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Structural Social Work

Author : Robert P. Mullaly
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Social Case Work
ISBN : 0195412451

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The need for an alternative to conventional social work is more obvious today than ever before. Given its acceptance of our present social order and its emphasis on reform of the individual and limited social reform, conventional social work appears powerless to deal with the increasing socialproblems that have already overloaded a diminishing welfare state. By continuing to recycle mainstream theories of social work practice that do nothing to change the present order, conventional social work actually contributes to the ideological hegemony of patriarchy, classism, racism and otheroppressive thought structures. The New Structural Social Work reveals the shortcoming of welfare capitalism as a social system and shows how conventional social work has failed to respond to systemic social problems. Mullaly presents a coherent and consistent theory of progressive social work, with oppression as its centralfocus, and examines elements of its political practice. It is shown how this practice is carried out within the social agency, outside the agency, and within the personal lives of structural social workers. This third edition has been extensively revised and updated, and includes.DT an expanded discussion of the political paradigms that influence social work in CanadaDT a new chapter on feminist, antiracist, and postmodernist critiques of the neo-conservative, liberal, social democratic, and Marxist paradigms that dominated the nineteenth and twentieth centuriesDT a new chapter that assesses the influence of the 'Third Way' and the role that social work plays in Third Way jurisdictions such as the UK.DT improved pedagogical aids to make this book more accessible to the mid-level university market.

The New Structural Social Work / Document Guide for the Social Sciences Pack

Author : Bob Mullaly,Robert P. Mullaly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2009-11-06
Category : Social case work
ISBN : 0195439139

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The New Structural Social Work / Document Guide for the Social Sciences Pack by Bob Mullaly,Robert P. Mullaly Pdf

The need for an alternative to conventional social work is more obvious today than ever before. Given its acceptance of our present social order and its emphasis on reform of the individual and limited social reform, conventional social work appears powerless to deal with the increasing social problems that have already overloaded a diminishing welfare state. By continuing to recycle mainstream theories of social work practice that do nothing to change the present order, conventional social work actually contributes to the ideological hegemony of patriarchy, classism, racism and other oppressive thought structures. The New Structural Social Work reveals the shortcoming of welfare capitalism as a social system and shows how conventional social work has failed to respond to systemic social problems. Mullaly presents a coherent and consistent theory of progressive social work, with oppression as its central focus, and examines elements of its political practice. It is shown how this practice is carried out within the social agency, outside the agency, and within the personal lives of structural social workers. This third edition has been extensively revised and updated, and includes. DT an expanded discussion of the political paradigms that influence social work in Canada a new chapter on feminist, antiracist, and postmodernist critiques of the neo-conservative, liberal, social democratic, and Marxist paradigms that dominated the nineteenth and twentieth centuries DTa new chapter that assesses the influence of the 'Third Way' and the role that social work plays in Third Way jurisdictions such as the UK. DT improved pedagogical aids to make this book more accessible to the mid-level university market. Package Contains: 9780195419061 New Structural Social Work 9780195433586 Documentation Guide for the Social Sciences

The Structural Approach to Direct Practice in Social Work

Author : Gale Goldberg Wood,Carol T. Tully,Ruth R. Middleman
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2006-09-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780231507820

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The Structural Approach to Direct Practice in Social Work by Gale Goldberg Wood,Carol T. Tully,Ruth R. Middleman Pdf

This classic text introduces students to the structural approach of social work practice, which assumes that many clients' problems arise from harmful social forces. By focusing on the construction of such realities as poverty, racism, and domestic violence, the structural approach counters the focus on individual change that is so common in our age of managed care and corporatization. For this edition Gale Goldberg Wood and Carol T. Tully have recast the text from the perspective of contemporary social constructionism without altering its main message and organization. They have added six new chapters, covering ethics, the role of the social worker as therapist and community organizer, learning and working within the organization, and the paradigm dilemma. In addition, case studies now include greater detail about the client's social context. Though much has changed since the first edition of this book was published, the need for well-trained, compassionate social workers remains. The Structural Approach to Direct Practice in Social Work continues to be an essential resource for practitioners who wish to help their clients confront oppressive social realities and affect system change through political action.

