Welfare To Work In Practice

Author : Jeannine Carrière
Publisher : Fernwood Publishing
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-10T00:00:00Z
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781773633985

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Walking This Path Together by Jeannine Carrière Pdf

Walking This Path Together is an edited collection devoted to improving the lives of children and families that come to the attention of child welfare authorities by demonstrating and advocating for socially just child welfare practices. In this new, updated edition, authors provide special consideration to the historical and political context of child welfare in Canada and theoretical ideas and concrete practices that support practitioners, educators and students who are looking for anti-racist, anti-oppressive and anti-colonial perspectives on child welfare practice.

Author : Jackie Stokes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1550772694

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Social Work Practice in Canada by Jackie Stokes Pdf

Author : Kathleen Kufeldt
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780889207394

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Child Welfare by Kathleen Kufeldt Pdf

In 1994 a group of researchers and decision makers met to discuss the state of child welfare. Also present were a few practitioners and two youth in care. Six years later, when they met again, the number of practitioners and youth had grown considerably and were joined by a strong contingent of foster parents. Thus the findings and insights presented were affirmed or challenged by those most affected -- those on the front line. It was an exciting event, worth capturing in book form. Kathleen Kufeldt and Brad McKenzie have gathered the papers presented at the 2000 Symposium and have organised them under four themes: incidence and characteristics of child maltreatment; the continuum of care; policy and practice; and future directions. An analysis and synthesis of the work informs each of these themes, while an eight-point research agenda developed in an earlier symposium is used to assess developments to date and provide guidance for the future.

Author : Kjeld Hogsbro,Ian F Shaw
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781315279008

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Social Work and Research in Advanced Welfare States by Kjeld Hogsbro,Ian F Shaw Pdf

The aim of this book is to exemplify the ways in which social work and research develop in ‘advanced’ welfare states – countries where public spending is relatively high as a proportion of GNP. While such countries have traditionally been associated with Scandinavian countries in particular, and North-Western Europe more generally, there are other countries where the public spend on welfare is relatively high. The various contributors in this book explore and exemplify ways in which social work and research are distinctive for advanced welfare states. This involves exploring their connection to professional identities, histories and welfare systems; their associations with academic, theoretical and cultural traditions of collaboration between academic and social work practice, and the distinctive links with community, national policy, governmentality and agency, with respect to forms of knowledge, discourses and conception of social problems. Written by contributors who have experience of living and working in Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Singapore and the UK, this book speaks throughout about problems, methods, systems and ideas in language that is readily transferable and transcends national boundaries of thought and social work practice. It will be read and understood by social work students across Europe.

Author : Kathleen McInnis-Dittrich
Publisher : Cengage Learning
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015033118442

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Integrating Social Welfare Policy & Social Work Practice by Kathleen McInnis-Dittrich Pdf

Using interesting case studies and avoiding cumbersome policy "lingo," Kathleen McInnis-Dittrich presents a truly different policy book: one that looks at social welfare policy through the eyes of the social work practitioner. By integrating policy and practice, the author shows how policy is an important part of social work practice.

Author : Helen Cahalane
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781461486275

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Contemporary Issues in Child Welfare Practice by Helen Cahalane Pdf

Child welfare is the oldest specialization within social work practice and the only specialty area in which social work is the host profession. This edited volume provides a unique and comprehensive overview of practice issues relevant to contemporary child welfare professionals entering the field as well as those already working in direct service and management positions. This book’s emphasis on systemic, integrated, and evidence-informed practices at the individual, family, and organizational level is in keeping with child welfare’s core mission of child protection, family support, and permanency for youth. This volume also explores the challenges and opportunities present in a contemporary practice environment, which are driven by the attainment of defined outcomes, fiscal limitations, and the need for an informed professionalized child welfare workforce.

Author : Francis Joseph Turner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Social service
ISBN : 0130413941

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Social Work Practice by Francis Joseph Turner Pdf

Appropriate for social work courses at the university level or community services programs in colleges. Social Work Practice: A Canadian Perspective, Second Edition is intended to complement Turner's book Social Welfare in Canada. The collection presents a broad-based introduction to the principles of social work practice, with chapters written by expert practitioners and scholars from across Canada. The following four new chapters have been added to the second edition: Spirituality in Social Work Practice; International and Globalization Factors in Canadian Social Work Practice; Mediation in Social Work Practice; and Record Keeping in Social Work Practice. Twenty-six of the original forty-four chapters have also been revised and updated references have been added where possible. Finally, the text has been reorganized into ten new parts to emphasis the link between social work theory and practice.

Author : Jane Maidment,Ronnie Egan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000246865

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Practice Skills in Social Work and Welfare by Jane Maidment,Ronnie Egan Pdf

Practice Skills in Social Work and Welfare has established itself as the essential text to prepare students for the wide-ranging challenges they will face in today's human service sector. This new third edition continues the text's core strength of combining grounded theory with practical examples to build the reader's confidence and expertise in key areas of practice. Part I outlines the anti-oppressive and strengths-based practices that underpin the book's approach and provides the context for learning practice skills in a group setting, during community development projects and with individuals. Part II focuses on developing effective relationships with clients, illustrating through realistic scenarios how social work and human service workers can apply their practice skills in a range of settings. In Part III the essential elements of client assessment are explored, including risk assessment and cross-cultural perspectives. Issues surrounding intervention are examined in Part IV from working with families and groups to challenging constructively and safely, while research, evaluation and facilitating closure are covered in the final part. This third edition is fully revised and updated, and features new material on using information technology, working with Indigenous Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and Maori, and engaging with families in the statutory system. 'The main strength of the book is the consistency of its themes throughout the text.' - Karen Heycox in Australian Social Work

Author : Peter J. Pecora,James K. Whittaker,Anthony N. Maluccio,Richard P. Barth
Publisher : AldineTransaction
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780202363868

