This substantially revised expanded & updated edition of the popular Handbook of Theory for Practice Teachers" is a comprehensive summary of the theory knowledge research & evidence relating to practice learning in social care. Focussing on knowledge-based practice with a focus on improving outcomes the five sections of the book cover: the reasons & circumstances in which people may become social work service users; a holistic consideration of assessment in general & specific contexts including risk assessment & management; methods of intervention including cognitive behavioural social work task centred practice advocacy crisis intervention family therapy & group care; the legal policy research & evidence context in which assessment & intervention occur as well as interdisciplinary work & organisational aspects of social work practice; & reflective practice evaluation & evidence based practice as integral parts of social workers engagement with the complex needs of individuals outside the existing parameters of policy or research findings. This key text is essential reading for students practitioners & teachers in social work."