Synopses & Reviews
This is a text for the first social work course covering social welfare as an institution and social work as a profession. The four parts of the book cover background, social problems and social services, methods of social work practice, and special groups, issues, and trends. The text balances historical material, current issues, and future considerations. It covers the effect of technology, privatization, case management, managed care, trends in health care, and newer social work roles such as advocacy, empowerment, more uses of groups, and the generalist social worker. Among the social problems and issues considered are poverty; welfare reform; disabilities; substance abuse; crime; AIDS and HIV; compulsive gambling and shopping; displaced persons; spirituality; and burnout.
Table of Contents
Part One: BACKGROUND. 1. Introduction, H. Wayne Johnson. 2. Basic Concepts: Social Welfare, Social Work, and Social Services, H. Wayne Johnson. 3. Historical Development, H. Wayne Johnson. Part Two: SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND SOCIAL SERVICES. 4. Public Welfare and Income Maintenance, H. Wayne Johnson. 5. Services to Families and Children in the Home, Teresa K. Fuller Kulper and Gilbert J. Greene. 6. Services to Families and Children Outside the Home, Teresa K. Fuller Kulper and Gilbert J. Greene. 7. Social Work in the Schools, Marlys Staudt. 8. Social Services in the Health Care Field, Gregory V. Jensen, Jay J. Cayner, and James A. Hall. 9. Mental Health and Social Work, Verne R. Kelley. 10. Social Services and Disabilities, Judith I. Gray and Robert Vander Beek. 11. Social Services and Substance Abuse, Frank H. Ware. 12. Criminal and Juvenile Justice, H. Wayne Johnson. 13. Aging and Social Work, Jeanne Howell Mann. 14. Occupational Social Work, Glenda Dewberry Rooney. 15. Emerging and Less Traditional Contexts of Social Work Practice, H. Wayne Johnson. Part Three: METHODS OF SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE. 16. Newer Approaches in Social Work Practice: The Generalist, H. Wayne Johnson. 17. Working with Individuals and Families, Janet Johnson Laube. 18. Social Work with Groups, Patricia Kelley. 19. Working with Communities, Thomasine Heitkamp, Steven Kraft, and Michael Jacobsen. 20. Social Service Organizations: Administration and Management, William P. McCarty. 21. Social Work Research, James A. Hall. Part Four: SPECIAL GROUPS, ISSUES, AND TRENDS. 22. Human Diversity and Empowerment, N. Yolanda Burwell. 23. Tides and Tensions of the Women's and Men's Movements: Entering a New Millennium, B. Eleanor Anstey. 24. Housing, Homelessness, and Social Welfare, Gary Askerooth. 25. Social Development: An International Perspective, Judith Lee Burke. 26. Professionalism, Education, and Personnel in the Social Services, H. Wayne Johnson. 27. Social Work: A Futures Perspective, Craig Abrahamson and Thomas Walz.