Days in the lives of social workers 58 professionals tell "real-life" stories from social work practice /
| Other Authors: | Grobman, Linda May,, Clark, Elizabeth J., 1944- |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Harrisburg, PA :
White Hat Communications,
[2012]
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| Physical Description: |
443 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Edition: | 4th ed. |
| Subjects: |
| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references. Social work in the ER -- Social work in the neonatal intensive care unit -- Remembering why I became a social worker: lessons learned on internal medicine -- Social work in an infertility clinic -- Working with pregnant women in public health -- Managing in managed care -- Social work in the commissioned corps -- Private practice with urban gay men: with a subspecialty in HIV/AIDS -- A very special nursing home in the South Bronx -- Pediatric HIV research -- Elementary school social work -- An inner-city high school -- Social work in a rural school district -- Urban child protective services -- A neighborhood youth center -- Play therapy and bullying -- Working with gay and lesbian youth -- Child welfare ombudsman -- Employee assistance programs -- Social work goes to summer camp -- Developmental disabilities -- "Us" becoming "them" -- Involuntary admission: a new worker's introduction to the "603" -- Partial hospitalization -- Social work in a clubhouse -- Life as a group home manager -- Disaster mental health services -- Dual diagnosis: substance abuse and mental health in an inpatient setting -- Social work in the Alaskan bush -- Adventure-based practice -- Private practice and the eclectic social worker -- An office to call my own: private practice in the lesbian community -- Prison substance abuse treatment -- A hard day's night: working with assaultive men in prison -- Residential treatment for adolescent sexual offenders -- Forensic social work: mitigating death penalty cases in a capital defense unit -- Victim services -- Social work with survivors of the Holocaust -- Nursing home social work -- Senior adult coordinator -- Hospice social work -- Home health social work -- Geriatric care management: a growing profession -- The daily life of NASW's executive director -- Life as an agency CEO -- Association management -- Family advocacy in the military -- Outreach to homeless veterans -- Life as a BSW educator -- A university counseling center -- Providing continuing education to social workers -- Consulting in Armenia -- Working with unaccompanied minors in Britain -- Working with Raskal gangs in the Highland of Papua New Guinea -- Working with Russian immigrants -- Community organizing for social change -- A day in the life of a policy practitioner -- Mucho gusto en conocerle (I'm pleased to meet you): working with migrant farm families. |
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| Physical Description: |
443 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9781929109302 192910930X |