A Practical Guide to Community Social Work Practice in the UK

Colin Turbett is a retired social worker and active author based in the West of Scotland, with an interest in radical practice. He is an active member of the Common Weal think tank Care Reform Group, and the trade union Unison Scotland’s Social Work Issues Group. He has supported various local authority initiatives promoting community-based practice, including that of Fife Council. Jane Pye is a Lecturer in Social Work at Lancaster University.

Introduction


1. A history of community social work in the UK


2. Bringing community into mainstream social work


3. Community social work for the present era


4. Policy drivers and relevant legislation in the UK


5. Scotland: Fife Council’s community social work team


6. Northern Ireland: Clarendon Medical Practice’s multi-disciplinary team – from ‘Healthy Connections’ to ‘Strengthened Connections’


7. Wales: examples of community orientation and community social work from Carmarthenshire and Torfaen


8. Community social work with a marginalised minority ethnic group: Gypsy and Traveller communities in England


9. Learning from contemporary experience: reflections on the examples from across the UK


10. Climate change and community social work


11. Community social work within social work education - Jane Pye


12. Conclusion: the future of community orientation and community social work