Social Work in the 21st Century ; An Introduction to Social Welfare, Social Issues, and the Profession

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9781412913164
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1412913160
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Copyright: 08/14/2006
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
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Using an accessible writing style, author Morley D. Glicken introduces readers to the noble and exciting profession of Social Work with the hope to motivate student interest in BSW and MSW Programs. This engaging text addresses a number of social issues in America, looks at how the social welfare system attempts to resolve these issues, and considers the many roles assumed by professional social workers within the social welfare system.

Preface	p. xv
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Social Problems, the Social Welfare System, and the Role of Professional Social Work	p. 1
An Introduction to Social Problems, Social Welfare Organizations, and the Profession of Social Work	p. 3
My Political Philosophy	p. 8
What Is Social Work?	p. 10
Core Social Work Values	p. 11
What Social Workers Do	p. 12
The Following Chapters	p. 14
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference	p. 15
Summary	p. 16
A Brief History of Social Work: From the Poor Laws to the Conservative Revolution	p. 17
The English Poor Laws: Regulating the Poor	p. 17
The American Experience	p. 20
The Origins of Modern Social Work	p. 21
The Great Depression and the New Deal	p. 23
World War II and the Rise of Social Work Education	p. 25
The "War on Poverty" and the "Great Society"	p. 25
The 1970s	p. 26
The Conservative Reaction: 1975 to the Present	p. 27
The Clinton Years	p. 27
Remaining Social Problems	p. 28
Some Important Dates in Social Work and Social Welfare	p. 28
Summary	p. 31
Internet Sources	p. 31
The Social Work Process	p. 33
Collecting Information About the Client: Assessment	p. 33
An Outline of a Psychosocial Assessment	p. 34
Brief Description of the Client and the Problem	p. 34
Historical Issues	p. 34
Diagnostic Statement	p. 35
The Treatment Plan	p. 35
Contract	p. 36
Helping Relationships	p. 39
Defining the Client-Worker Relationship	p. 39
Responding to Clients With Warmth, Genuineness, and Empathy	p. 40
Evaluation of a Social Worker's Effectiveness	p. 42
Evaluating a Client's Level of Improvement	p. 44
Why Clients Get Better	p. 46
Summary	p. 46
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference	p. 47
Internet Sources	p. 47
Professional Social Work Practice: The Sophisticated Generalist	p. 49
The Social Work Generalist	p. 49
The Social Work Specialist	p. 51
Five Approaches to Helping People Often Used in Social Work	p. 52
The Strengths Perspective	p. 52
Evidence-Based Practice	p. 54
The Psychodynamic Approach	p. 57
The Cognitive Approach	p. 57
Solution-Focused Therapy	p. 58
Assuring Clients of Effective Social Work Practice	p. 60
State Licensure	p. 60
Accreditation	p. 60
The Use of Supervision	p. 61
Summary	p. 64
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference	p. 64
Internet Sources	p. 65
Professional Social Workers Respond to Social Problems in Related Work Settings	p. 67
The Economically and Socially Disadvantaged: Professional Social Work in the Public and Private Social Welfare Systems	p. 69
Who Is Poor in America?	p. 70
The Culture of Poverty	p. 71
The Economic Safety Net	p. 73
Highlights of TANF	p. 73
Homelessness	p. 75
Why Don't We Outlaw Poverty?	p. 79
What Social Workers Do to Help Clients Move out of Poverty	p. 80
Summary	p. 83
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference	p. 83
Internet Source	p. 83
Children in Difficulty: The Child Welfare System and Professional Social Work With Abused, Neglected, and Emotionally Troubled Children and Their Families	p. 85
The Serious Problems of Child Abuse and Neglect	p. 85
Reports of Child Abuse and Neglect	p. 85
Fatalities	p. 86
Perpetrators	p. 86
Services	p. 87
Types of Violence to Children	p. 87
Runaways as a Result of Abuse	p. 87
Legal Definitions of Abuse and Neglect	p. 88
The Impact of Child Physical Abuse and Neglect	p. 89
General Indicators	p. 89
Child Sexual Abuse	p. 90
Behavioral Indicators of Sexual Abuse	p. 91
Problems Related to Sexual Abuse in Adolescents	p. 92
Incest and Intrafamilial Abuse	p. 93
Repressed Memory Syndrome	p. 93
The Organizations That Provide Services for Child Abuse	p. 96
The Role of Social Work in Treating and Preventing Child Abuse	p. 97
