Social Workers' Desk ReferenceFollowing in the groundbreaking path of its predecessor, the second edition of the Social Workers' Desk Reference provides reliable and highly accessible information about effective services and treatment approaches across the full spectrum of social work practice. Succinct, illuminating chapters written by the field's most respected and experienced scholars and practitioners ensure that it will continue to be the sourcebook for all social workers. Social work practitioners and agency administrators are increasingly confronted with having to do more with less, and must make decisions and provide services as quickly as possible. The Social Workers' Desk Reference, Second Edition, builds on the landmark achievement of the first edition with thorough revisions and over 75 all-new chapters. Its outstanding wealth of well-tested knowledge, presented in a crisp, to-the-point manner, makes it an even more vital resource for time-pressed practitioners. Page after page offers an abundance of up-to-date information and key tools and resources such as practice guidelines, program evaluations, validated assessment scales, and step-by-step treatment plans necessary for success in today's managed-care environment. The growing importance of evidence-based practice in social work is reflected throughout the chapters, as well as by the inclusion of an entire section devoted to showing how to use evidence intelligently and efficaciously. The Social Workers' Desk Reference, Second Edition, speaks directly to the daily realities of social workers in private, non-profit, and public settings, whatever their expertise and in all areas of practice: assessment and diagnosis, ethics, risk assessment, program evaluation, and beyond. Case managers, clinical social workers, supervisors, and administrators alike who have come to rely on the previous volume will quickly find its successor just as indispensable. |
Contents
ROLES FUNCTIONS AND TYPICAL DAILY SCHEDULE OF SOCIAL WORKERS IN DIFFERENT PRACTICE SETTINGS | 9 |
SOCIAL WORK VALUES ETHICS AND LICENSING STANDARDS | 113 |
THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS AND TREATMENT APPROACHES IN CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK | 205 |
ASSESSMENT IN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS | 323 |
WORKING WITH COUPLES AND FAMILIES | 407 |
DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING TREATMENT PLANS WITH SPECIFIC GROUPS AND DISORDERS | 495 |
GUIDELINES FOR SPECIFIC TECHNIQUES | 571 |
GUIDELINES FOR SPECIFIC INTERVENTIONS | 639 |
COMMUNITY PRACTICE | 853 |
WORKING WITH VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND PERSONS AT RISK | 923 |
SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK | 977 |
FORENSIC SOCIAL WORK | 1053 |
EVIDENCEBASED PRACTICE | 1113 |
Glossary | 1183 |
Chapter Credits | 1213 |
Author Index | 1215 |
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