Days in the Lives of Social Workers: 62 Professionals Tell "Real-Life" Stories From Social Work Practice (5th Edition)
Edited by Linda May Grobman, MSW, ACSW, LSW, Publisher/Editor of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER
$24.95 + shipping
9 new chapters and new Foreword by Kathryn Conley Wehrmann, President, NASW
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? DAYS IN THE LIVES OF SOCIAL WORKERS allows you to take a firsthand, close-up look at the real-life days of 62 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.
NEW IN THE 5TH EDITION:
- Foreword by Kathryn Conley Wehrmann, President, National Association of Social Workers
- Updates throughout, as well as new chapters on police social work, library social work, suicide prevention/intervention, anti-trafficking, social work and the opioid crisis, legislative social work, adoption social work, social work education, and arts-based social work.
From the Foreword:
The more I thought about the book and what it contributes, I realized that it paints a “word picture” of what social work is as a profession. This is not an easy thing to do, given how multifaceted social work is and given the many settings in which it is practiced. This book presents the mosaic that is social work—a mosaic of multiple “tiles” held together with the core values of service, social justice, dignity and worth of the person, the importance of human relationships, integrity, and competence, all applied “within the context and the complexity of the human experience,” as stated in the NASW Code of Ethics.
Kathryn Conley Wehrmann, Ph.D., LCSW, President, NASW
From the Introduction:
My hope is that you will use this book as a starting point—an introduction to the variety of roles social workers play every day. Use it as you would the opportunity to literally follow and observe 62 different social workers for a day. Soak up as much as you can from each experience, decide what you would like to explore further, and then take it from there!
Linda May Grobman, MSW, LSW, ACSW
Table of Contents (4th Edition)
About the Editor/Contributors 9
Foreword 17
Acknowledgments 21
Introduction to the 5th Edition 23
Prologue: The Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How
of Social Work 27
PART 1—HEALTH CARE
Chapter 1—Social Work in the ER 33
Chapter 2—Technology in Social Work: Moderating Online
Support Groups for Cancer Patients 42
Chapter 3—Social Work in the Neonatal Intensive
Care Unit 48 Chapter 4—Social Work in an Infertility Clinic 55
Chapter 5—Working with Pregnant Women in
Public Health 61
Chapter 6—Managing in Managed Care 65
Chapter 7—Social Work in the Commissioned Corps 71
Chapter 8—Private Practice With Urban Gay Men:
With a Subspecialty in HIV/AIDS 77
PART 2—SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK
Chapter 9—Elementary School Social Work 87
Chapter 10—An Inner-City High School 92
Chapter 11—Social Work in a Rural School District 98
PART 3—CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES
Chapter 12—Urban Child Protective Services 105
Chapter 13—Social Workercise and the Adoption
Social Worker 109
Chapter 14—Child Welfare Ombudsman 115
Chapter 15—A Neighborhood Youth Center 120
Chapter 16—Play Therapy and Bullying 129
Chapter 17—Social Work and the Arts: A Theatre-Based
Prevention/Intervention Program 134
Chapter 18—Working with Gay and Lesbian Youth 140
Chapter 19—Employee Assistance Programs 148
Chapter 20—Social Work Goes to Summer Camp 154
PART 4—MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
Chapter 21—Involuntary Admission: A New Worker’s
Introduction to the “603” 161
Chapter 22—A Day in My Life as a Suicide Interventionist 168
Chapter 23—Partial Hospitalization 173
Chapter 24—Life as a Group Home Manager 180
Chapter 25—Disaster Mental Health Services 185
Chapter 26—Developmental Disabilities in Families 191
PART 5—SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS
Chapter 27—Hope Dealer: Social Work and the
Opioid Crisis 201
Chapter 28—Dual Diagnosis: Substance Use Disorders
and Mental Health in an Inpatient Setting 207
Chapter 29—Adventure-Based Practice 213
Chapter 30—A Very Special Nursing Home in the
South Bronx 219
PART 6—PRIVATE PRACTICE
Chapter 31—Private Practice and the Eclectic Social Worker 229
Chapter 32—An Office to Call My Own: Private Practice in
the Lesbian Community 235
PART 7—CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Chapter 33—Social Work in a Police Department 241
Chapter 34—Social Work as a First Responder in an
Anti-Trafficking Program 252
Chapter 35—A Hard Day’s Night: Working with Assaultive
Men in Prison 258
Chapter 36—Residential Treatment for Adolescent
Sexual Offenders 263
Chapter 37—Forensic Social Work: Mitigating Death Penalty
Cases in a Capital Defense Unit 268
Chapter 38—Victim Services 273
PART 8—OLDER ADULTS
Chapter 39—Social Work With Survivors of the Holocaust 281
Chapter 40—Nursing Home Social Work 288
Chapter 41—Senior Adult Coordinator 294
Chapter 42—Home Health Social Work 298
Chapter 43—Geriatric Care Management:
A Growing Profession 303
PART 9—END OF LIFE AND LOSS
Chapter 44—Hospice Social Work 309
Chapter 45—Pet Loss Support Group 315
PART 10—MANAGEMENT
Chapter 46—The Daily Life of a National Association
Executive 323
Chapter 47—Life as an Agency CEO 329
Chapter 48—Transferring Micro Experience to Macro
Practice: Working at the Child Welfare League of America 334
PART 11—VETERANS AND THE MILITARY
Chapter 49—Family Advocacy in the Military 343
Chapter 50—Employment Outreach With America’s Heroes 348
PART 12—HIGHER AND CONTINUING EDUCATION
Chapter 51—A Social Work Educator’s Day 355
Chapter 52—A University Counseling Center 361
Chapter 53—Providing Continuing Education to Social Workers 368
PART 13—INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL WORK
Chapter 54—Consulting in Armenia 377
Chapter 55—Working with Unaccompanied Minors in Britain 383
Chapter 56—Working with Raskal Gangs in the Highlands
of Papua New Guinea 389
Chapter 57—Working with Russian Immigrants 394
PART 14—POLICY PRACTICE
Chapter 58—Policy Practice in a Legislative Office 401
Chapter 59—A Day in the Life of a Policy Practitioner 405
PART 15—WORKING IN COMMUNITIES
Chapter 60—Social Work in the Public Library 411
Chapter 61—Community Organizing for Social Change 416
Chapter 62—Epilogue: I Am Still a Social Worker 421
APPENDIX A: Organizations of Interest to Social Workers 426
APPENDIX B: Web Resources 433
APPENDIX C: Useful Government Websites 439
APPENDIX D: Social Media, Blogs, and Podcasts, Oh My! 447
ISBN: 978-1-929109-84-5
Publication Date: May 2019
Price: $24.95 plus shipping
452 pages
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