Description : Through its discipline-oriented approach to social work, this introductory textbook integrates foundational content areas from the Council on Social Work Education with the contemporary themes of empowerment, strengths, and human rights and social justice. It is the first textbook to fully incorporate the strengths and empowerment perspective while examining values and ethics, cultural diversity, social justice and human rights, social work practice, human behavior, populations at risk, and policy and services. In addition, the text details the roles of the social worker as consultant, resource manager, and educator, and presents an easy-to-understand paradigm that shows students how the partnership between practitioners and consumers takes place at all systems levels.
Table of Contents

Preface.

I. THE PROFESSION OF SOCIAL WORK.

1. Social Work: A Helping Profession.

Who Are Social Workers?

What Do Social Workers Do?

What Is the Purpose of Social Work?

How Are Social Work and Social Welfare Related?

How Is Social Work an Empowering Profession?

2. An Evolving Profession.

The Emergence of Social Work as a Profession.

Defining Social Work as a Profession.

The Quest for Professional Status.

The Common Base of Social Work Practice.

Tenets for the Social Work Profession.

3. Social Work and Social Systems.

The Ecosystems Perspective.

Social Functioning.

Client Systems in Social Work.

Social Work Methods.

4. The Social Service Delivery System.

Social Service Settings. The Funding of Services

Staffing Patterns

Self-Help Groups as Resources

Service Delivery Issues

II. SOCIAL WORK PERSPECTIVES.

5. Values and Ethics in Social Work. Values and Ethics

The Foundation of Professional Social Work Values.

The Value Context of Social Work

Social Work Codes of Ethics.

Ethical Principles for Social Work.

Ethical Preferences for Empowerment Social Work

6. Social Work and Social Justice

Human Rights in Society

Social Injustice: The "Isms."

The Bases of Social Injustice

Effects of Social Injustice

Opportunities, Obstacles, and Empowerment

Social Work's Mandate for Social Justice.

7. Diversity and Social Work

Diversity and Minority Status

Racial and Ethnic Diversity

Religious Diversity

Sexual Diversity

Social Work with Diverse Populations

III. GENERALIST SOCIAL WORK.

8. Empowering Processes for Social Work Practice

An Empowerment-Based Generic Process of Social Work Practice

Forming Partnerships

Articulating Challenges

Defining Directions

Identifying Strengths

Assessing Resource Capabilities

Framing Solutions

Implementing Action Plans

Recognizing Success

Integrating Gains.

9. Social Work Functions and Roles

A Generalist Approach

Consultancy

Resource Management

Education

Integrating Practice, Policy, and Research.

10. Social Work and Social Policy

Social Policy

Social Policy and Political Ideologies

Social Work and Social Policy

Street-Level Services

Public Welfare Policy in the Twentieth Century

Current Public Welfare Programs

IV. CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN FIELDS OF PRACTICE.

11. Social Work and Poverty, Homelessness, Unemployment, and Criminal Justice Social Work and Poverty

Social Work and Homelessness

Social Work and Unemployment

Social Work in Criminal Justice

12. Social Work in Health, Rehabilitation, and Mental Health

Social Work in Health Systems

Social Work and Genetics

Social Work and AIDS

Social Work and Physical Disabilities

Social Work and Developmental Disabilities

Social Work and Mental Health

Social Work and Chemical Dependency.

13. Social Work with Families and Youths

The Contemporary Family

Child Maltreatment

Child Welfare Services

Social Work in the Schools

Specialized Services for Adolescents.

14. Adult and Aging Services

Services for Adults

Intimate Partner Violence

Elder Abuse

Services for Older Adults

Epilogue

Appendix A: NASW Code of Ethics

Appendix B: International Federation of Social Workers Code of Ethics

References.

Name Index.

Subject

Index.