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A book from the publisher of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER: THE MAGAZINE FOR SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS AND RECENT GRADUATES.
Did you ever wish you could tag along with a professional in your chosen field, just for a day, observing his or her every move? DAYS IN THE LIVES OF SOCIAL WORKERS allows you to take a firsthand, close-up look at the real-life days of 50 professional social workers as they share their stories. Join them on their journeys, and learn about the rewards and challenges they face.
This book is an essential guide for anyone who wants an inside look at the social work profession. Whether you are a social work student, an experienced professional wishing to make a change in career direction, or just thinking about going into the field, you will learn valuable lessons from the experiences described in DAYS IN THE LIVES OF SOCIAL WORKERS.
About the Editor: Linda May Grobman, ACSW, LSW, is founder, publisher, and editor of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER, the magazine for social work students and recent graduates. She has practiced social work in mental health and medical settings, and was the interim executive director of two state chapters of the National Association of Social Workers.
About the Editor/Contributors
Introduction
PART 1-HEALTH CARE
Chapter 1-Social Work in the ER
Chapter 2-Managing a Hospital Social Work Department (New in
2nd edition)
Chapter 3-Social Work in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Chapter 4-Social Work in an Infertility Clinic
Chapter 5-Working with Pregnant Women in Public Health
Chapter 6-Managing in Managed Care
PART 2-HIV/AIDS
Chapter 7-Private Practice With Urban Gay Men: With a Subspecialty
in HIV/AIDS (New in 2nd edition)
Chapter 8-A Very Special Nursing Home in the South Bronx (New
in 2nd edition)
Chapter 9-Pediatric HIV Research
PART 3-SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK
Chapter 10-Elementary School Social Work
Chapter 11-An Inner-City High School
Chapter 12-Social Work in a Rural School District
PART 4-CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES
Chapter 13-Urban Child Protective Services
Chapter 14-A Neighborhood Youth Center (New in 2nd edition)
Chapter 15-Working with Gay and Lesbian Youth (New in 2nd edition)
Chapter 16-Child Welfare Ombudsman
Chapter 17-Family Advocacy in the Military
Chapter 18-Employee Assistance Programs
PART 5-DISABILITIES
Chapter 19-Developmental Disabilities
Chapter 20-"Us" Becoming "Them"
PART 6-MENTAL HEALTH
Chapter 21-Involuntary Admission: A New Worker's Introduction
to the "603"
Chapter 22-Partial Hospitalization
Chapter 23-Social Work in a Clubhouse
Chapter 24-Life as a Group Home Manager
Chapter 25-Disaster Mental Health Services
PART 7-SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Chapter 26-Dual Diagnosis: Substance Abuse and Mental Health in
an Inpatient Setting
Chapter 27-Social Work in the Alaskan Bush
Chapter 28-Adventure-Based Practice
PART 8-PRIVATE PRACTICE
Chapter 29-Private Practice and the Eclectic Social Worker
Chapter 30-An Office to Call My Own: Private Practice in the Lesbian
Community
PART 9-CRIMINAL JUSTICE: WORKING WITH OFFENDERS AND VICTIMS
Chapter 31-Prison Substance Abuse Treatment (New in 2nd edition)
Chapter 32-A Hard Day's Night: Working with Assaultive Men in
Prison
Chapter 33-Residential Treatment for Adolescent Sexual Offenders
Chapter 34-Forensic Social Work: Mitigating Death Penalty Cases
Chapter 35-Victim Services
PART 10-OLDER ADULTS AND THE END OF LIFE
Chapter 36-Nursing Home Social Work
Chapter 37-Senior Adult Coordinator
Chapter 38-Hospice Social Work
Chapter 39-Home Health Social Work
PART 11-MANAGEMENT
Chapter 40-Life as an Agency CEO
Chapter 41-Association Management
PART 12-HIGHER EDUCATION
Chapter 42-Life as a BSW Educator
Chapter 43-University Counseling Center
PART 13-INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL WORK
Chapter 44-Consulting in Armenia (New in 2nd edition)
Chapter 45-Working with Raskal Gangs in the Highalnds of Papua
New Guinea
PART 14-WORKING IN COMMUNITIES
Chapter 46-Community Organizing for Social Change
Chapter 47-It Takes a Village: Reclaiming our Youth Through Community
Partnerships (New in 2nd edition)
Chapter 48-A Day in the Life of a Policy Practitioner (New
in 2nd edition)
Chapter 49-Homeless Community Outreach
Chapter 50-Mucho Gusto en Conocerle: Working with Migrant Farm
Families
APPENDIX A: Organizations of Interest to Social Workers (Updated
in 2nd edition)
APPENDIX B: Additional Reading
APPENDIX C: Internet Resources (New in 2nd edition)
ISBN: 0-9653653-0-1
Library of Congress Cat. Number 99-66001
Publication Date: September 1999
Price: $17.95
354 pages
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