Days in the Lives of Social Workers: 58 Professionals Tell "Real Life" Stories From Social Work Practice
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Days in the Lives of Social Workers: 58 Professionals Tell "Real Life" Stories From Social Work Practice
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Spend a day with social workers in 58 different settings, and learn about the many career paths available to you. 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 58 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 graduate student or undergraduate 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.
The 4th edition includes four new chapters, a new appendix on social media and mobile apps, and features a foreword by Elizabeth J. Clark, executive director of the National Association of Social Workers.
Table of Contents
About the Editor/Contributors Foreword Introduction to the 4th Edition Acknowledgments
PART 1--HEALTH CARE
Social Work in the ER
Social Work in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Remembering Why I Became a Social Worker: Lessons Learned on Internal Medicine
Social Work in an Infertility Clinic
Working with Pregnant Women in Public Health
Managing in Managed Care
Social Work in the Commissioned Corps
PART 2--HIV/AIDS
Private Practice With Urban Gay Men: With a Subspecialty in HIV/AIDS
A Very Special Nursing Home in the South Bronx
Pediatric HIV Research
PART 3--SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK
Elementary School Social Work
An Inner-City High School
Social Work in a Rural School District
PART 4--CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES
Urban Child Protective Services
A Neighborhood Youth Center
Play Therapy and Bullying
Working with Gay and Lesbian Youth
Child Welfare Ombudsman
Employee Assistance Programs
Social Work Goes to Summer Camp
PART 5--DISABILITIES
Developmental Disabilities
"Us" Becoming "Them"
PART 6--MENTAL HEALTH
Involuntary Admission: A New Worker's Introduction to the "603"
Partial Hospitalization
Social Work in a Clubhouse
Life as a Group Home Manager
Disaster Mental Health Services
PART 7--SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Dual Diagnosis: Substance Abuse and Mental Health in an Inpatient Setting
Social Work in the Alaskan Bush
Adventure-Based Practice
PART 8--PRIVATE PRACTICE
Private Practice and the Eclectic Social Worker
An Office to Call My Own: Private Practice in the Lesbian Community
PART 9--CRIMINAL JUSTICE: WORKING WITH OFFENDERS AND VICTIMS
Prison Substance Abuse Treatment
A Hard Day's Night: Working with Assaultive Men in Prison
Residential Treatment for Adolescent Sexual Offenders
Forensic Social Work: Mitigating Death Penalty Cases in a Capital Defense Unit
Victim Services
PART 10--OLDER ADULTS AND THE END OF LIFE
Social Work With Survivors of the Holocaust
Nursing Home Social Work
Senior Adult Coordinator
Hospice Social Work
Home Health Social Work
Geriatric Care Management: A Growing Profession
PART 11--MANAGEMENT
The Daily Life of NASW's Executive Director
Life as an Agency CEO
Association Management
PART 12--VETERANS AND THE MILITARY
Family Advocacy in the Military
Outreach to Homeless Veterans
PART 13--HIGHER AND CONTINUING EDUCATION
Life as a BSW Educator
A University Counseling Center
Providing Continuing Education to Social Workers
PART 14--INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL WORK
Consulting in Armenia
Working with Unaccompanied Minors in Britain
Working with Raskal Gangs in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea
Working with Russian Immigrants
PART 15--WORKING IN COMMUNITIES
Community Organizing for Social Change
A Day in the Life of a Policy Practitioner
Mucho Gusto en Conocerle (I'm Pleased to Meet You): Working with Migrant Farm Families
APP. A: Organizations of Interest to Social Workers APP. B:Â Additional Reading APP. C: Web Resources APP. D: Social Media, Blogs, and Apps, Oh My!
