Introduction to Human Services: Through the Eyes of Practice Settings

Martin, Michelle E.

ISBN 10: 0205795021 / ISBN 13: 9780205795024

Published by Allyn & Bacon Pearson Publishing, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Introduction to Human Services: Through the Eyes of Practice Settings
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon Pearson Publishing
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0205795021
• ISBN 13: 9780205795024
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

This highly readable human services text offers a generalist view of the breadth and scope of human services. This text uses various practice settings as a lens for examining the role and functions of the human service professional. Because the human services profession grew out of a concern about social problems that prevented people from getting their needs met, it is important to examine the generalist role of human service professionals. In addition, exploring the nature of working with individuals, families, or groups is more meaningful when explored within the context of a particular practice setting.

About the Author

Michelle E. Martin is a professor in Dominican University’s Graduate School of Social Work (GSSW) Michelle is a licensed social worker and has held a Type 73 certificate for school social work. She is currently enrolled in a doctoral program in public policy at the University of Bristol in England, where she is ABD and currently working on her dissertation. Her research is focused on forced migration and refugees in protracted situations. Michelle has over 25 years of experience in the human service field having worked in a variety of practice settings, including adolescent residential, child welfare, victim advocacy, hospice, school social work, and refugee resettlement. Michelle teaches courses in social work practice, field practicum, and domestic and global policy, and currently serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Global Social Work Practice.  Michelle’s research interests include comparative social welfare policy, human service practice and policy intersect, and the plight of refugees, including protracted refugees. Michelle lives in Wheaton with her 14-year old son, Xander, and their Golden Retriever, Sawyer.