Social Workers' Desk Reference

by Roberts, Albert R.

• ISBN13: 9780195369373
• ISBN10: 0195369378
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-11-21
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Following in the groundbreaking path of its predecessor, the second edition of the Social Workers' Desk Reference provides reliable and highly accessible information about effective services and treatment approaches across the full spectrum of social work practice. Succinct, illuminatingchapters written by the field's most respected and experienced scholars and practitioners ensure that it will continue to be the sourcebook for all social workers. Social work practitioners and agency administrators are increasingly confronted with having to do more with less, and must make decisions and provide services as quickly as possible. The Social Workers' Desk Reference, Second Edition, builds on the landmark achievement of the first edition withthorough revisions and over 75 all-new chapters. Its outstanding wealth of well-tested knowledge, presented in a crisp, to-the-point manner, makes it an even more vital resource for time-pressed practitioners. Page after page offers an abundance of up-to-date information and key tools and resourcessuch as practice guidelines, program evaluations, validated assessment scales, and step-by-step treatment plans necessary for success in today's managed-care environment. The growing importance of evidence-based practice in social work is reflected throughout the chapters, as well as by theinclusion of an entire section devoted to showing how to use evidence intelligently and efficaciously.The Social Workers' Desk Reference, Second Edition, speaks directly to the daily realities of social workers in private, non-profit, and public settings, whatever their expertise and in all areas of practice: assessment and diagnosis, ethics, risk assessment, program evaluation, and beyond. Casemanagers, clinical social workers, supervisors, and administrators alike who have come to rely on the previous volume will quickly find its successor just as indispensable.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

About the Contributors

Introduction and Overview

The Synergy and Generativity of Social Work Practice

Roles, Functions, and Typical Daily Schedule of Social Workers in Different Practice Settings (Section Editor: Albert R. Roberts)

The Social Worker in a Behavioral Health Care Setting

The Addiction Treatment Specialist

The Social Worker in an Outpatient Child and Adolescent Unit -Lisa

The Social Worker in a School Setting

The Social Worker as Family Counselor in a Non-Profit Community-Based Agency

The Essential Elements of Private Practice Social Work - Raymond Fox

Community-based Mental Health with Children and Families

Social Work Practice in Home Based Services with Children and Their Families

The Oncology Social Worker in a Medical Setting: Traditional vs. Innovative Roles

The Social Worker in a Police Department

The Social Worker in a Domestic Violence Shelter

The Social Worker in Traumatic Stress and Emergency Service Settings

Social Work Values, Ethics and Licensing Standards (Section Editor: Albert R. Roberts)

Ethical Issues in Social Work

Risk Management in Social Work

Avoiding Malpractice Lawsuits by Following Standards of Care Guidelines and Preventing Suicide

A Guide for Mental Health Professionals

Social Work Licensing Examinations in the United States and Canada: Development and Administration

Social Work Regulations and Licensing

On Being an Accountable Profession: The Code of Ethics, Oversight by Boards of Directors, and Whistle-Blowers as a Last Resort

The Impaired Social Work Professional

How Social Workers Can Do More Good Than Harm: Critical Thinking, Evidence-Based Clinical Reasoning, and Avoiding Fallacies

Optimizing the Use of Patient Safety Standards, Procedures, and Measures

The Role and Regulations for Technology in Social Work Practice and E-Therapy: Social Work 2.0

Quality Standards and Quality Assurance in Health Settings

Theoretical Foundations and Treatment Approaches in Clinical Social Work (Section Editors: Cynthia Franklin and Albert R. Roberts)

Front Line Crisis Intervention

Fundamentals of Brief Treatment

Common Factors in Therapy

Task-Centered Practice

The Life Model

Client-Centered Theory and Therapy

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Psychosocial Therapy

Solution-focused Therapy

Comparative Theories

Logotherapy

Narrative Therapy

Feminist Issues and Pra

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