-SOWK 1001

With its focus on empowerment and extensive coverage of ethics and values, Generalist Social Work Practice, 6/e,  provides excellent coverage of:  evidence-based practice, policy practice, social justice and human rights, end-of-life-care, diversity and special population groups, including immigrants, veterans, and older adults.

This latest edition of Techniques and Guidelines for Social Work Practice continues to provide students of social work with a one-of-a-kind resource designed to emphasize the many different techniques needed for successful practice.    

Carefully updated to provide students with easy access to the most current information on fundamental techniques required for social work practice from the generalist perspective,  this text illustrates the multiple tools needed for both direct and indirect intervention activities.

Touching upon everything from basic helping skills, to guidelines for preparing grant applications, the content of this text is so widely applicable it is a valuable aid for all professional social workers.

Through proven learning experiences that are as close to real-life practice as can be obtained from a book, DIRECT SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE: THEORY AND SKILLS prepares social work students for effective work in the field. Many of the case examples are drawn from social work practitioners as well as the authors' own practice situations. Long praised for its appropriate level of rigor, the book integrates the major theories and skills that direct social work practitioners need to understand and master--thus giving the book its reputation as the classic source for helping students learn direct practice skills. Consisting of four parts, the book begins by identifying the mission of social work, its values, and knowledge base. The authors then differentiate generalist from direct practice and explore roles of direct practitioners. Common elements amongst diverse theorists are then examined while key intervention strategies and various client population and practice settings are presented. Specifically, Part One provides the foundational/values and knowledge base material; Part Two is devoted to the beginning phase of the helping process; Part Three addresses the middle phase (goal attainment strategies), discussing four intervention approaches; and Part Four clarifies the termination phase of direct practice.

Considering a career in social work? An Introduction to the Profession of Social Work: Becoming a Change Agent helps you decide whether social work is a good fit for you by introducing you to the social work profession and describing the role of social work in the social welfare system. Through cases, personal stories, and exercises, this social work text helps you apply the concepts and understand what it means to be a social worker.