Series Description: Recent changes in the training and requirements of social workers and allied professionals have prompted the need for a set of textbooks to address issues of knowledge, skills and practice as well as contemporary social debates. New Directions in Social Work is designed to cater for students' academic and professional needs, and, in the context of new course guidelines, will address specific areas of practice such as working with offenders; social problems and social policy; children and young people; families; people with special needs; and working within the community.