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Critical social work practice

What is critical practice?

How useful is critical practice?

Making decisions about people

What powers do social workers hold?

Relative power in decision making

Regulation in social work

How effective are standards?

How have regulations and standards changed the job?

The impact of standards on service users

Social work in a US school

Dealing with emotions and crises

Working in a school context

Working in a Lithuanian polyclinic

Social work skills in a polyclinic setting

Working in a South African psychiatric ward

Working with mental health patients

Working in the field of mental health

Changing Lives: Social work in Scotland in the 21st century

The impact on organisational structures

Implementing change through leadership

The impact of change on young people's residential units

The impact of change on mental health provision

Evaluating the Changing Lives report

Involving service users

Continuing involvement in Changing Lives