Social Work: Books

Social Work Practice with LGBTQIA Populations provides an overview of key issues for social workers working with LGBTQIA clients. Each chapter considers the experiences of LGBTQIA clients in different social and interpersonal contexts.

Dr. Jessica Pryce knows the child welfare system firsthand and, in this long overdue book, breaks it down from the inside out, sharing her professional journey and offering the crucial perspectives of caseworkers and Black women impacted by the system.

In this reflective yet practical book, the author challenges white helping professionals to recognise their own cultural identity and the impact it has when practising in a multicultural environment.

The Strengths Perspective in Social Work Practice is an unrivaled collection of essays explaining the strengths-based philosophy, demonstrating how it works, and providing clear and practical tools for its application. Each chapter is written by an expert in the field to provide a balanced approach to social work practice that explores the strengths and assets of clients. An exceptionally wide range of subjects (ideas and populations) are covered in each essay.

This much-needed text articulates the issues surrounding professional ethics using a unique virtue-based framework. It introduces core ideas, before examining a range of values and how these can be cultivated in practice. Importantly, the book retains an interprofessional feel by relating ethics to a variety of specialisms.

Contents: Historical context -- Social work practice: setting specific -- Social work practice: screening, assessment, and intervention -- Population-specific practice -- Collaborations in palliative care -- Regional voices form a global perspective -- Ethics -- Professional issues -- Epilogue.

This book outlines the skills social workers need to conduct effective client interviews as well as synthesizes recent research on interviewing and demonstrates its value in unique settings and with a variety of clients and issues.

Ken Moffatt turns to postmodern philosophy's grappling with late capitalism and the omnipresence of technology in order to develop a new approach to reflective social work practice and critical pedagogy. He attempts to reconcile postmodern thinkers with the realities of teaching social work to diverse student populations in a precarious era.

This book offers a much-needed critical overview of the concept of social justice and its application in professional social work practice.

An introduction to case management for students and professionals in the human services.