SOWK102 - Social Work in Social Welfare

A step-by-step guide to the underpinning theoretical knowledge in social work that assists students to confidently apply theory in practice. Includes case studies from eight fictional social workers located in a busy local authority office, which allows students
to explore a range of different practice experience, theoretical perspectives and approaches to understanding situations and identifying possible courses of action. The authors’ own experiences will show the importance of reflection, supervision and continual learning.

This handbook examines not only risk and vulnerability factors in disadvantaged populations but also resilience and protective strategies for managing and overcoming adversity. This third edition reflects new demographic data, research findings, and theoretical developments and accounts for changing economic and political realities, including immigration and health care policy reforms. Contributors have expanded their essays to include practice with individuals, families, and groups, and new chapters consider working with military members and their families, victims and survivors of terrorism and torture, bullied children, and young men of color.

Transformative Social Work Practice: A Meta-Framework Approach covers common areas/populations most often treated by social workers, such as: health, mental health, addictions, schools, family, and community violence, with an emphasis on ethically driven, evidence based practice and the promotion of advocacy and social justice. The book also highlights technology and web based content. Each chapter applies cases and vignettes for illustrative purposes and covers micro, mezzo and macro forms of practice.   

This Second Edition of the Handbook addresses the evolving interdisciplinary health care context and the broader social work practice environment, as well as advances in the knowledge base which guides social work service delivery in health and aging. This includes recent enhancements in thetheories of gerontology, innovations in clinical interventions, and major developments in the social policies that structure and finance health care and senior services. In addition, the policy reforms of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act set in motion a host of changes in theUnited States healthcare system with potentially profound implications for the programs and services which provide care to older adults and their families.In this volume, the most experienced and prominent gerontological health care scholars address a variety of populations that social workers serve, and the arenas in which they practice, followed by detailed recommendations of best practices for an array of physical and mental health conditions. The volume gives special attention to diversity, health care trends, and implications for practice, research, and policy.

The School Services Sourcebook covers every aspect of school service delivery, arming practitioners with the nuts and bolts of evidence-based practice. The second edition has been significantly revised. Each chapter has been specifically crafted by leaders in their fields with the ultimate goal of giving school-based practitioners the tools they need to deliver the best mental health and social services possible to students, families, and communities.This sourcebook is an invaluable reference for all school-based social workers, psychologists, counselors, mental health professionals, educators, and administrators.