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Defining Social Work In Aotearoa New Zealand: Forty Years Ofpioneering Research And Teaching At Massey University
Paperback Edition: 1
Massey University was the first New Zealand university to offer a social work degree, 40 years ago. This book is published to mark that milestone. Relevant to all social workers today, its chapters highlight the political and social backdrop against which the profession has developed
over the past four decades.
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It also casts a critical eye over the key issues and trends that continue to preoccupy the profession, policy-makers, politicians, the media and, indeed, the general populace. Its detailed bibliography highlights the remarkable and influential body of work of Massey social work students, staff and alumni since 1976.
Dr Michael Dale has been a senior lecturer in the Social Work and Social Policy Programme at Masseys School of Social Work since 2011. He is a registered social worker, and has 33 years work experience within the social services sector. He has worked for central government, local government and the NGO sector. He is a memberof the Academic Programmes Committee of the Masseys College of Health.
Kieran O'Donoghue is Head of the School of Social Work at Massey University. He has published nationally and internationally in the areas of social work theory and practice,social work supervision and in relation to the social work profession. He is a registered social worker and a member of ANZASW.
Hannah Mooney (Ngati Raukawa ki te tonga, Te Atiawa, Te Atihaunui a Paparangi, Nga Rauru) is a lecturer at Massey University's School of Social Work. She completed her Bachelor of Social Work at Massey in 2004 and went on to work for Maori mental health with children, youth and their families. She completed her Master in Social Work at Massey, and in late 2011 was employed as a member of staff.
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Pages : 320
Publisher : Massey University Press
Publication date : 2017-09
Subjects: Non-fiction, Published in New Zealand, New Zealand, Social Sciences, NZ Sociology, Sociology