Social Services category: 2206 books
by Jean A Pardeck, John W Murphy, Charles Longino
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Reason and Rationality in Health and Human Services Delivery is the first book to discuss the topic of decisionmaking and services from a multidisciplinary approach. It uses theory and social considerations, not just technology, as a basis for improved services. Health and human service students and...
Making Strategy Count in the Health and Human Services Sector
Lessons Learned from 20 Organizations and Chief Strategy Officers
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2013
This is the first guide to achieving long-term impact and social change by employing critical strategies in the health and human services sector. It is based on lessons from a learning lab of 20 human services organizations and their chief strategy officers who, as part of the ìStrategy Countsî...
Administrative Leadership in the Social Services
The Next Challenge
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
What should be the roles and behavior of administrators to meet the challenges facing social service agencies today? Here is a thought-provoking book that provides a great deal of insight into administrative leadership, an essential component in the survival and effectiveness of social service agencies.
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Building Cultures and Climates for Effective Human Services
Understanding and Improving Organizational Social Contexts with the ARC Model
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2018
It is widely acknowledged that many healthcare, behavioral health, and social service organizations provide less-than-optimal services and that the challenge of improving services depends on successfully changing organizational culture and climate. However, there are almost no organizational-level...
The Complete Leader
Handbook of Essentials for Human Services Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2014
The Complete Leader: Handbook of Essentials for Human Services Leadership gives leaders within human services organizations with lay or professional leadership responsibilities, over 25 essential practices for human services. Special attention is paid to supervision, case management, evaluation, teamwork...
Equity and Full Participation for Individuals with Severe Disabilities
A Vision for the Future
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2014
What key issues and challenges affect the lives of people with severe disabilities today's and what should tomorrow's professionals do to address them? Aligned with the core values and agenda of TASH, this visionary text prepares professionals to strengthen supports and services for people with disabilities...
by Zhixian George Yi
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2017
With the rapid development of information and communication technology and increasingly intense competition with other organizations, information organizations face a pressing need to market their unique services and resources and reach their user bases in the digital age. Marketing Services and Resources...
Linking Housing and Services for Older Adults
Obstacles, Options, and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Packaging supportive services with housing-a pressing issue for older adults
The population of older adults is expected to explode in the coming years. Linking Housing and Services for Older Adults: Obstacles, Options, and Opportunities examines a crucial, complex, and often overlooked issue...
Human Services Management
Organizational Leadership in Social Work Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2002
Human services management occurs in nonprofit, governmental, and for-profit sectors and involves a wide variety of organizational structures. These diverse conditions shape the effort to produce and project services that directly affect the quality of life of individuals, families, and communities...
by Jeane Anastas
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2000
Research Design for Social Work and the Human Services integrates a range of research techniques into a single epistemological framework and presents a balanced approach to the teaching of research methods in the "helping professions." Jeane W. Anastas begins with a discussion of the different...
Delivering Home-Based Services
A Social Work Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2009
Service providers are increasingly called upon to serve clients at home, a setting even a seasoned professional can find difficult to negotiate. From monitoring the health of older populations to managing paroled offenders, preventing child abuse, and reunifying families, home-based services require...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2012
The purpose of this manual is to identify the various grants and innovative funding alternatives available for emergency medical services (EMS) and fire protection services. Where appropriate, a discussion of the pros and cons of a particular funding source is discussed. In some instances, examples...
by Lenard W Kaye, Sandra Butler
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Learn the skills you need to work with geriatric populations in rural areas!
Gerontological Social Work in Rural Towns and Communities provides a range of intervention and community skills aimed precisely at the needs of rural elders. This book fills a gap in the literature by focusing on the...
Responsive Leadership in Social Services
A Practical Approach for Optimizing Engagement and Performance
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2015
Written for new and experienced social services managers and supervisors alike, Responsive Leadership in Social Services by Stephen de Grootprovides the practical tools, strategies, and insights to inspire, motivate, and engage employees and staff. Along with over 100 strategies and two simple tools—the...