Social Work in the Era of Devolution : : Toward a Just Practice / / Rosa Perez-Koenig, Barry Rock.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
• VerfasserIn: Perez-Koenig, Rosa,; Rock, Barry,
• MitwirkendeR: Berger, Roni,; Better, Shirley,; Boncher, Mary,; Brettschneider, Eric B.,; Brickman, Ellen,; Brownell, Patricia,; Chernesky, Roslyn H.,; Cohen, Carol S.,; Congress, Elaine P.,; Cosgrove, John,; Dickerson, Sonya,; Forgey, Mary Ann,; Greene, Mary Pender,; Gutheil, Irene A.,; Hill, Leah,; Hill, Robert H.,; Kaplan, Carol P.,; Lorenzo, Felix,; Mach, Marilynn,; Mendez, Manuel A.,; Moynihan, Ann,; Ordonez, Rosemary,; Perez-Koenig, Rosa,; Phillips, Michael H.,; Quaranta, Mary Ann,; Riccio, Natalie Z.,; Rock, Barry,; Schneiderman, Mel,; Sealy, Yvette M.,; Sean Foley, Sr. Mary,; Siegler, Eugenia L.,; Siskind, Alan B.,; Souza, Margaret,; Strand, Virginia,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2021]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (403 p.)

While economic indicators in recent years have shown an unprecedented level of prosperity, social indicators tell a different story: growing economic disparity, increasing numbers of Americans lacking health insurance, increased levels of poverty among our youngest and oldest citizens, and an anti-e...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• CONTENTS
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part I: The Policy Context: Social and Economic Justice in the Era of Devolution
• 1 Actualizing Social Justice Within the Client/Social Worker Relationship
• 2 Welfare Reform: Skills Game or Shill Game?
• 3 The Ramifications of Welfare Reform on Vulnerable Populations
• 4 A Society for all Ages: Older Adults and the Social Contract
• 5 Social Work Under Managed Care: Will We Survive, or Can We Prevail?
• Part II: Context Meets Practice: Public Issues/Private Troubles-Devolving Systems and Their Human and Practice Consequences
• Introduction
• 6 Testing a Therapeutic Model for Empowering Child Victims of Sexual Abuse
• 7 Bereavement Issues to Consider for Latino Children Whose Parents Die of AIDS
• 8 When Children Arrive Later: Helping the Separated and Reunited Immigrant Child
• 9 Immigration and Mental Health: Principles for Successful Social Work Practice
• 10 Palliative Care: Facilitating Decision Making About Death and Dying
• Part III: Call to Action: Strengthening Communities
• Introduction
• Special Preface to Part III-Getting It Together: Interagency Collaboration in an Era of Rationing in the Human Services
• 11 Bottom-Up Planning in a Top-Down World
• 12 The Professional Mandate for the Use of Strategic Collaborations by Lawyers and Social Workers in Child Maltreatment/Intimate Partner Violence Cases
• 13 The Impact of a Changing Funding Environment on Agencies
• 14 Sustaining Strong Communities in a World of Devolution: Empowerment-Based Social Services in Housing Settings
• 15 The Role of Social Work Ethics in Empowering Clients and Communities
• 16 Religious Congregations as Mediators of Devolution: A Study of Parish-Based Services
• 17 Spirituality as Empowerment in Social Work Practice
• 18 Social Work (International): Economics in the Service of Social Issues-Human Development and Solution-Focused Programs
• Index
• Contributing Authors