Toward Effective Social Work Practice
Author : Morley D. Glicken
Publisher : Ardent Media
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 37,62 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780842251716
Clinical Social Work Practice in Behavioral Mental Health
Author : Roberta G. Sands
Publisher : Addison-Wesley Longman
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 33,38 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN :
Book Description
This book provides an in-depth and very modern approach to clinical social work with clients in mental health settings. This is a revision of a book originally titled Clinical Social Work Practice in Community Mental Health. The "community mental health" approach is now dated, and this revision features "behavioral" mental health, which is a newer and "postmodern" approach. The postmodern perspective is client-oriented, and helps the practitioner to be aware of underlying biases. This perspective is explained in Chapter 1 and is included in every chapter by featuring clients' "voices," particularly at the beginning and end of the chapters. Important new topics include managed care and measurement of outcomes, both of which are woven throughout and featured in Chapters 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, and 13. For social work practitioners specializing in mental health.
Evidence-Based Practice With Women
Author : Martha Markward
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 24,20 MB
Release : 2010-12-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1452223602
Book Description
This one-of-a-kind book presents evidence-based coverage of the assessment and treatment of the most common mental health disorders among women, particularly low-income women. For each disorder— depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and trauma (including sexual abuse), generalized anxiety disorder, substance use disorder, and borderline personality disorder—the authors include assessment instruments and detailed case examples that illustrate the assessment and treatment recommendations.
Effective Observation in Social Work Practice
Author : Maureen O′Loughlin
Publisher : Learning Matters
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 43,97 MB
Release : 2014-12-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1473908329
Book Description
Introducing the concept of observation to social work students can be a complex and challenging task. Assessing their observation skills and assignments can be even harder, especially if much of this work takes place implicitly, throughout their training and placements. This book will help students to grasp the fundamentals of social work observation, from the theories and methods to how these can be demonstrated in everyday practice. Skills are covered throughout, as well as effective observation work with different client groups and in different settings. The authors argue that an observant social worker is an effective and resilient one, and demonstrate this through case study material and research summaries.
Transformative Social Work Practice
Author : Erik M.P. Schott
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 26,34 MB
Release : 2015-08-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1483359646
Book Description
Transformative Social Work Practice presents an innovative and integrative approach towards critically reflective practice with an interweaving of micro, mezzo, and macro applications to real world demands. Authors Erik Schott and Eugenia L. Weiss explore issues commonly addressed by social workers, including health, mental health, addictions, schools, and family and community violence, while challenging assumptions and promoting ethically-driven, evidence-based practice perspectives to advocate for social justice and reduce disparities. The book is about redefining social work practice to meet the current and complex needs of diverse and vulnerable individuals, families, and communities in order to enhance their strengths in an era of unprecedented technological growth, globalization, and change.
Human Rights and Social Work
Author : Jim Ife
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 32,18 MB
Release : 2012-06-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1139511084
Book Description
Now in its third edition, Human Rights and Social Work explores how the principles of human rights inform contemporary social work practice. Jim Ife considers the implications of social work's traditional Enlightenment heritage and the possibilities of 'post-Enlightenment' practice in a way that is accessible, direct and engaging. The world has changed significantly since the publication of the first edition in 2000 and this book is situated firmly within the context of present-day debates, concerns and crises. Ife covers the importance of relating human rights to the non-human world, as well as the consequences of political and ecological uncertainty. Featuring examples, further readings and a glossary, readers are able to identify and investigate the important issues and questions arising from human rights and social work. Now more than ever, Human Rights and Social Work is an indispensable resource for students, scholars and practitioners alike.
Evidence-based Practice with Women
Author : Martha J. Markward
Publisher :
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 48,8 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Poor women
ISBN : 9781452230559
Book Description
A key text for courses on Social Work Practice and Women in Social Work. The book focuses on the major mental health issues faced by women in social care and presents empirically validated ways of assessing and treating clients.
Understanding Social Work Practice in Mental Health
Author : Vicki Coppock
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 46,92 MB
Release : 2009-12-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1412935059
Book Description
This book provides an authoritative overview of mental health theory, policy, and practice. Exploring the complex moral and ethical dimensions underpinning the field, the book engages with the key issues encountered by practitioners working in the modern mental health system. Using real world scenarios, case studies, and reflective exercises, it asks students to critically examine the world of mental health practice from the perspective of users of mental health services and their careers.
Introduction to Social Work Practice
Author : Herschel Knapp
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 31,7 MB
Release : 2008-12-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1452245142
Book Description
Introduction to Social Work Practice orients the students to the role of the professional social worker. The first chapter delineates the differences between being a good friend and being a good clinician in terms of social/emotional factors, professionalism, and self-disclosure. The second chapter covers techniques for building a trusting working environment that is conducive to processing sensitive issues along with an overview of key therapeutic communication skills. The remaining five chapters detail an easy-to-remember five-step problem-solving model to guide the clinical process: 1. Assessment, 2. Goal, 3. Objectives, 4. Activation, 5. Termination. Key features include: - role-play exercises - brief essay and response questions to build and test key communication skills - discussion points - glossary of terms - diagrams and charts that graphically represent the flow of the helping process. The workbook presumes no prior clinical experience and uses no technical psychological jargon. It teaches fundamental communication skills while emphasizing key social work values, ethics, and issues of multicultural populations and diversity throughout.
Essential Skills of Social Work Practice
Author : Thomas O'Hare
Publisher :
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 14,3 MB
Release : 2019-10-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0190059605
Book Description
"Essential Skills of Social Work Practice: Assessment, Intervention, and Evaluation, third edition, by Thomas O'Hare, PhD, MSW, is written for advanced BSW and beginning MSW students who intend to work primarily in the mental health field. The book consists of three parts. Part I covers foundation concepts, including linkages among assessment, intervention, and evaluation; the relationship between research and practice; and essential ethics in social work practice. Part II addresses essential practice skills used throughout social work practice: supportive and relationship-building skills, cognitive-behavioral skills, and case management skills. Part III describes how these essential skills are combined as evidence-based practices targeting specific problems and disorders, including major mental illnesses, substance abuse and personality disorders, couples in conflict, and both internalizing and externalizing disorders in children and adolescents. The chapters focusing on disorders of children and adolescents emphasize family-based interventions. The final chapter addresses the profession's transition to evidence-based practices and related challenges given that their adoption is now expected in professional mental health practice"--
