Casework in Context
A Basis for Practice
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1977
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Author: D. E. F. Tilbury
- Editor: Jean P. Nursten
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 7 1 8 9 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 8 7 7 0 - 9
Casework in Context: A Basis for Practice discusses the methodologies and techniques utilized in social case studies. The book also covers the specific applications of caseworks,… Read more
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Request a sales quoteCasework in Context: A Basis for Practice discusses the methodologies and techniques utilized in social case studies. The book also covers the specific applications of caseworks, along with some issues that can be encountered while in the practice. The text first details the social work and society, as well as the development of social work conceptualization. Next, the book tackles topics related to interviewing, such as client needs and worker response; treatment goals, methods, and plans; and case work process. The next part of the text deals with the differential uses of casework. The last part covers topics about the activities of a social worker outside an interview. The book will be of great use to researchers and practitioners in disciplines that involve research studies in a social setting, such as psychology, sociology, and anthropology.
Contents
Introduction
Part I - The Context of Casework
I Social Work and Society
II The Development of Social Work Conceptualization
Part II - The Interview
III Client Needs and the Worker Response
IV Diagnosis
V Treatment Goals, Methods and Plans
VI The Casework Process
VII Recording
Part III — The Differential Uses of Casework
VIII Crisis Intervention and Long-term Work
IX Family Group Therapy
X Fieldwork and Institutions
Part IV — Outside the Interview
XI Casework and Administration
XII Professionalism Re-examined
XIII The Professional Worker and the Volunteer
Coda Issues in Social Work Practice
Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1977
- No. of pages (eBook): 348
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483171890
- eBook ISBN: 9781483187709
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