Social Works

Author : Delores V. Mullings
Publisher : Fernwood Publishing
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-31T00:00:00Z
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781773634593

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Africentric Social Work by Delores V. Mullings Pdf

This edited collection focuses on Africentric social work practice, providing invaluable assistance to undergraduate students in developing foundational skills and knowledge to further their understanding of how to initiate and maintain best practices with African Canadians. In social work education and field practice, students will benefit from the depth and breadth of this book’s discussions of social, health and educational concerns related to Black people across Canada. The book’s contributors present a broad spectrum of personal and professional experiences as African Canadian social work practitioners, students and educators. They address issues that African Canadians confront daily, which social work educators and potential practitioners need to understand to provide racially and culturally relevant services. The book presents students with an invaluable opportunity to develop their practical skills through case studies and critical thinking exercises, with recommendations for how to ethically and culturally engage in African-centred service provision.

Author : Shannon Jackson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011-02-21
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781136979835

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Social Works by Shannon Jackson Pdf

‘a game-changer, a must-read for scholars, students and artists alike’ – Tom Finkelpearl At a time when art world critics and curators heavily debate the social, and when community organizers and civic activists are reconsidering the role of aesthetics in social reform, this book makes explicit some of the contradictions and competing stakes of contemporary experimental art-making. Social Works is an interdisciplinary approach to the forms, goals and histories of innovative social practice in both contemporary performance and visual art. Shannon Jackson uses a range of case studies and contemporary methodologies to mediate between the fields of visual and performance studies. The result is a brilliant analysis that not only incorporates current political and aesthetic discourses but also provides a practical understanding of social practice.

Author : Sobia Shaheen Shaikh,Brenda A. LeFrançois,Teresa Macías
Publisher : Fernwood Publishing
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-31T00:00:00Z
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781773635293

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Critical Social Work Praxis by Sobia Shaheen Shaikh,Brenda A. LeFrançois,Teresa Macías Pdf

What we think must inform what we do, argue the editors and authors of this cutting-edge social work textbook. In this innovative, expansive and wide-ranging collection, leading social work thinkers engage with social work traditions to bridge social work theory and practice and arrive at social work praxis: a uniting of critical thought and ethical action. Critical Social Work Praxis is organized into sixteen sections, each reflecting a critical social work tradition or approach. Each section has a theory chapter, which succinctly outlines the tradition’s main concepts or tenets, a praxis chapter, which shows how the theory informs social work practice, and a commentary chapter, which provides a critical analysis of the tensions and difficulties of the approach. The text helps students understand how to extend theory into praxis and gives instructors critical new tools and discussion ideas. This book is the result of decades of experience teaching social work theory and praxis and is a comprehensive teaching and learning tool for the critical social work classroom.

Author : Roger L. Martin,Sally Osberg
Publisher : Harvard Business Review Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781633690691

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Getting Beyond Better by Roger L. Martin,Sally Osberg Pdf

Who drives transformation in society? How do they do it? In this compelling book, strategy guru Roger L. Martin and Skoll Foundation President and CEO Sally R. Osberg describe how social entrepreneurs target systems that exist in a stable but unjust equilibrium and transform them into entirely new, superior, and sustainable equilibria. All of these leaders--call them disrupters, visionaries, or changemakers--develop, build, and scale their solutions in ways that bring about the truly revolutionary change that makes the world a fairer and better place. The book begins with a probing and useful theory of social entrepreneurship, moving through history to illuminate what it is, how it works, and the nature of its role in modern society. The authors then set out a framework for understanding how successful social entrepreneuars actually go about producing transformative change. There are four key stages: understanding the world; envisioning a new future; building a model for change; and scaling the solution. With both depth and nuance, Martin and Osberg offer rich examples and personal stories and share lessons and tools invaluable to anyone who aspires to drive positive change, whatever the context. Getting Beyond Better sets forth a bold new framework, demonstrating how and why meaningful change actually happens in the world and providing concrete lessons and a practical model for businesses, policymakers, civil society organizations, and individuals who seek to transform our world for good.

Author : Özsungur, Fahri
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 679 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781799877745

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Handbook of Research on Policies, Protocols, and Practices for Social Work in the Digital World by Özsungur, Fahri Pdf

Social work plays an important role in reintegrating individuals into society, educating, raising awareness, implementing social policy, and realizing legal regulations. The emergence of digital innovations and the effects of health problems including the COVID-19 pandemic on individuals and society have led to the development of innovations, virtual/digital practices, and applications in this field. The contributions of the recent pandemic and digital transformation to social work and practices should be revealed in the context of international standards. Policies, Protocols, and Practices for Social Work in the Digital World presents the current best practices, policies, and protocols within international social work. It focuses on the impact of digital applications, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and digital transformation on social work. Covering topics including burnout, management, social engineering, anti-discrimination strategies, and women’s studies, this book is essential for social workers, policymakers, government officials, scientists, clinical professionals, technologists, practitioners, researchers, academicians, and students.

Author : Lynne M. Healy
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0195124464

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International Social Work by Lynne M. Healy Pdf

International Social Work: Professional Action in an Interdependent Worldis a comprehensive introduction that places social work history, practice, policy, and education within an international perspective. Two main themes-global interdependence and professional action-are emphasized in this complete examination of an increasingly global profession. The author provides a four-part definition of international social work, emphasizing competence for professional action in international aspects of domestic practice and policy; professional exchange; international development practice; and policy formulation and advocacy at the global level. The economic, cultural, environmental, and social welfare implications of global interdependence are addressed through a discussion of resource utilization, poverty, structural adjustment and the debt crisis, migration, HIV/AIDS, and the rights of women and children. A chapter on value and ethical dilemmas considers how context influences the ways in which social issues are approached, and case examples from Asia, Africa, Europe, South America, and the Caribbean are used throughout the book to illustrate concepts. The text concludes with an exploration of universal concepts for social work around the world including social development, human rights, multiculturalism, social exclusion, sustainability, and security. From direct service to policy and administration,International Social Work: Professional Action in an Interdependent Worldprovides a thorough overview of the international dimensions of social work practice. It is an essential text for all social work students and practitioners and provides a sound foundation for future academic and career exploration in international social work.

