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"Learn how social workers use their professional expertise to assist people." This text is part of the Connecting Core Competencies Series. "The Social Work An Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare" introduces students to the profession of social work including eight major fields of practice, and provides in-depth discussion of social welfare policy, its history, contemporary issues, and probable future trends. The book helps students understand how social workers use their professional expertise to assist people in solving a wide variety of problems to improve their lives. There are three major The first part, Social Work and its Context, comprises four chapters which introduce the profession of social work, provide theoretical perspectives underlying generalist practice, investigate the concept of social justice, and explore social welfare policy and its history. The second part, Professional Practice Settings, offers an in-depth discussion of eight fields of family and children's services, mental health, health care, schools, older adult services, criminal justice, and developmental disabilities. The third and final part, A Look to the Future, views the profession through the eyes of futurists and explores the challenges and opportunities that await new social workers. A better teaching and learning experience This program will provide a better teaching and learning experience-for you and your students. Here's "Personalize Learning - "MySearchLab delivers proven results in helping students succeed, provides engaging experiences that personalize learning, and comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals."Improve Critical Thinking -" Discussions on values, ethics, human diversity, and generalist social work practice throughout stimulate students to think critically about varying issues."Engage Students - "Case studies introduce each chapter and are carefully developed to illustrate the myriad of problems that social workers deal with in daily practice."Explore Current Issues - "Includes new content on a variety of issues, including policy diversity, the environment, and much more."Apply CSWE Core Competencies - "The text integrates the 2008 CSWE EPAS, with critical thinking questions and practice tests to assess student understanding and development of competency."Support Instructors - "An Instructor's Manual and Test Bank, Computerized Test Bank (MyTest), BlackBoard Test Item File, MySearchLab with Pearson eText, and PowerPoint presentations are included in the outstanding supplements MySearchLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MySearchLab, please www.mysearchlab.com or you can purchase a valuepack of the text + MySearchLab (at no additional cost): ValuePack 0205223095 / ValuePack 9780205223091
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The Social Work Experience: An Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare
Fifth Edition
By:
Mary Ann Suppes, (Marquette University)
Carolyn Cressy Wells, (Marquette University)
The Social Work Experience: An Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare, 5/e, helps students understand how social workers use their professional expertise to help people solve a wide variety of problems and improve their lives. It not only introduces the profession of social work and its fields of practice, but also provides students with a clear understanding of social welfare policy, its history and contemporary issues.
The fifth edition contains three major parts:
Social Work and its Context- introduces professional social work, discusses theoretical perspectives for generalist practice, and guides students in their understanding of poverty and populations-at-risk.
Professional Practice Settings- offers an in-depth discussion of eight fields of practice: family and children’s services, mental health, health care, schools, substance abuse, older adult services, criminal justice, and developmental disabilities.
A Look to the Future- views the future of the profession through the eyes of futurists and highlights the challenges and opportunities that await social workers.
New Features in the Fifth Edition —
- New chapter, Social Justice and Social Welfare Policy , helps students appreciate the critical relationship between justice and policy.
- New Case Studies, including international case studies, new internet research activities, updated websites, and more!
- Updated data that incorporatescensus-based data, Bureau of Labor Statistics projections, social work employment data, research from various countries, and more!
- New Themes of Ecology, Spirituality, Globalization and Social Justice are interwoven throughout.
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