This new and fully updated edition of the best-selling theories text for social workers introduces social work students and practitioners to a wide variety of theories for direct social work practice.
What damage is being done by failing welfare states? What lessons can be learned from the best welfare states? And is it too late to stop welfare states permanently diminishing the lives and liberties of people around the world? This hard-hitting and provocative book sets out to answer these questions.
This study examines the trend toward competitive contracting of government functions. By focusing on four jurisdictions that hired private firms to handle welfare-to-work services, it reveals the ways in which increased contracting is changing the role and capacity of government.
This practical guide takes the complex world of social work and breaks it down into key lessons. Topics cover everything from the way you think to the realities of writing reports, all reinforced by handy summaries. Whether youre a new student or an experienced professional, this book will help you get the best results for your clients.
This book uses ethnographic observation and extensive interviewing to sociologically analyze the Wisconsin Uprising of 2011, finding lessons for how social order is formed and explaining the social dynamics that shaped one of the largest sustained protests in US history.
A Reader Exploring Resilience to Workplace Stress in Health and Social C
The Restorative Resilience Model of Supervision reader will introduce anyone with supervisory responsibilities to restorative resilience and give them an in-depth understanding of the approach, allowing them to begin using its methods with those they work with.
Insights and Opportunities for a Growing Profession
With the rapid growth of the aging population, the need for geriatric social workers is at an all-time high. This resource for students and practitioners addresses the critical demand head-on by illuminating the many rewards, challenges, and opportunities for social workers to provide counseling, care management, and support to older adults.
The Exploitation of America's Most Vulnerable Citizens
The shocking truth about how state governments and their private industry partners are profiting from the social programs meant to support disadvantaged Americans Government aid doesn't always go where it's supposed to. Foster care agencies team up with companies to take disability and survivor benefits from abused and neglected children. ......
