Social Services category: 2206 books
Social Work Under Pressure
How to Overcome Stress, Fatigue and Burnout in the Workplace
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
Stress, fatigue and burnout are serious problems in the social work profession. High case loads, staff shortages, budget cuts and the challenging nature of the job contribute to high levels of stress, and social workers can crack under the pressure. This accessible book demonstrates how managers and...
Doing Relationship-Based Social Work
A Practical Guide to Building Relationships and Enabling Change
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
Relationships and communication are the foundation of good social work practice. This book offers a new model, drawn from research and practical experience, which describes how to carry out effective relationship-based social work.
Doing Relationship-Based Social Work provides a refreshing...
Human Behavior in the Social Environment
Theories for Social Work Practice
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2012
An accessible and engaging guide to the study of human behavior in the social environment, covering every major theoretical approach
Providing an overview of the major human behavioral theories used to guide social work practice with individuals, families, small groups, and organizations, Human...
Social Work and Human Rights
A Foundation for Policy and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
Social Work and Human Rights has become a standard text highlighting the role of social work in protecting the rights of vulnerable populations. Through rigorous analysis, classroom exercises, and a frank discussion of the implications for practice both within and outside of the United States, the...
Social Policy for Social Work
Placing Social Work in its Wider Context
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
Contemporary social work cannot be understood without an appreciation of the broader context of social policy in which it takes place. Such an understanding is increasingly important as social workers are expected to work across institutional, professional and even national boundaries in new ways...
From Manual Workers to Wage Laborers
Transformation of the Social Question
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
In this monumental book, sociologist Robert Castel reconstructs the history of what he calls "the social question," or the ways in which both labor and social welfare have been organized from the Middle Ages onward to contemporary industrial society. Throughout, the author identifies two...
The Profession of Social Work
Guided by History, Led by Evidence
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
An expert introduction to the foundations of the social work profession—from its historical roots to its evolution in an era of evidence-based practice
The Profession of Social Work provides a broad overview of the history, scope, values, ethics, and organizational framework of the social...
by Sally Holland, Jonathan Scourfield
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2015
Social workers spend their time trying to ease social suffering. They encounter the extreme casualties of social inequality: the victims of poverty, illness, addiction, and abuse; they work with abusers and offenders; and operate in the space between the State and the poor or marginalized. Social...
Professional Boundaries in Social Work and Social Care
A Practical Guide to Understanding, Maintaining and Managing Your Professional Boundaries
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2012
Professional boundaries between worker and client underpin all areas of practice in social work and social care, and the mismanagement of these boundaries can lead to unprofessional conduct and negative consequences for both worker and client.
This book is a no-nonsense guide to boundaries...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2009
Become a confident and effective practitioner with Practising Social Work in a Complex World. It provides the clearest and most authoritative introduction available to working in situations characterised not only by risk and change but also by high pressure to deliver successful outcomes.
The...
Nationalism and Social Policy
The Politics of Territorial Solidarity
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2010
Despite the recent proliferation of literature on nationalism and on social policy, relatively little has been written to analyse the possible interaction between the two. Scholars interested in social citizenship have indirectly dealt with the interaction between national identity and social programs...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2008
In this clear and insightful book, best selling author Malcolm Payne analyses the major elements of social care practice, explaining how caring and social work skills and values are crucial to effective social care.
Through theory, research evidence and skill development, Payne identifies the...
The Risk of Social Policy?
The electoral consequences of welfare state retrenchment and social policy performance in OECD countries
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2011
The Risk of Social Policy? uses a comparative perspective to systematically analyse the effects of social policy reforms and welfare state retrenchment on voting choice for the government. It re-examines twenty elections in OECD countries to show if and how social policy issues drive elections.
This...
by Robert R. Geyer
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
With the growing challenges of economic globalization and national welfare state retrenchment, the development and future of EU social policy has become increasingly important. This exciting new textbook provides a comprehensive, detailed and up-to-date overview of this contested area and examines...