Best Practices for Social Work with Refugees and Immigrants

by Miriam Potocky

Overview

-- José A. Sisneros, University of Denver, Social Work Today

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780231506083
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Publication date:	04/24/2002
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	504
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Miriam Potocky-Tripodi is assistant professor and acting coordinator of the doctoral program at Florida

International University. She is co-editor of Social Work Research with Minority and Oppressed Populations.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Context for Social Work with Refugees and Immigrants
1. Introduction
2. Immigration and Refugee Policies
3. Service Delivery Systems
Part 2: Best Practices
4. Culturally Competent Social Work Practice
5. Health
6. Mental Health
7. Family Dynamics
8. Language, Education, and Economic Well-Being
9. Interethnic Relations
10. Summary and Conclusions

What People are Saying About This

Frederick L. Ahearn

A milestone in social work literature. This is the best book available for practitioners and students who have an interest in or work with refugees and immigrants.... This comprehensive volume should be a reference text for every social work practitioner and student who is or will work with these populations.

— Frederick L. Ahearn, Jr., The Catholic University of America

Editorial Reviews

Adopting a pancultural perspective that focuses on the common experiences of working with immigrants and refugees, this work provides advice on the best ways to conduct social work. The author focuses primarily on practice in the United States but draws on literature from around the world. After looking at contextual issues such as government policy and service delivery systems, chapters address specific problems from a psychosocial perspective. Problems addressed include health, mental health, family dynamics, education and economic well-being, and interethnic relations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

Best Practices for Social Work with Refugees and Immigrants presents the context and complexity of migration along with guidelines for practical, systematic, and socially just intervention approaches. This essential and comprehensive resource for social workers provides information, identifies issues in the journey from entry to integration, and recommends best practices for service provision.

Uma A. Segal

A very comprehensive text... written from the heart... It represents a milestone in social work literature.

Social Work Review

Read this book, assign it to your students, buy copies for practitioners in your community-based-organizations... It is an excellent guidebook.

Journal of Community Practice

Bringing together new research findings from a wide range of sources, this book provides the tools needed for effective and compassionate social work with refugees and immigrants—in the areas of health care, mental health, family services, economic self-sufficiency, advocacy, and policy—in support of their full integration into their new communities.

Yolanda C. Padilla

This book is a solid contribution to the social work literature...Best Practices is a complete reference on the subject...

Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Services - Willie Tolliver

Best Practices for Social Work with Refugees and Immigrants is a valuable primer for human service professionals. The authors thoughtfully consider the best ways to intervene while accounting for the clients’ cultural factors and life histories. Moreover, the authors attend to meso- and macro-level issues, which are essential for improving programs and policies. I can’t think of a better time for this much-needed second edition.

Edward J. Alessi

Substantive, well-organized, reader-friendly, and comprehensive, a timely pancultural overview of policy issues that serve as the context for social work practice with immigrants.

Jessica Rosenberg

I recommend this book...a succint and accessible style

Journal of International Migration and Integration - Douglas Durgast

I recommend this book...a succint and accessible style

Journal of International Migration and Integration - Douglas Durst

This book is a solid contribution to the social work literature... Best Practices is a complete reference on the subject...

— Willie Tolliver

Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Services

I recommend this book...a succint and accessible style

— Douglas Durgast

Journal of International Migration and Integration