This text is designed for an introductory course in social work. Its case studies help students understand the wide variety of tasks and roles involved in the profession of generalist social work practice. All case studies are taken from the authors' own experiences, and they are designed to help students connect practical material with theoretical content. The author has attempted to integrate the common themes of generalist practice, social research, ethics and values and human diversity in each chapter.

The Social Work Experience: An Introduction to the Profession

Politics & Social Sciences

Suppes, Mary Ann

Wells, Carolyn Cressy

Social Sciences

Mcgraw-Hill College

This comprehensive introduction to the profession of the social work examines nine major fields of social work practice. The text illustrates what social workers do in a variety of practice settings and notes trends in social work employment. The Social Work Experience explores the relationship between social welfare policy and practice, enabling students to appreciate the impact of policy on day to day practice. Themes of generalist practice, social research, ethics and values, human diversity, and populations at risk, are integrated into each chapter and provide a consistent framework for the discussion of critical issues in social work practice. Case studies, drawn from real world experiences, present social work practice in dramatic, human terms, and connect the theoretical content of the text to the real people who make up the social welfare system.

The Social Work Experience: An Introduction to the Profession and Its Relationship to Social Welfare Policy

Created to introduce students to the field of social work and its relationship to social welfare policy, The Social Work Experience gives readers both an historical and practical overview of the profession. In each chapter, the authors continue to integrate policy coverage with social work practice, values and ethics, and social justice issues. The relationship between policy and practice is carefully examined in the context of nine major fields of social work, and in discussions of the challenges faced by today's practitioners. Comprehensive coverage is delivered in the highly readable style readers have come to expect of this author team, with engaging case studies as chapter openers, exhibit boxes, debate boxes, and research activity sections designed to draw readers into the text. The third edition continues to keep up with current changes and developments in social work and social policy, with valuable new information on welfare reform, Social Security, privatization of social services, and the NASW Code of Ethics, as well a new chapter on current career opportunities in the field.

The Social Work Experience: An Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare

Created to introduce students to the field of social work and its relationship to social welfare policy, The Social Work Experience gives readers both an historical and practical overview of the profession. In each chapter, the authors continue to integrate policy coverage with social work practice, values and ethics, and social justice issues. The relationship between policy and practice is carefully examined in the context of nine major fields of social work, and in discussions of the challenges faced by today's practitioners. Comprehensive coverage is delivered in the highly readable style readers have come to expect of this author team, with engaging case studies as chapter openers, exhibit boxes, debate boxes, and research activity sections designed to draw readers into the text.

McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Social Work Experience

PEARSON

Kiltz, Melinda Lee

Learn how social workers use their professional expertise to assist people. This text is part of the Connecting Core Competencies Series. The Social Work Experience: An Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare introduces students to the profession of social work including eight major fields of practice, and provides in-depth discussion of social welfare policy, its history, contemporary issues, and probable future trends. The book helps students understand how social workers use their professional expertise to assist people in solving a wide variety of problems to improve their lives. There are three major parts: The first part, Social Work and its Context, comprises four chapters which introduce the profession of social work, provide theoretical perspectives underlying generalist practice, investigate the concept of social justice, and explore social welfare policy and its history. The second part, Professional Practice Settings, offers an in-depth discussion of eight fields of practice: family and children’s services, mental health, health care, schools, older adult services, criminal justice, and developmental disabilities. The third and final part, A Look to the Future, views the profession through the eyes of futurists and explores the challenges and opportunities that await new social workers. A better teaching and learning experience This program will provide a better teaching and learning experience–for you and your students. Here’s how: <ul>
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Politics & Government

Pearson

Suppes, Mary Ann, Wells, Carolyn Cressy

The Social Work Experience + MySearchLab with eText Access Card: An Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare (Connecting Core Competencies)

The Social Work Experience: An Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare helps students to understand how social workers use their professional expertise to help people solve a wide variety of problems and improve their lives. It not only introduces the profession of social work and its fields of practice, but also provides students with a clear understanding of social welfare policy, its history and contemporary issues. The fifth edition contains three major parts: The first part, Social Work and its Context, introduces professional social work, discusses theoretical perspectives for generalist practice, and guides students in their understanding of poverty and populations-at-risk. The second part, Professional Practice Settings, offers an in-depth discussion of eight fields of practice: family and children’s services, mental health, health care, schools, substance abuse, older adult services, criminal justice, and developmental disabilities. The third and final part of the text, A Look to the Future, views the future of the profession through the eyes of futurists and highlights the challenges and opportunities that await social workers.

The Social Work Experience: An Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare (5th Edition)

Social Work Day-To-Day: The Experience of Generalist Social Work Practice

Longman Publishing Group

Social Work Ethics Day to Day: Guidelines for Professional Practice

Business & Money

Business Culture

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The Social Work Experience: An Introduction to the Profession

The Social Work Experience: An Introduction to the Profession and Its Relationship to Social Welfare Policy

The Social Work Experience: An Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare

The Social Work Experience: An Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare

Social Work Experience

The Social Work Experience: An Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare, Books a la Carte Plus MySearchLab with eText -- Access Card Package (6th Edition)

The Social Work Experience + MySearchLab with eText Access Card: An Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare (Connecting Core Competencies)

The Social Work Experience: An Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare (5th Edition)

Social Work Day-To-Day: The Experience of Generalist Social Work Practice

Social Work Ethics Day to Day: Guidelines for Professional Practice