This book emphasizes family-centered, social network, and school-based interventions in the preparation of social workers for direct and indirect practice with clients from vulnerable populations, especially the poor, people of color, and recent immigrant groups. With an eye to recent changes in social work practice and service delivery, including the impact of welfare reform and managed care on vulnerable families and children, Social Work Practice with Families and Children helps social work students and practitioners understand the increasingly complex needs of their clients. Three valuable appendixes include information about tools and instruments to support practice, child welfare resource centers, and electronic resources pertaining to the field.
- Table of Contents
- About the Authors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part 1: Knowledge Base
- 1. Understanding Vulnerable Families and Their Children
- 2. Risks and Vulnerabilities
- 3. Supporting Families and Their Children
- 4. Ethical Issues in Workign with Vulnerable Families
- Part 2: Practice Base
- 5. Engagement, Assessment, Case Planning, and Goal Setting
- 6. Family-Centered Intervention
- 7. Social Network Intervention
- 8. School-Based Intervention
- Part 3: Looking to the Future
- 9. Evaluation of Practice and Service Delivery
- 10. Future Challenges and Opportunities
- Appendix 1. Tools and Instruments to Support Practice
- Appendix 2. National Child Welfare Resource Centers
- Appendix 3. Other Resource Centers and Information Sources
- Appendix 4. Electronic Resources on Family and Children's Services
- Appendix 5. Electronic Resources on Children's Special Needs and Exceptionalities
- Appendix 6. Electronic Resources on Schools and Children's Education
- Appendix 7. Electronic Resources on Health of Children and Adults
- Appendix 8. Electronic Resources on System Reform and Advocacy for Children and Families
- Appendix 9. Electronic Resources on Mentoring and Support Groups
- Appendix 10. Informational and Training Materials on Alcohol and Substance Abuse
- References
- Index
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