What Social Workers Do
Title | What Social Workers Do PDF eBook |
Author | Margaret Gibelman |
Publisher | N A S W Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Service social - Orientation professionnelle - États-Unis |
ISBN | 9780871013644 |
Focusing on the roles and functions social workers perform in various areas, this book highlights the dynamism and vitality of the profession. It offers practical information about jobs available and career opportunities.
What Social Workers Do
Title | What Social Workers Do PDF eBook |
Author | Margaret Gibelman |
Publisher | N A S W Press |
Pages | 438 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN |
Gibelman (social work, Yeshiva University) offers this text as an overview of the social work profession. Written for students of social work, practitioners interested in knowing more about career paths, and policymakers, the work provides information on the status of different service areas and the employment available. The text makes use of case studies illustrating the issues faced in the profession to illuminate the intersection of practice functions, settings, and areas. Annotation ̧2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) -- Distributed by Syndetics Solutions, LLC.
Smart Decarceration
Title | Smart Decarceration PDF eBook |
Author | Matthew Epperson |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 305 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 0190653094 |
Smart Decarceration is a forward-thinking, practical volume that provides concrete strategies for an era of decarceration. This timely work consists of chapters written from multiple perspectives and disciplines including scholars, practitioners, and persons with incarceration histories. The text grapples with tough questions and builds a foundation for the decarceration field.
Social Work Practice in Health Care Settings
Title | Social Work Practice in Health Care Settings PDF eBook |
Author | Michael J. Holosko |
Publisher | Canadian Scholars’ Press |
Pages | 686 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 9780921627999 |
Social Work Practice in Health Care Settings is written by social work practitioners for colleagues in health care settings. It is aimed at teaching social workers how to survive in a rapidly changing health care system. The text emphasizes the role of the social worker in a variety of health care settings with a variety of unique patient disease groups. From community health centres to hospitals and from cancer patients to Alzheimer's victims, this book brings together for the first time the special expertise of social work in responding to various health care needs. One unique feature of this text is the emphasis on the potential for social work role development in each of the particular areas covered. With each article written in a standardized format, it is appropriate for both undergraduate and graduate courses in schools of social work as well as for social work practitioners in the field and allied health professionals.
What is Professional Social Work?
Title | What is Professional Social Work? PDF eBook |
Author | Leroy Allen Halbert |
Publisher | |
Pages | 162 |
Release | 1923 |
Genre | Social service |
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Days in the Lives of Social Workers
Title | Days in the Lives of Social Workers PDF eBook |
Author | Linda May Grobman |
Publisher | |
Pages | 354 |
Release | |
Genre | Social case work |
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Social Work in Context
Title | Social Work in Context PDF eBook |
Author | Kalyani Mehta |
Publisher | |
Pages | 316 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Political Science |
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This book locates social work in the Asian context and discusses the applications of theories, principles and values according to the socio-economic and cultural context of Southeast Asia. As social work as a profession is very closely related to the context in which it operates, this book will prove very useful for undergraduates as well as students who are studying diplomas in social work.