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The Child Welfare Challenge by Peter J. Pecora,James K. Whittaker,Anthony N. Maluccio,Richard P. Barth Pdf

Within a historical and contemporary context, this book examines major policy practice and research issues as they jointly shape child welfare practice and its future. In addition to describing the major problems facing the field, the book highlights service innovations that have been developed in recent years. The resulting picture is encouraging, especially if certain major program reforms I are implemented and agencies are able to concentrate resources in a focused manner. The volume emphasizes families and children whose primary recourse to services has been through publicly funded child welfare agencies. The book considers historical areas of service—foster care and adoptions, in-home family-centered services, child-protective services, and residential services—where social work has an important role. Authors address the many fields of practice in which child and family services are provided or that involve substantial numbers of social work programs, such as services to adolescent parents, child mental health, education, and juvenile justice agencies. This new edition will continue to serve as a fundamen­tal introduction for new practitioners, as well as summary of recent developments for experienced practitioners.

Author : Rik van Berkel,Dorte Caswell,Peter Kupka,Flemming Larsen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317439691

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Frontline Delivery of Welfare-to-Work Policies in Europe by Rik van Berkel,Dorte Caswell,Peter Kupka,Flemming Larsen Pdf

Welfare-to-work or activation policies refer to programmes aimed at promoting the employability, labour-market and social participation of benefit recipients of working age. Frontline workers delivering these policies are conceived of as policy implementers, as policy makers, and as actors mediating politics in an arena where conflicting interests are at stake. Frontline work plays a crucial role in determining what welfare-to-work practically means and how it affects the lives of the people it targets. Yet few books have deliberatively focused on comparing what happens when frontline workers, some of whom are professional social workers, meet clients. Pioneering the provision of scholarly reflections on both theoretical and policy relevance of studying frontline practices of delivering activation, internationally renowned researchers present the first comparative analysis of how activation policies are actually delivered by frontline staff in selected EU countries and in the United States. In trying to understand and interpret frontline practices in activation, each contribution provides insights into what ‘activation in practice’ looks like, what services are provided and how they are enacted. This involves examining processes of client selection, monitoring, sanctioning and motivating, as well as the role of external service providers. This book is an important acquisition for scholars and researchers of social policy, public administration, public management, social work and policy implementation.

Author : Jane Maidment,Ronnie Egan,Raewyn Tudor,Sharlene Nipperess
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2022-12-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000818154

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Practice Skills in Social Work and Welfare by Jane Maidment,Ronnie Egan,Raewyn Tudor,Sharlene Nipperess Pdf

Practice Skills in Social Work and Welfare has established itself as the essential text to prepare students for the wide-ranging challenges they will face in today's human service sector. This new fourth edition continues the text's core strength of connecting theory with practical examples to build the reader's confidence and expertise in key areas of practice. Part 1 outlines the critical social work and strengths-based practices that underpin the book's approach and provides the context for learning practice skills in a group setting, during community development projects and with individuals and families. Part 2 focuses on developing effective relationships with service users, illustrating through realistic scenarios how social work and human service practitioners can apply their practice skills in a range of settings. In Part 3, the essential elements of client assessment are explored, including risk assessment and cross-cultural perspectives. Issues surrounding intervention are examined in Part 4 from working with families and groups to challenging constructively and safely, while research, evaluation and facilitating closure are covered in the final part. This fourth edition is fully revised and updated and features new material on working with technology, Pasifika communities, LGBTQI+ service users and culturally responsive practice.

Author : Tony Jeffs,Mark Smith
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1988-07-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781349193097

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Welfare and Youth Work Practice by Tony Jeffs,Mark Smith Pdf

There has been growing concern and debate over the impact of social and economic change upon young people and the consequences of this for welfare practice. Within social policy, working with young people has become increasingly important. This book brings together a series of specially commissioned essays which direct attention to both the realities of youth work and the structuring of youth policy. In an area of welfare where the boundaries of responsibility and control are shaped by the competing interest of government, central and local, and a historically powerful voluntary sector, little has actually been written about those who specialise in this area or the structures and policy context in which they operate and from which policies emerge. Welfare and Youth Work Practice is designed to fill a number of long-standing gaps in the literature and thinking about youth work and youth policy.

Author : Ian O'Connor,Jill Wilson,Deborah Setterlund
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Public welfare
ISBN : 0582801370

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Social Work and Welfare Practice by Ian O'Connor,Jill Wilson,Deborah Setterlund Pdf

A beginners text for welfare and social work, relating social welfare in Australia to issues of social work practice, assessment, intervention, organisations, ethics, research and practical training. With references and subject and author index. The authors teach in social work and social policy at the University of Queensland.

Author : Raymond Albert, MSW, JD
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2000-02-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780826148926

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Law and Social Work Practice by Raymond Albert, MSW, JD Pdf

This completely rewritten and updated new edition of a practical text continues to provide a firm introduction to law and legal processes and their relation to social work practice. Using Clinton's welfare reform act of 1996, Albert provides a conceptual framework to illustrate how socio-legal problems emerge in the welfare state, and presents the skills base necessary for effective social work response. A new section on socio-legal issues highlights many fields where social worker-lawyer partnerships can occur, such as civil rights and advocacy, the death penalty, liability for neglect in nursing homes, informed consent and medical treatment, and much more. Filled with techniques for reading and understanding judicial opinion, legislative statues, and bills, this new edition will appeal to all professors of law and social work courses, as well as courses on the welfare state.

Author : Shankar A. Yelaja
Publisher : Scarborough, Ont. : Prentice-Hall Canada
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Social service
ISBN : PSU:000011057147

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An Introduction to Social Work Practice in Canada by Shankar A. Yelaja Pdf