Social Work and Social Welfare: An Introduction, 1st edition
Published by Pearson (September 24, 2010) © 2011
- Jerry D. Marx
- C Anne A Broussard
- Fleur A. Hopper
- David Worster
- Hardcover, paperback or looseleaf edition
- Affordable rental option for select titles
- Includes the election of Barack Obama as U.S. President and his major first term social welfare legislation.
- Presents the latest information on the U.S. health care system including details of the 2010 Health Care Reform legislation.
- Addresses the increased emphasis in social work on collaboration, interprofessional, and interdisciplinary practice.
- “Social Work Stories,” “Case Studies,” “Did You Know," and “Focus on Values and Ethics” boxed inserts bring the text to life for students.
- Provides opportunities for students to practice core competencies through practice and research inserts such as “Demonstrating Knowledge, Values, and Skills” and “Research-informed Practice.”
- An Instructor’s Manual and Test Bank and PowerPoint Slides are available with the text.
Contents
Preface
1. Social Work as a Profession
A Profession Defined
Would you enjoy a career in Social Work?
Social Work Defined
Core Competency: Human Rights and Justice
Social Work in Relation to Social Welfare
Possible Careers in Social Work
Social Work with Individuals
Social Work with Families
Social Work with Groups
Social Work with Communities
Social Workers in Administration
Social Workers in Policy Practice
Core Competency: Policy Practice
Social Workers in Research
Social Work in Relation to Other Professions
Social Work: A Values-based Profession
Values
Core Competency: Professional Identity
Ethics
Competence in Relation to Diversity and Individual Dignity
Core Competency: Diversity in Practice
Social Justice and Human Rights
Strengths and Empowerment
Baccalaureate Social Work Education
The Future of Social Work
Chapter Summary
PRACTICE TEST
MySocialWorkLab
2. Theoretical and Conceptual Models of Social Work
The Complexity of Social Work Theory and Practice
Human Behavior and the Social Environment
Multidimensional View: The Biopsychosocial Model of HBSE
Biological Domain
Psychological Domain
Core Competency: Human Behavior
Social Domain
Core Competency: Diversity in Practice
Expanding Our Perspective: The Spiritual and Physical Domains
Core Competency: Practice Contexts
Systems Theory and Social Work Practice
The Strengths Perspective in Social Work Practice
Chapter Summary
Practice Test
MySocialWorkLab
3. Basic Concepts in Social Welfare
Social Welfare: A Conceptualization
Core Competency: Human rights and Justice
Ideological Input
Economic Institutions
Core Competency: Practice Contexts
Political Institutions
Core Competency: Policy Practice
Social Institutions
Outcome: Societal Well-Being
Core Competency: Critical Thinking
Chapter Summary
Practice Test
MySocialWorkLab
4. Generalist Social Work Practice
Roles and Functions of Social Work
Core Competency: Diversity in Practice
The Nature of Helping Relationships
Core Competency: Professional Identity
Diversity and Cultural Competency
Core Competency: Ethical Practice
Engagement
Data Collection and Assessment
Core Competency: Research Based Practice
Family Assessments
Group Assessments
Organization and Community Assessment
Planning and Contracting
Intervention in Generalist Social Work
Generalist Social Work with Individuals
Generalist Social Work with Families
Generalist Social Work with Groups
Generalist Social Work with Organizations and Communities
Termination
Chapter Summary
Practice Test
MySocialWorkLab
5. Social Work and Social Justice: Diversity, Difference, and Oppression
Chapter Outline
Human Difference and Diversity
Core Competency: Critical Thinking
Diverse Peoples of the United States
Major Social Groups in the United States
Core Competency: Diversity in Practice
Core Competency: Human Rights and Justice
Organizing Principals of Diversity and Difference in Society
Social Groups
Inequality: Discrimination and Prejudice
Inequality: Domination and Subordination
Identity
Core Competency: Practice Contexts
Oppression, Power and Privilege
The Lived Experience of Oppression: “The isms”
Racism
Ethnocentrism
Xenophobia
Classism
Sexism
Homophobia and Heterosexism
Ableism
Social Work and Social Justice
Empowering Practices: Social Justice in Action
Practice Focus: Strengths-Based Practice
Chapter Summary
Practice Test
MySocialWorkLab
6: History of Social Work and Social Welfare
The Beginnings of a U.S. Social Welfare System
Caring for the Poor: Poverty and the Workhouse
The Central Role of Organized Religion and The First Amendment
The Influence of American philanthropy
Industrialization of America
The Poor Laborer
The Antipauper Movement
The Growth of Private Nonprofit Agencies for the Poor
The Development of Charity Organization Societies
Core Competency: Professional Identity
The Progressive Era
Core Competency: Human Behavior
The Social Advocacy of Women and the Settlement Houses
Business Charitable Contributions: The Growth of Community Chests and Service Clubs
The Great Depression and Creation of a National Social Welfare System
The Great Depression
The New Deal
The Role of Social Work in the New Deal
Successes and Failures of the New Deal
Core Competency: Ethical Practice
Lyndon B. Johnson and the Great Society
The Great Society
Nixon and the Federal Social Welfare Partnership
The Women’s Movement
Impact of the Civil Rights and Women’s Movements on Professional Social Work
Core Competency: Insert Margin Note 6.4
Reagan and New Federalism
The First President Bush: George H.W. Bush
Bill Clinton and Welfare Reform
Developments in Social Work
Social Welfare Developments: 2000-Present
Chapter Summary
Practice Test
MySocialWorkLab
7: Poverty and Social Welfare
Introduction to Poverty
Definition and Causes of Poverty
Defining and Measuring Poverty
Federal Poverty Thresholds and Guidelines
Current Federal Poverty Thresholds: Problems and Alternatives
Core Competency: Social Policy
Who are the Poor?
