Social Work : An Empowering Profession (with MyHelpingLab)
by DuBois, Brenda L.; Miley, Karla KrogsrudEdition: 6th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-01-01
Publisher(s): Allyn & Bacon
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Summary
Through its discipline-oriented approach to social work, this introductory textbook integrates foundational content areas from the Council on Social Work Education with the contemporary themes of empowerment, strengths, and social justice. The fifth edition of the first textbook to fully incorporate the strengths or empowerment perspective takes a strong generalist eco-systems approach while examining values and ethics, cultural diversity, social justice, social work practice, human behavior, populations at risk, and policy and services. The text details the roles of the social worker as consultant, resource manager, and educater, and presents an easy-to-understand paradigm that shows students how the partnership between practitioners and consumers takes place at all systems levels.
Table of Contents
| Each chapter includes Looking Forward | |
| Preface | |
| The Profession of Social Work | |
| Social Work: A Helping Profession | |
| Who Are Social Workers? | |
| What Do Social Workers Do? What Is the Purpose of Social Work? | |
| How Are Social Work and Social Welfare Related? | |
| How Is Social Work an Empowering Profession? | |
| An Evolving Profession | |
| The Emergence of Social Work as a Profession | |
| Defining Social Work as a Profession | |
| The Quest for Professional Status | |
| The Common Base of Social Work Practice | |
| Tenets for the Social Work Profession | |
| Social Work and Social Systems | |
| The Ecosystems Perspective | |
| Social Functioning | |
| Client Systems in Social Work | |
| Social Work Methods | |
| The Social Service Delivery System | |
| Social Service Settings | |
| The Funding of Services | |
| Staffing Patterns | |
| Self-Help Groups as Resources | |
| Service Delivery Issues | |
| Social Work Perspectives | |
| Values and Ethics in Social Work | |
| Values and Ethics | |
| The Foundation of Professional Social Work Values | |
| The Value Context of Social Work | |
| Social Work Codes of Ethics | |
| Ethical Principles for Social Work | |
| Social Work and Social Justice | |
| Human Rights in Society | |
| Social Injustice: The Isms | |
| The Bases of Social Injustice | |
| Effects of Social Injustice | |
| Opportunities, Obstacles, and Empowerment | |
| Social Work's Mandate for Social Justice | |
| Diversity and Social Work | |
| Diversity and Minority Status | |
| Racial and Ethnic Diversity | |
| Religious Diversity | |
| Sexual Diversity | |
| Social Work with Diverse Populations | |
| Generalist Social Work | |
| Empowering Processes for Social Work Practice | |
| An Empowerment-Based Generic Process of Social Work Practice | |
| Forming Partnerships | |
| Articulating Challenges | |
| Defining Directions | |
| Identifying Strengths | |
| Assessing Resource Capabilities | |
| Framing Solutions | |
| Implementing Action Plans | |
| Recognizing Success | |
| Integrating Gains | |
| Social Work Functions and Roles | |
| A Generalist Approach | |
| Consultancy | |
| Resource Management | |
| Education | |
| Integrating Practice, Policy, and Research | |
| Social Work and Social Policy | |
| Social Policy | |
| Social Policy and Political Ideologies | |
| Social Work and Social Policy | |
| Street-Level Services | |
| Public Welfare Policy in the Twentieth Century | |
| Current Public Welfare Programs | |
| Contemporary Issues in Fields Of Practice | |
| Social Work in the Public Domain | |
| Social Work and Poverty | |
| Social Work and Homelessness | |
| Social Work and Unemployment | |
| Social Work in Criminal Justice | |
| Social Work in Health, Rehabilitation, and Mental Health | |
| Social Work in Health Systems | |
| Social Work and Genetics | |
| Social Work and AIDS | |
| Social Work and Physical Disabilities | |
| Social Work and Developmental Disabilities | |
| Social Work and Mental Health | |
| Social Work and Chemical Dependency | |
| Social Work with Families and Youths | |
| The Contemporary Family | |
| Child Maltreatment | |
| Child Welfare Services | |
| Social Work in the Schools | |
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