Subject(s): Social service in Great Britain. -- Human life cycle -- Reasons for social work : Family disruption and relationship breakdown, child abuse, domestic violence, Ill- health, physical disability, frailty of old age, mental illness, learning disabilities, alcohol or drug problems, population movement and immigration -- Applying knowledge to practice : Relating theory to practice, assessment, intervention and review, anti- discriminatory practice, feminist theory, task centred work, care management, risk assessment and management, welfare rights practice, counselling, anger management, family therapy, group work, cognitive behavioral therapy -- Practice context : Social work with children and families, schools, divorce and family courts, adult service users, health care settings, mental health, criminal justice system, social worker in collaboration with other professions -- Social work and its psychosocial framework : Society, politics, gendering the social work agenda, culture, ethnicity and identity, families, sexuality and sexual relationships, psychology -- Human life cycle -- Perspectives on social work : Service user's perspective, perspective of disable people's movement, carer's perspective, black perspectives, research perspective, evidence based perspective, ethical perspective on social work, quality control perspective, legal perspective