Policy Press

Narrative Social Work

Theory and Application

By Clive Baldwin

Published

Mar 27, 2013

Page count

176 pages

ISBN

978-1847428257

Dimensions

240 x 172 mm

Imprint

Policy Press

Published

Mar 27, 2013

Page count

176 pages

ISBN

978-1847428264

Dimensions

240 x 172 mm

Imprint

Policy Press

Published

Mar 27, 2013

Page count

176 pages

ISBN

978-1447309833

Dimensions

Imprint

Policy Press

Published

Mar 27, 2013

Page count

176 pages

ISBN

978-1447309840

Dimensions

Imprint

Policy Press
Narrative Social Work

Interest in the contribution narrative can make across many disciplines has been booming in recent years, but its impact in social work has been limited. It has mainly been used in therapeutic intervention such as narrative therapy, social work education or personal accounts. This is the first book to extend the narrative lens to explore the contribution of narrative to social work values and ethics, social policy and our understanding of the self in social, cultural and political context. The book firstly sets out theoretical concerns and then applies them to specific areas of social work, including child protection, mental health and disability. The author argues that narrative is a richly textured approach to social work that can enhance both theory and practice. As such the book will be of interest to social work students, practitioners and educators, policy makers and those interested in the application of narrative to professional practice.

Clive Baldwin is Canada Research Chair in Narrative Studies in the School of Social Work at St Thomas University, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada and Director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Narrative. He was formerly Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Bradford, UK. He has published previously on the contribution narrative can make to understanding ethics, dementia, child protection and mental health.

Introduction to narrative theory (with Brandi Estey-Burtt);

Narrative, human rights and social justice;

The narrative self and social work;

Social work ethics and narrative;

Narrative and social policy;

Plot, characterisation and rhetoric in child protection;

The narrative self in mental health discourse (by Brandi Estey-Burtt);

Meta-narratives of disability (with Mary-Dan Johnston);

Conclusion.