Empowerment Series: Social Work and Social Welfare
By Rosalie Ambrosino, Joseph Heffernan, Guy Shuttlesworth, Robert Ambrosino
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Reflecting the latest practices, accreditation requirements, and developments from the field, the eighth edition of bestselling SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIAL WELFARE gives readers a broad understanding about the social work profession and the role it plays in the social welfare system. Part of the Brooks/Cole Empowerment Series, the text is completely up to date and thoroughly integrates the core competencies and recommended practice behaviors outlined in the current Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) set by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). With its signature systems/ecological approach to understanding social welfare, the book focuses on specific social welfare areas in which social workers play major roles in policy and practice. It reflects the philosophy that there are many reasons why social problems occur, and that students need to understand the history, values, and economic, political, and cultural factors that surround these issues and the attempts to solve or address them. Instead of presenting a specific political perspective, the authors encourage readers to think critically about issues in a new way. Each chapter opens with a vignette about a social worker in a specific setting and closes with information about the career opportunities for social workers in the area discussed.
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Reflecting the latest practices, accreditation requirements, and developments from the field, the eighth edition of bestselling SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIAL WELFARE gives readers a broad understanding about the social work profession and the role it plays in the social welfare system. Part of the Brooks/Cole Empowerment Series, the text is completely up to date and thoroughly integrates the core competencies and recommended practice behaviors outlined in the current Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) set by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). With its signature systems/ecological approach to understanding social welfare, the book focuses on specific social welfare areas in which social workers play major roles in policy and practice. It reflects the philosophy that there are many reasons why social problems occur, and that students need to understand the history, values, and economic, political, and cultural factors that surround these issues and the attempts to solve or address them. Instead of presenting a specific political perspective, the authors encourage readers to think critically about issues in a new way. Each chapter opens with a vignette about a social worker in a specific setting and closes with information about the career opportunities for social workers in the area discussed.
SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIAL WELFARE: AN INTRODUCTION, 8th Edition reflects CSWE's current EPAS requirements. Helping Hands icons within the chapters and end-of-chapter Competency Notes spotlight text coverage of the required Core Competencies and recommended Practice Behaviors detailed by the EPAS.
Separate chapters on generalist practice expose students to actual methods of intervention used by social workers. Activities are directly linked to CSWE practice behaviors, giving students hands-on experience putting chapter concepts into action.
A blend of current practice and policy issues from the systems/ecological perspective supports the values of the social work profession as described by the CSWE. The book examines such key social justice issues as racism, sexism, homophobia, and other types of oppression on individuals, as well as the way that the allocation of resources reinforces these forms of oppression and injustices.
Offering a more global perspective on social welfare policy, the text includes discussions of the impact of the "war on terrorism," relating it to domestic spending and analyzing how funds are being shifted to homeland security and the Middle East. Students are asked to consider policy implications for how the U.S. is perceived globally. In addition, Chapter 16 addresses International Social Work, as mandated by CSWE standards.
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Part 1. Understanding Social Work and Social Welfare
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