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Social Work and Human Services Best Practice eBook

2nd edition

Editor

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ISBN

9781760023829

Publication Date

12/09/2017

Format

eBook

Page Extent

272

AUD $69.90 gst included

Social work and human service practitioners seek to address inequity and injustice and promote social change in many different practice contexts. Social Work and Human Services Best Practice, now in its second edition, offers ideas on ‘best practice’ in the context of a wide range of specialised practice areas. These include work in child protection, youth justice, mental health, healthcare, hospice and palliative care, rural and remote practice and environmental social work. The authors also bring their relevant knowledge from diverse fields and explore work with First Nation people, migrants and refugees, people with a disability, older people, and LGBTIQ+ people. This book will appeal to both beginning and experienced practitioners, drawing on the historical background of social issues and presenting ideas for appropriate practice responses within the contemporary service environment.

About the Contributors

In Pursuit of the ‘Best’ in Practice: An Introduction
          Kathy Ellem, Jill Wilson, Wing Hong Chui

Child Protection
          Chris Trotter

Youth Justice
          Wing Hong Chui and Kathy Ellem

Mental Health
          Robert Bland and Noel Renouf

Disability
          Lesley Chenoweth

Healthcare
          Helen Cleak

Hospice and Palliative Care
          Margaret E Hughes

Older People
          Jill Wilson and Cheryl Tilse

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People
          Mark Hughes

Environmental Social Work
          Margaret Alston

Rural and Remote Practice
          Ros Darracott and Bob Lonne

First Nations People
          Stephen Corporal

Migrants and Refugees
          Jenny Martin

Index

Reviews of previous edition:

The book reflects the high spirit of a team of authors and their sustained group efforts. Respective contributors, in their distinctive book chapters, care to document in details (a) the target population being served (b) programme and service models (c) legal/administrative/organisation context, and (d) critical issues in the related fields of practice.
          Probably, this book is one of the most impressive publications I have read in recent years. The book could either be used as a text book or one of the essential reading for undergraduate or generalist graduate programmes (Social Work, Social Policy & Administration or Human Services) in colleges or universities where English is the major language of instruction. The bibliographies that close each chapter are tightly focused, up-dated and accessible.

The Hong Kong Journal of Social Work, Vol 41, Nos 1 & 2, Summer & Winter 2007

This is an excellent text for social work and human service students. The critical study of practice over a range of fields is ideal reading for students researching the breadth of practice and as preparations prior to fieldwork practicums. For the more experienced practitioner each chapter is well developed and a succinct summary of contemporary issues is provided for reflections and critique of practice. The inclusion of useful websites and the extensive reference lists at the end of each chapter encourage further reading and research for the motivated reader. … This book is a great resource and makes a useful contribution to the social work literature. It is a book which not only examines best practice but also provides useful exemplars for social worker and human service workers. The authors present an accessible framework from which practitioners can take an active and critical approach to practice.

Allyson Davys, Social Work Education, Vol 27:4, 2009

Overall, the book’s strengths are many-fold. I found the theoretical and practice overviews of each field and ‘what works’ sections very useful. The text is easy to read and each chapter has a clear structure. The broad range of practice fields enable the reader to select topics of interest for focus. The text would be valuable for social work students in particular since it provides an introduction to these fields of practice. In addition, teachers of social work and human services should find the text very useful in illustrating theoretical and practice aspects of the aforementioned fields of practice.

Journal of Family Studies, Volume 14, Issue 1 – 2008

[This book] is a practical guide for social work, human services and welfare students and practitioners, but it has wider appeal. It will resonate with civil libertarians because it tackles areas in which the client populations are particularly vulnerable to abuses of their civil and political rights. Social work traverses diverse fields including the legal, health and welfare systems and many of us will collaborate with social workers as professionals or clients.
         Each chapter explores a key area of social work and human services practice: child protection, young offenders, mental health, disability, healthcare, ageing, working in rural and remote communities, Indigenous Australians, and migrants and refugees. The authors consider contemporary best practice models, as well as theoretical, legal, political and historical aspects. Don’t expect somersaults, surprises or sensational examples. This is a source book written by people with a broad range of practice, teaching and research experience – of a consistent quality and a steady pace. It provides a clear, comprehensive and accessible synthesis of existing knowledge and offers practical advice. …

Civil Liberty, September 2006

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