The New Structural Social Work

Author : Bob Mullaly,Marilyn Dupré
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0199022941

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The New Structural Social Work by Bob Mullaly,Marilyn Dupré Pdf

An up-to-date and thorough investigation of progressive social work theoryThis fully updated edition explores the shortcomings of welfare capitalism and reveals how conventional social work fails to respond to systemic social problems. By presenting a coherent theory of progressive social work with oppression as its focus, this text shows how students can incorporate aradical alternative to conventional social work within their own practice.

Social Work, Social Justice & Human Rights

Author : Colleen Lundy
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781442600393

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Social Work, Social Justice & Human Rights by Colleen Lundy Pdf

The second edition of this popular social work practice text more fully addresses the connection between social justice and human rights.

Critical Social Work Praxis

Author : Sobia Shaheen Shaikh,Brenda A. LeFrançois,Teresa Macías
Publisher : Fernwood Publishing
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 48,6 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.

Social Work and Social Justice

Author : Colleen Lundy
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781442601079

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Social Work and Social Justice by Colleen Lundy Pdf

"Colleen Lundy has created a wonderful synthesis of social work practice in a social justice context." - Lawrence Shulman, University at Buffalo School of Social Work

Paradoxes in Social Work Practice

Author : Merlinda Weinberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317084228

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Paradoxes in Social Work Practice by Merlinda Weinberg Pdf

In the helping professions, codes of ethics and decision-making models have been the primary vehicles for determining what constitutes ethical practice. These strategies are insufficient since they assume that shared meanings exist and that the contradictory universal principles of codes can be reconciled. Also, these tools do not emphasize the significance of context for ethical practice. This book takes a new critical theoretical approach, which involves exploring how social workers construct what is ’ethical’ in their work, especially when they are positioned at the intersection of multiple paradoxes, including that of two opposing responsibilities in society: namely, to care for others but also to prevent others from harm. The book is built on narratives from actual front-line workers and therefore is more applicable and grounded for practitioners and students, offering many suggestions for sound practice. It illustrates that an understanding of ethics differs from worker to worker and is heavily influenced by context, workers’ values, and what they take up as the primary discourses that frame their perceptions of the profession. While recognizing the oppressive potential of social work, the book is rooted in a perspective that ethical practice can contribute to a more socially just society.

Social Work Theories and Methods

Author : Mel Gray,Stephen A Webb
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781446204993

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Social Work Theories and Methods by Mel Gray,Stephen A Webb Pdf

`An excellent book that provides a good deal of valuable material to stimulate debate and to alert readers of the need to engage more critically with the wider world in which social work is located′ - Professor Keith Popple, Professor of Social Work London South Bank University This exciting book draws together the key contemporary theories, theorists and perspectives used in social work and explains how they are applied in practice and critiqued by social workers. It provides: - An outline of the contribution made by a key theorist, theory or perspective to social work - A selective bibliography of each thinker or approach - A glossary defining key traditions, with cross links to key theorists and perspectives - A timeline of key publications - Study questions at the end of each chapter. The book will be valuable for undergraduate, graduate students, post qualifying students and researchers in social work.

Implementing Evidence-informed Practice

Author : Wes Shera,Katharine Dill
Publisher : Canadian Scholars’ Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781551304014

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Implementing Evidence-informed Practice by Wes Shera,Katharine Dill Pdf

Implementing Evidence-Informed Practice: International Perspectives comprises sixteen original articles about developing strategies to integrate knowledge into policy and practice in order to: determine if interventions will have the desired effect, ensure that public money is spent efficiently, and increase the likelihood that practitioners are intervening in the lives of others on the basis of the best available evidence. Treatment outcomes, knowledge sharing, outcome evaluation methodology, early intervention, prevention, the development and sustaining of implementation teams, and the creation of instruments to measure implementation capacities across local, regional, and state/provincial levels are all addressed.

