Social Services category: 2206 books
by LUIS EDUARDO DÍAZ
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 16, 2017
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 16, 2017
¿El mínimo social es capaz de superar el obstáculo de la pobreza, realizar los fines de la seguridad social y compensar todos sus principios? La expresión protección social como continente de la seguridad social, moviliza recursos librados con menos complicaciones que la última. Pero, el mínimo...
Social Work in the Hospital Setting
Interventions
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2013
The book is about social work interventions in the different units of the hospital, from the history of social work in the hospital setting to the different units of the hospital, including emergency room, medical intensive care units, and discharge planning. The book is important because it is about the different interventions of the social worker with patients and families.
by Joshua Miller, , Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
Disaster responders treat more than just the immediate emotional and psychological trauma of victims: they empower individuals and families to heal themselves long into a disaster's aftermath. This requires helping survivors to rebuild their ability to meet their emotional and psychological needs,...
Helping Beyond the 50-Minute Hour
Therapists Involved in Meaningful Social Action
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
"Slacktivism" is a term that has been coined to cynically describe the token efforts that people devote to some cause, without long-term or meaningful impact. We wear colored wristbands, pins, or ribbons proclaiming support for a particular organization. We might post something on social...
Intervention Research
Design and Development for Human Service
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2013
This interdisciplinary book presents a comprehensive conceptual and methodological treatment of intervention research, a developing area of empirical inquiry that aims to make research more directly relevant and applicable to practice. Intervention Research contains original chapters by the most highly...
Group Work
Strategies for Strengthening Resiliency
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Explore the latest research and practice information in group work!
Group Work: Strategies for Strengthening Resiliency is a collection of research and information presented at the Twentieth Annual International Symposium on Social Work with Groups. Resiliency issues are explored in relation...
Intellectual Base of Social Work Practice
Tools for Thought in a Helping Profession
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1982
This much-needed exploration of the cognitive side of social work practice provides a framework for improving social work practice and education.
Work and the Workplace
A Resource for Innovative Policy and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2005
For more than twenty years Sheila H. Akabas and Paul A. Kurzman have written extensively about workers and work organizations, and given leadership to the occupational social welfare movement worldwide. Recognized as leaders in their field, Akabas and Kurzman offer an invaluable and comprehensive...
The Occupational Experience of Residential Child and Youth Care Workers
Caring and Its Discontents
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2013
From open and straightforward accounts of residential care workers, The Occupational Experience of Residential Child and Youth Care Workers shows you how care is handled, not how it should be handled. This book introduces you to a social reality, a sometimes very difficult and challenging social reality,...
by Rich Furman
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2010
Treating men as a culturally distinct group, Rich Furman integrates key conceptions of masculinity into culturally sensitive social work practice with men. Focusing on veterans, displaced workers, substance abusers, mental health consumers, and other groups that might be unlikely to seek help, Furman...
Social Work Case Management
Case Studies From the Frontlines
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2017
Social Work Case Management: Case Studies From the Frontlines by Michael J. Holosko is an innovative book that equips readers with the knowledge and skills they need to be effective case management practitioners in a variety of health and human service organizations. A must-read for students and professionals...
Cyberspace Divide
Equality, Agency and Policy in the Information Society
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2004
The dramatic advances in computer and telecommunications technologies such as the Internet, virtual reality, smart cards or multimedia applications are increasingly regarded as ushering in a new form of society: the information society. Politicians, policy makers and business gurus are all encouraging...
Reshaping Theory in Contemporary Social Work
Toward a Critical Pluralism in Clinical Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2009
William Borden's persuasive collection of original essays reaffirms the place of theory in social work practice, showing how different theoretical models, therapeutic languages, and modes of intervention strengthen eclectic and integrative approaches to psychosocial intervention. A distinguished group...
by Cathy Costa, Nancy Pickering-Bernheim, Steven Soifer
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
Community economic development (CED) is an increasingly essential factor in the revitalization of low- to moderate-income communities. This cutting-edge text explores the intersection of CED and social work practice, which both focus on the well-being of indigent communities and the empowerment of...