Social Work category: 3462 books
Mental Health Work In The Community
Theory And Practice In Social Work And Community Psychiatric Nursing
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2004
A presentation of a comparative analysis of the work of mental health social workers and community psychiatric nurses, an issue of importance because of "community care" and also important as much of their work territory overlaps. The findings are more favourable to social workers.
by Mr Trevor Lindsay, Sue Orton
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Social work degree students must be confident in working with groups of service users as well as other professionals. This revised new edition introduces the practicalities of planning, establishing, facilitating and evaluating social work projects including small helping groups as well as interprofessional...
The Social Workout Book
Strength-Building Exercises for the Pre-Professional
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2010
This Second Edition engages introductory social work students in hands-on, collaborative exercises focusing on four key areas in the curriculum: Social Welfare (History, Politics, Policies, and Services); The Social Work Profession; The Practice of Social Work; and A Vision for the Future. Throughout,...
From Trauma to Healing
A Social Worker's Guide to Working with Survivors
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
From Trauma to Healing: A Social Worker’s Guide for Working With Survivors is the next significant publication on trauma in the field of social work. Since September 11 and Hurricane Katrina, social workers have come together increasingly to consider how traumatic events impact practice. From Trauma...
Best Practice in Social Work
Critical Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2007
Social work has laboured too long under a 'deficit' model that focuses on failings and problems of practice. Emphasising best practice, strengths and collaborative partnership this ambitious book seeks to redress the balance. Undergraduate and post-qualifying social work students alike will find it a useful resource.
by Flavia Ribeiro de Castro
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
With a gentle, thoughtful narrative driven by an intense rhythm, the author immerses the reader in her story from the very first chapter. As she relates the pains and pleasures of her work within the cold jail environment, she seems able to make us feel exactly what she wants: she makes us laugh,...
Developing Practice Guidelines for Social Work Intervention
Issues, Methods, and Research Agenda
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2003
This book bridges the gap between social work knowledge and empirically based practice. Although there is a significant need for the use of empirically tested and verified knowledge in social work practice, the empirical basis of support is nearly absent from practitioners'considerations as they make...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2017
This book examines the life and works of Jane Addams who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (1931). Addams led an international women's peace movement and is noted for spearheading a first-of-its-kind international conference of women at The Hague during World War I. She helped to found the Women's...
Dementia and Social Work Practice
Research and Interventions
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2007
"Practical coverage of driving, day care, support groups, and respite is particularly welcome. This is a good book to have available, not just for social work faculty and students, but also for those in the health sciences, psychology, and sociology. It will be a useful resource for professionals...
Empowerment
A Critique
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2016
‘Empowerment’ is a term in widespread use today and one that is often considered to be a self-evident good. Here, McLaughlin explores its emergence in the 1960s through to its rise in the 1990s and ubiquity in present day discourse and interrogates its social status, paying particular attention...
by Miriam S Raskin
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
This landmark volume tackles the long overdue critical examination and evaluation of the state of the art of field instruction in social work education. For the first time, the findings of empirical research are consolidated to review, test, and question prevailing assumptions in social work field...
by Scott Harding, Kathryn R. Libal
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2014
A transformative model for community social work rooted in basic social and economic rights is the basis of this timely Brief. With specific chapters spotlighting the rights to health care, nutritious food, and adequate and affordable housing, the book describes in depth the role of community practice...
Practising Critical Reflection to Develop Emancipatory Change
Challenging the Legal Response to Sexual Assault
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Overwhelmingly, critical practitioners working across a range of human service fields, who are committed to emancipatory and progressive social change ideals, report feeling powerless, alienated from the means of change, and hopeless about their capacities to make a difference in the lives of the...
Social Policy
A New Feminist Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2002
No-one can hope to understand the workings of the welfare state without first appreciating women's part in it. In the past decade the significance of the gendering of welfare states has become widely accepted, extensively charted in research, and more systematically theorized. Building on her earlier...