The Profession of Social Work

Volume 1 Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-471-76997-2
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 552 Seiten, Format (B × H): 185 mm x 251 mm, Gewicht: 1084 g

Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare, Volume 1: The Profession of Social Work features contributions from leading international researchers and practitioners and presents the most comprehensive, in-depth source of information on the field of social work and social welfare.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Sowers, Karen M.

Dulmus, Catherine N.

White, Barbara W.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Gesundheitsökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Handbook Preface.

Karen M. Sowers.

Catherine N. Dulmus.

Volume Prolusion.

Barbara W. White.

Contributors.

1. The History of Social Work and Social Welfare.

Leslie Leighninger.

2. Educating for Social Work.

Julia M. Watkins.

Jessica Holmes.

3. The Scope of Social Work Practice.

June G. Hopps.

Tony B. Lowe.

4. Professional Credentials and Professional Regulations: Social Work Professional Development.

Donna DeAngelis.

Mary Jo Monahan.

5. Social Work Organizations.

Gary Lowe.

Terry Singer.

6. Values and Ethics for Professional Social Work Practice.

Kimberly Strom-Gottfried.

7. The Strengths Perspective: Putting Possibility and Hope to Work in Our Practice

Dennis Saleebey.

8. Child Welfare: Historical Trends, Professionalization and Workforce Issues.

Robin E. Perry.

Alberta J. Ellett.

9. Family-Based Practice.

Barbara Thomlison.

10. School Social Work.

Cynthia Franklin.

Beth Gerlach.

Amy Chanmugam.

11. Substance Abuse.

Lori K. Holleran Steiker.

Samuel A. MacMaster.

12. The Mental Health Field of Practice.

King Davis.

13. Healing the Disjuncture: Social Work Disability Practice.

Elizabeth DePoy.

Stephen Gilson.

14. Gerontology: A Field of Practice.

Roberta R. Greene.

Namkee Choi.

15. Forensic Social Work: Current and Emerging Developments.

Katherine van Wormer.

Albert Roberts.

David W. Springer.

Patricia Brownell.

16. International Social Work.

Doreen Elliott.

Uma A. Segal.

17. Immigrant and Indigenous Populations: Special Populations in Social Work.

Jon Matsuoka.

Hamilton I. McCubbin.

18. Diversity.

Iris Carlton-LaNey.

19. Social and Economic Justice.

Tricia B. Bent-Goodley.

20. Putting Evidence-Based Practice into Practice.

James G. Barber.

21. Making Social Work Practice More Scientific.

Allen Rubin.

22. Issues in Social Work.

Stanley I. Witkin.

Roberta Rehner Iversen.

Über Autor(innen)

Editors-in-Chief: Karen M. Sowers, PhD, is Professor and Dean at the University of Tennessee College of Social Work in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Catherine N. Dulmus, PhD>, is Associate Professor of Social Work and Director of the Buffalo Center for Social Research at the University of Buffalo, New York. She is coeditor of several social work journals and has authored or coedited a number of books, including Essentials of Child Welfare, Handbook of Preventive Interventions for Children and Adolescents, Handbook of Preventive Interventions for Adults, and The Social Work and Human Services Treatment Planner.

Volume Editor: Barbara W. White, PhD, is Dean of the School of Social Work at the University of Texas at Austin.