Author : Karen H Lyons,Terry Hokenstad,Manohar Pawar,Nathalie Huegler,Nigel Hall
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 565 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781446263891

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The SAGE Handbook of International Social Work by Karen H Lyons,Terry Hokenstad,Manohar Pawar,Nathalie Huegler,Nigel Hall Pdf

Social work is a profession that is increasingly involved with issues which have a global dimension. This Handbook tackles the global/local aspect of social work in its various forms and interrogates the key concerns that societies are facing through an international lens. The contributors show that, with an appreciation of commonalities and differences, local practices and appropriate forms of international activity can be better developed. Areas covered include: - Analysis of ′International social work′ - Globalisation and indigenisation - Social justice and human rights - Poverty and livelihoods - Ecological issues - Migration - Education, theory, research and practice - Social work in different settings - Religion and spirituality - Responses to disasters and conflicts - Life course perspectives - Regional perspectives - Future directions With a truly international range of contributions, the Handbook incorporates perspectives from Asia, Africa, Europe, Australasia, the Middle East and the Americas. It will be an invaluable resource for undergraduates, postgraduates, researchers and academics working in the fields of social work, social welfare, human services, and community development worldwide, as well as service providers and policy makers in the international arena.

Author : Yvonne A. Unrau,Peter A. Gabor,Richard M. Grinnell
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780195308068

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Evaluation in Social Work by Yvonne A. Unrau,Peter A. Gabor,Richard M. Grinnell Pdf

This book was written for you-a graduate social work student-as an introduction to program evaluation. We selected and arranged its contents so it can be used in a beginning one-semester social work program evaluation course, a social work administrative course, or a program planning course. It is designed to prepare you to: Participate in evaluative activities within your social service organization, Become a beginning critical producer of the professional evaluative literature, Become a beginning consumer of the professional evaluative literature, Master more advanced evaluation courses and texts.

Author : Walter A. Friedlander
Publisher : Prentice Hall Professional
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0131664883

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Concepts and Methods of Social Work by Walter A. Friedlander Pdf

Author : Malcolm Payne
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137229199

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The Origins of Social Work by Malcolm Payne Pdf

This book traces the origins and development of social work as we now know it. Providing an ambitious synthesis of historical and international material, it explores the different faces of social work, whether defined by social policy developments, professionalization, changes in client group, or shifts in practice orientation. This is a unique book undertaken by an author with a strong international reputation and, as such, it promises to be a landmark for years to come in the social work literature.

Author : Malcolm Payne,Gurid Aga Askeland
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317127062

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Globalization and International Social Work by Malcolm Payne,Gurid Aga Askeland Pdf

Globalization challenges social work with constant social change, making a social worker's job and the task of social work education more complex and uncertain. Post-modern thinking suggests that social workers must learn to cope with complexity in ways that are in tension with the increasingly managerialist organization of the social services. The authors explore and question the concepts of 'postmodern', 'international' and 'global' in light of growing interest in international social work in the early 21st century. Emphasizing the importance of critical reflection, they argue that educational colonization can be challenged and effective anti-discriminatory and pro-equality practice and education promoted. Each chapter provides direct examples of how students and academics can apply these ideas in practice and in their learning, and how they can respond to and influence the challenges and changes that are taking place. The authors also examine educational and practice issues arising from attempts to incorporate international understanding into national practice and education systems. The book is designed to be stimulating to academics interested in international social work while remaining accessible to practitioners and students without international experience.

Author : Frederic G. Reamer
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0231137893

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Social Work Values and Ethics by Frederic G. Reamer Pdf

A comprehensive introduction to ethical decision making with practical guidance regarding professional misconduct.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2008-05-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780470246764

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Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare, The Profession of Social Work by Anonim Pdf

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.

Author : Francis J. Turner
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009-07-23
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781554588077

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Encyclopedia of Canadian Social Work by Francis J. Turner Pdf

All of us, as Canadians, are touched throughout our lives by some aspect of social welfare, either as recipients, donors, or taxpayers. But despite the importance of the social network in our country, there has been no single source of information about this critical component of our society. Even professionals in the field of social work or social services have not had a comprehensive volume addressing the myriad features of this critical societal structure. The Encyclopedia of Canadian Social Work fills this need. Over five hundred topics important to Canadian social work are covered, written by a highly diverse group of social workers covering all aspects of the field and all areas of the country. Practitioners, policy makers, academics, social advocates, researchers, students, and administrators present a rich overview of the complexity and diversity of social work and social welfare as it exists in Canada. The principal finding from this project underscores the long-held perception that there is a Canadian model of social work that is unique and stands as a useful model to other countries. The Encyclopedia of Canadian Social Work will be an important source of information, both to Canadians and to interested groups around the world. The Encyclopedia of Canadian Social Work is available in e-book version by subscription or from university and college libraries through the following vendors: Canadian Electronic Library, Ebrary, MyiLibrary, and Netlibrary.

Author : Ashok Sehgal
Publisher : Gyan Publishing House
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Family social work
ISBN : 8182053099

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Social work by Ashok Sehgal Pdf