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Overview
In its new edition, The Practice of Generalist Social Work provides in-depth understanding of the knowledge, skills, values, and affective and cognitive processes needed for social work practice in the present moment. Grounded in a strengths-based perspective, chapters in the textbook discuss practice with individuals, families, groups, communities, and organizations and guide students through all phases of the change process with the aid of case studies, examples, and exercises that highlight and provide connections to real-life practice situations. Theoretical frameworks, important value and ethical considerations, and pivotal communication skills are all included in the text’s comprehensive coverage of different practice settings with clients and communities.
The sixth edition is now guided by the 2022 Council on Social Work Education Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS), with connections to renewed objectives and competencies integrated throughout, and is further updated to reflect and focus on new developments within the discipline. These include anti-racism efforts and movements to address entrenched racial inequities; the practice of cultural humility and cultural responsiveness; and attention to community-based implications of the COVID-19 pandemic. Strengthened and now fully up to date, this edition of The Practice of Generalist Social Work provides a sweeping, in-depth, and lively introduction to social work practice for generalist courses, and is supported by a range of fully updated resources for instructors and their students on www.routledgesw.com/.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781000838671 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Publication date: | 04/03/2023 |
| Series: | New Directions in Social Work |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 680 |
| Sales rank: | 922,439 |
| File size: | 4 MB |
About the Author
Marla Berg-Weger, PhD, LCSW, is Professor Emeritus in the School of Social Work at Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri and Executive Director of the Gateway Geriatric Education Center in the School of Medicine. Dr. Berg-Weger holds social work degrees at the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral levels. Her social work practice experience includes gerontological social work practice, public social welfare services, intimate partner violence services, mental health, and health social work. Her research and writing focus on gerontological social work and social work practice. She is the co-author with Vithya Murugan, PhD, of Social Work and Social Welfare: An Invitation (6th edition). With Julie Birkenmaier, she co-authored the textbook, The Practicum Companion for Social Work: Integrating Class and Field Work (4th edition). She is Past President of the Association of Gerontology in Social Work and Managing Editor of the Journal of Gerontological Social Work, a fellow in the Gerontological Society of America, and Past President of the National Association of Geriatric Education.
Sabrina W. Tyuse, PhD, is Associate Professor in Social Work at Saint Louis University. Dr. Tyuse holds social work and sociology degrees at the master’s and doctoral levels. Areas of research are voting rights, social welfare policy, and mental illness and the criminal justice system. She serves on the Board of Directors for Influencing Social Policy (ISP), a non-profit organization for social work educators, students, and practitioners with a passion and for policy, and Voting is Social Work (VISW), the National Social Work Voter Mobilization Campaign that works to integrate nonpartisan voter engagement into social work.
Table of Contents
Preface Acknowledgments 1. Understanding Social Work Practice 2. Applying Values and Ethics to Practice 3. Communication, Interviewing, and Engagement: Relationship Skills for Practice at All Levels 4. Social Work Practice with Individuals: Assessment and Planning 5. Social Work Practice with Individuals: Intervention, Termination, and Evaluation 6. Social Work Practice with Families: Engagement, Assessment, and Planning 7. Social Work Practice with Families: Intervention, Termination, and Evaluation 8. Social Work Practice with Groups: Engagement, Assessment, and Planning 9. Social Work Practice with Groups: Intervention, Termination, and Evaluation 10. Social Work Practice with Communities: Engagement, Assessment, and Planning 11. Social Work Practice with Communities: Intervention, Termination, and Evaluation 12. Social Work Practice with Organizations: Engagement, Assessment, and Planning 13. Social Work Practice with Organizations: Intervention, Termination, and Evaluation References Glossary/Index
What People are Saying About This
"The integrative emphasis of social justice and human rights along with the strengths perspective and social construction make this a core text for undergraduate practice courses. With strong coverage of micro, mezzo and macro practice it is a perfect resource for the entire practice sequence. The text offers a wealth of application tools that include three in-depth interactive case studies on a fantastic web site and application exercises for each chapter."— Chrys C. Ramirez Barranti, California State University, Sacramento
"This is a dream text and website for anyone seeking to understand complex human problems engendered by individual inadequacies, structural inequities, and globalization; uses modern technology to grasp the rudiments, dynamics, and mechanics of generalist social work practice; and assesses the impact of professionals’self-awareness, values, and theoretical perspectives on practice outcomes."— Olatunde A. Olusesi, New York University
"I am very excited about this book and website. The approach is a needed contemporary response to current introductory practice books. The integration of theoretical perspectives and case examples will truly help bring to life the core competencies for generalist social work practice. In particular, the companion website provides an innovative and accessible means of letting students "play" and "try on" different components of practice in a creative and modern way. "—Leslie Hasche, Kansas University
"This text covers several aspects of social work practice that are often ignored or covered only on the surface, and exceeds the goals and interests of my generalist practice course through features such as its discussion of theory, discussion of social and diversity issues, and use of an innovative, interactive website."—Keva Miller, Portland State University
This book provides a comprehensive well-organized overview of the development of generalist social work practice. Explicating the multiple levels of systems assessment and intervention in a conceptually clear presentation help students to grasp the complexity of social work practice."—Michael Melendez, Simmons University