Cover -- Title -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 The systems approach -- 2 Task-centred work -- 3 Groupwork in Britain -- 4 A participatory approach to social work -- 5 Community work -- 6 The behavioural approach to social work -- 7 Practising feminist approaches -- 8 Alternatives to custody -- 9 Anti-racist social work: a black perspective -- 10 Crisis intervention: changing perspectives -- 11 Casework -- 12 Family therapy -- 13 Welfare rights -- 14 Written agreements: a contractual approach to social work -- Name index -- Subject index.