Human Service Agencies: An Orientation to Fieldwork - Softcover

Alle-Corliss, Lupe A.; Alle-Corliss, Randall M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0534349285 ISBN 13: 9780534349288

Publisher: Brooks Cole, 1997

Synopsis

This practical and personal guide alerts readers to the real-world issues of agency settings--helping them make the most of their agency experience. The authors introduce readers to the most salient issues in the field and facilitate the process of professional skill building and introspection that is necessary in becoming an effective helper. Case examples and exercises support and guide readers through a variety of settings, client populations, and ethical and legal issues.

About this title

About the Author:

A husband and wife team, Randy and Lupe both possess the wonderful combination of teaching skills and hands-on practice experience. Both authors have a Master's Degree in Social Work from the University of Southern California, and are members of the Society of Clinical Social Workers and National Association of Social Workers. Randy is also an active member of NOHSE (National Organization of Human Service Educators). They are both lecturers in the Human Services program at California State University, Fullerton, where they have taught practicum, fieldwork and internship classes for the past 18 years. Randy and Lupe are both licensed clinical social workers who also work full-time in the Department of Psychiatry at Kaiser Permanente and have a small private practice.

Review:

"My overall reaction to the manuscript is a feeling of excitement! We needed just this kind of textbook preparing students for fieldwork and the impending workplace! This book provides linkage between the 'ideal and the real,' the theory and the practice. The strengths of the manuscript are the topics/themes/content, the examples, case scenarios, and exercises. The content on diversity, which is a common theme throughout the manuscript, is definitely a strength."

About this edition

• Publisher: Brooks Cole
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0534349285
• ISBN 13: 9780534349288
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288