Social Work

Author : Marie Connolly,Louise Harms
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781107458635

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Social Work by Marie Connolly,Louise Harms Pdf

This second edition includes material on mind, body and spirit social work, mindfulness, and enhanced content on Indigenous social work.

Violent History of Benevolence

Author : Chris Chapman,A.J. Withers
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442628861

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Violent History of Benevolence by Chris Chapman,A.J. Withers Pdf

A Violent History of Benevolence traces how normative histories of liberalism, progress, and social work enact and obscure systemic violences. Chris Chapman and A.J. Withers explore how normative social work history is structured in such a way that contemporary social workers can know many details about social work's violences, without ever imagining that they may also be complicit in these violences. Framings of social work history actively create present-day political and ethical irresponsibility, even among those who imagine themselves to be anti-oppressive, liberal, or radical. The authors document many histories usually left out of social work discourse, including communities of Black social workers (who, among other things, never removed children from their homes involuntarily), the role of early social workers in advancing eugenics and mass confinement, and the resonant emergence of colonial education, psychiatry, and the penitentiary in the same decade. Ultimately, A Violent History of Benevolence aims to invite contemporary social workers and others to reflect on the complex nature of contemporary social work, and specifically on the present-day structural violences that social work enacts in the name of benevolence.

Social Work and Sociology: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

Author : Irene Levin,Marit Haldar,Aurélie Picot
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317202530

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Social Work and Sociology: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives by Irene Levin,Marit Haldar,Aurélie Picot Pdf

Discussing the relationship between social work and sociology, this book explores how the two have become more and more divided, moving from one single discipline, to two separate, but related, fields. Both sociology and social work focus on social problems, social structure, social integration and how individuals respond to and live within cultural and structural constraints. Today, both disciplines face the possibility of losing some of their most important characteristics to individualising trends, the disappearance of the importance of ‘the social’ and pressure towards solely evidence-based knowledge. In addition to casting light on areas that have been in the shadows of the mainstream narrative, the contributions to this book will raise new questions, contributing to continuing discussions between and within each discipline. This book was originally published as a special issue of Nordic Social Work Research.

Social Work in Health and Mental Health

Author : Tuula Heinonen,Anna Metteri
Publisher : Canadian Scholars’ Press
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781551302782

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Social Work in Health and Mental Health by Tuula Heinonen,Anna Metteri Pdf

Social Work in Health and Mental Health: Issues, Developments, and Actions was created for final year undergraduate and master's level students in the health and mental health fields. It is primarily a book on social work practice, discussing how one might approach a specific health or mental health related problem or issue as a social worker. Health and mental health are conceptualized broadly in this volume. The health and well-being of body and mind are seen as integrally connected, shaped by biological, physics, psychological, material, social, and structural features and determinants. Clients are viewed as active, engaged agents, with strengths and resources from which to draw in meeting everyday challenges and major life crises. Contributions form around the world allow the social work student to learn about current practice in places as diverse as Australia, Finland, China, South Africa, Wales, Canada, and the United States. Each chapter is accompanied by both reflection questions and a case study derived from practice and written to stimulate discussion that develops assessment and treatment planning skills.

Social Work Supervision

Author : Ming-sum Tsui
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2004-06-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781452238579

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Social Work Supervision by Ming-sum Tsui Pdf

A book on social work supervision is desperately needed to bridge the gap between the demands of the field and the absence of literature. Social Work Supervision: Contexts and Concepts aims to provide readers with basic knowledge of theories, research, and practice of supervision. The book addresses the needs of social work supervisors, frontline practitioners, students, and educators and contains a comprehensive literature review of the historical development, theories and models, and empirical research studies of the subject. Equally important, this is a book from practice experience in supervision that enhances the competence of supervisory practice. It will help social workers, supervisors, and administrators to realize and revitalize their "mission" in social work, that is, to benefit clients.