Integrated Practice: Using Narratives to Develop Theories in Social Care ISBN:978-1-86178-052-2 She was formerly Senior Lecturer

She was formerly Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and Social Work at the University of Hertfordshire in England and has written widely on social work and black communities including African-centred approaches to social work

understanding and skills in relation to this crucial client group

with particular emphasis on young people and criminal justice issues

At the same time

Duncan Mackay and Gillian MacIntyre

Integrated Practice: Using Narratives to Develop Theories in Social Care ISBN:978-1-86178-052-2 She was formerly Senior LecturerThis book proposes integrated practice to bind together a tapestry of changes: the emergence of social care challenging traditional views of social work; the governments modernising agenda that seeks to raise care standards; the new emphasis on regulation of care services, the rise of inter disciplinarity as a strategy for delivering seamless services, and the recognition of learning and mentoring as tools for practice. Narrative examples from