Peter Simcock is Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Staffordshire University Rhoda Castle was formerly Senior Lecturer in Social Work and Applied Social Studies at Staffordshire University
Simcock and Castle offer a critical but balanced account of the
role, function and context of social work with disabled people. The
book is clear in asserting that social workers have an important
and often positive role in the lives of disabled people. Countering
some earlier texts which tended to be anti-social work and
anti-professional, the authors make plain the barriers to enabling
social work and the way the policy environment makes life
challenging for disabled people and social workers. Optimistic in
tone and practical in orientation, I would recommend it for
practice and policy audiences alike.
Alan Roulstone, University of LeedsThis book is a very welcome
addition to the limited literature on social work practice with
disabled people. Its strength lies in linking a social model
discourse with contemporary challenges for social work practice in
this area. As such it "bridges the gap" between theoretical
concepts and practice realities. It will serve as an excellent
resource for discussion and debate with social work students.
David Mercer, Leeds Beckett University
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