Demographic Trends in Poverty
Causes of Poverty
Economic System Factors: Work, Income, and the Labor Market
Education and “Human Capital”
Oppression and Discrimination
Core Competency: Human Rights
The Impact of Changing Family Structures
Core Competency: Critical Thinking
The “Culture of Poverty”
Publicly Funded Services to the Poor
Social Insurance Programs
Unemployment Insurance
Workers’ Compensation
Public Assistance Programs
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)
Core Competency: Practice Contexts
Supplemental Security Income
General Assistance
Current Issues in Public Assistance: A Critical Analysis of Welfare Reform
Food and Shelter Programs
Food Stamps
The Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
Public Housing and Section 8 Housing Assistance Contributions of Business and the Private Nonprofit Sector to Housing
Current Shelter Issues: The Homeless
Other Publicly Funded Programs in American Social Welfare
Chapter Summary
Practice Test
MySocialWorkLab
8: Health, Healthcare and Medical Social Work
Social Workers in the Healthcare Profession
Major Health Problems
Heart Disease
Cancer
Obesity
Asthma
Jerry Marx, PhD, MSW, is a tenured, Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work at the University of New Hampshire, where he teaches in the undergraduate and graduate programs. In 2003, he received the Teaching Excellence Award from the U.N.H. College of Health and Human Services. Jerry's research interests are community and administrative practice. His articles have appeared in Social Work, Administration In Social Work, the Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Nonprofit Management & Leadership, and the Journal of Technology in Human Services. His scholarship resulted in a college research award in 1999 and an invitation to the first White House Conference on Philanthropy in 1999. His first book is Social Welfare: The American Partnership, published with Allyn & Bacon.
Jerry serves on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Community Practice, Journal of Evidence-based Practice, Social Work in Public Health and as a Reviewer for the Nonprofit & Voluntary Sector Quarterly.
Jerry received his Ph.D. from Boston College in 1994 and his MSW from Boston College in 1984. Before earning his Ph.D., he served as Executive Director of a private nonprofit human service agency in Portland, Maine for eight years.
Fleur A. Hopper, MSW, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the State of Maine. She earned her Bachelor’s of Arts in Women’s Studies from Colby College and her Master’s of Social Work from the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work. Fleur has worked with children, adolescents, young adults and families in a variety of clinical social work settings, including residential treatment, public schools, college counseling and private practice. She has also worked in macro social work settings including nonprofit organizations and state government.
David Worster earned a Bachelor of Science in Education degree from Keene (NH) State College in 1973 and a Master of Social Work degree from University of Connecticut in 1983. Following graduation, David worked as a Senior Psychiatric Social Worker with developmentally disabled adults and was Director of Staff Development for NH Hospital. Since 1989, David has been the Director of Concord (NH) Hospital’s EAP. David is a member of the Academy of Clinical Social Workers (ACSW), a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in New Hampshire and South Carolina and a Certified Employee Assistance Professional (CEAP).
David has served as an Adjunct Instructor for the UNH Department of Social Work since 1987 developing a specialty in teaching introductory social work classes. He was awarded a President’s Steward Award for teaching excellence in 2007. Among his contributions to the literature have been articles on rural social work, diversity in the workplace, down-sizing and the rising cost of healthcare.
David has served in numerous leadership roles with NH Chapter – NASW over the years. He was elected to the Board of Directors of the International Employee Assistance Professionals Association (EAPA) in 1998 and is currently serving as that Association’s President.
Anne Broussard, Ph.D., MSW, is associate professor and department chair-elect of Social Work at the University of New Hampshire. She is the Principal Investigator for the Title IV-E Child Welfare Educational Partnership between the New Hampshire Department of Children, Youth and Families and the University. Dr. Broussard has chaired the Sociology and Social Welfare Division for the Society for the Study of Social Problems and currently serves on the editorial boards of The Journal of Poverty, The Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics and the Marriage and Family Review. Her research, which focuses on structural inequities in schools and in the health care system that put some families and children at risk, has appeared in a number of scholarly journals including Children and Schools, Equity and Excellence in Education, Health and Social Work, Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, and Social Work in Health Care. In 2008, she published Families in Diverse Contexts (New York: Routledge) with Alfred Joseph. Dr. Broussard earned her BA degree from the University of Texas and her MSW from Louisiana State University. She completed her Ph.D. in Sociology at Washington State University in 1986.
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