Work with service users
Learning Objectives
After considering this resource, you should understand more about different service user groups and how reflection upon sociology in relation to these service user groups can help understand their problems.
Sociological theory can help inform social work with service users. In this chapter from Social Work and Social Perspectives, Eileen Oak considers a variety of interventions with different service user groups and discusses how theory can be used to engage with these groups and gain a better understanding of their problem. The chapter also evaluates tensions between the service user and the needs of service provision.
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