Empowerment Series: Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare: Empowering People - Hardcover

Zastrow, Charles

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 130538833X ISBN 13: 9781305388338

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2016

Synopsis

Offering a contemporary, comprehensive overview of the Social Work profession, Zastrow's bestselling INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIAL WELFARE: EMPOWERING PEOPLE gives you a glimpse into contemporary society with a realistic view of social problems. By presenting positive strategies in the context of the core values, ethics, skills, and knowledge base of today's professional social worker, Zastrow encourages you to think critically about new and workable ways to solve problems and empower clients. Case studies, exhibits and tables on social problems give you hands-on experience applying concepts and comparing and contrasting important issues. The twelfth edition includes comprehensive Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) core content that aligns with the latest Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS), as well as insightful coverage of new and emerging issues, making it the number one book for social work students.

About this title

About the Author:

Charles Zastrow, MSW, PhD, is Professor Emeritus in Social Work at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, where he chaired the Social Work Department for six years. He has also been the Assistant Director and Professor in the Social Work Program at George Williams College in Williams Bay, Wisconsin. A Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of Wisconsin, Dr. Zastrow has worked as a practitioner for various agencies, chaired social work accreditation site visit teams for the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), and served on the Commission on Accreditation of CSWE. He also was a member of the BPD board. A leader in social work education and a bestselling author, Dr. Zastrow has written more than 45 articles in professional journals as well as nine books, including four other textbooks: THE GENERALIST SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE, SOCIAL WORK WITH GROUPS, SOCIAL PROBLEMS: ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS, and UNDERSTANDING HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT (with Dr. Karen Kirst-Ashman).

Review:

"This text provides an in-depth exploration to the discipline of social work and is written in way that makes perfect since to the introductory student. It is comprehensive in it's coverage of all the areas in which social work is present and is tune with the CSWE standards that are required for programs to address in their curriculum."

"The text has interesting and current information. It seems 'down to earth' for basic social work courses."

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 130538833X
• ISBN 13: 9781305388338
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 640