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An understanding of the most important laws and ethical issues that have shaped the profession is essential for the effective practice of social work. Thus this comprehensive approach to health and mental health care for social workers centers on ethical and legal issues. The book includes critical information regarding the systems and organizations in which social workers practice; the nature of the relationship between social workers and clients/consumers/communities; planning, contracting, and strategizing functions; intervention techniques using advocacy, brief work, case management, and group work; and evaluation. Armed with this knowledge, social workers have the ability to intervene as advocates as well as to evaluate their work and their clients' progress.
List of contents
Boundary Spanning: An Ecological Reinterpretation of Social Work Practice in Health and Mental Health Systems
The Forces Shaping Social Work in Health and Mental Health Systems
Legal and Ethical Issues For Social Work Practice In Health and Mental Health Systems
The Place of the Social Worker in Health and Mental Health Systems
The Power of the Relationship between the Social Worker and the Client System
The Nature and Tools of Assessment
Social Work Interventions: Planning, Developing Goals and Objectives, Contracting, Strategizing and Using Teamwork
Social Work Practice Interventions: Advocacy, Brief Work, Case Management and the Use of Groups
The Evaluation of Social Work Practice in Health and Mental Health Systems
About the author
Toba Schwaber Kerson
Summary
This book includes critical information regarding the systems and organizations in which social workers practice; the nature of the relationship between social workers and clients/consumers/communities; planning, contracting, and strategizing functions; intervention techniques using advocacy, brief work, case management, and group work; and evaluation.