Social Work Intervention With Child Molestation	p. 100
Summary	p. 102
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference	p. 102
Internet Sources	p. 103
The Education System in America and the Role of School Social Workers	p. 105
The Reasons for Increased School Violence	p. 109
The Relationship Between Family Problems and School Acting Out	p. 109
What Social Workers Do in Schools	p. 111
Reforming Public Education	p. 113
Summary	p. 119
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference	p. 119
Internet Sources	p. 120
Troubled Families: The Social Welfare Safety Net and Professional Social Work With Families Experiencing Financial, Emotional, and Social Difficulties	p. 121
The Changing American Family	p. 122
Healthy Families	p. 124
Family Poverty Data	p. 126
Health Care Data	p. 126
Special Programs to Help Families	p. 127
How Social Workers Help Families	p. 128
Family Resilience	p. 131
Summary	p. 135
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference	p. 135
Internet Sources	p. 136
Problems in the Workplace: Work-Related Helping Organizations and the Role of Industrial Social Work	p. 137
Work-Related Stress	p. 139
Unemployment	p. 140
Understanding the Unemployment Compensation Law	p. 140
Underemployment	p. 141
Workplace Violence	p. 141
How Workplace Violence Progresses	p. 142
Social Work Interventions: Employee Assistance Programs and Other Forms of Organizational Assistance	p. 145
Ombudsmen	p. 148
Facilitation	p. 148
Mediation	p. 148
Interest-Based Problem Solving	p. 148
Peer Review	p. 149
Employee Training	p. 149
Supervisory Training	p. 149
Security Measures	p. 150
Pre-Employment Screening	p. 150
Summary	p. 153
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference	p. 153
Internet Sources	p. 154
Problems of Youth Crime and Violence: The Legal System and the Role of Forensic Social Work	p. 157
Early and Late Starters of Violence	p. 159
Gang Violence	p. 160
The Relationship Between Child Abuse and Violence	p. 163
Are Childhood Bullies Likely to Be Violent Adolescents and Adults?	p. 163
Cruelty to Animals Predicts Future Violence	p. 164
Fire Setting and Early Violence	p. 164
Does Violence on Television and in Movies Lead to Violence in Real Life?	p. 165
Getting Tough on Violent Youth Crime	p. 166
Treating Youth Violence	p. 167
Helping Organizations Dealing With Youth Violence and Crime	p. 168
How Social Workers Help Violent Youth	p. 171
Summary	p. 175
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference	p. 175
Internet Sources	p. 176
The Graying of America: Helping Organizations With Older Adults and the Role of Social Workers in Gerontology	p. 177
Common Emotional Problems Experienced by Older Adults	p. 178
Social Programs to Help Older Adults	p. 180
Social Security	p. 180
Medicare	p. 180
Elder Abuse Programs	p. 180
Senior Centers	p. 181
Meals on Wheels	p. 181
Assisted and Low-Income Living	p. 182
Nursing Homes	p. 182
How Social Workers Help Older Adults	p. 182
Social Work Intervention With Problems of Older Life Anxiety and Depression	p. 184
Anxiety in Older Adults	p. 184
Physical Causes of Anxiety	p. 185
Emotional Causes of Anxiety	p. 185
Depression in Older Adults	p. 185
Summary	p. 193
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference	p. 194
Internet Sources	p. 195
Serious Emotional Problems and Mental Illness: Helping Organizations and the Role of Clinical Social Work	p. 197
Definitions of Emotional Problems and Mental Illness	p. 197
Mental Illness	p. 197
Mood Disorders	p. 198
The Extent of Serious Emotional Problems	p. 198
The Impact of Serious Emotional Problems	p. 200
The Mental Movement in the United States	p. 200
Deinstitutionalization	p. 203
Treating Mood Disorders and Mental Illness	p. 204
Treatment Effectiveness	p. 204
Case Management	p. 205
Self-Help Groups	p. 206
Is Mental Illness a Lifetime Condition?	p. 206
The Consumer-Survivor Recovery Movement	p. 207
The Organizations That Help People With Emotional Problems and Mental Illness	p. 208
How Social Workers Help	p. 211
Summary	p. 215
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference	p. 215
Internet Sources	p. 216
Health Problems, Disabilities, Death and Dying, and Access to Care: The Many Roles of Medical Social Workers	p. 217
Race and Health Care: Unequal and Troubling	p. 218
Gender Differences in Health	p. 221
The Reasons for Male Health Problems	p. 223
HIV/AIDS	p. 224
Social Work and AIDS	p. 226
Disabilities	p. 226
The Americans with Disabilities Act	p. 227
Medicare and Medicaid	p. 228
The Role of Medical and Rehabilitation Social Workers	p. 230
A Personal Story About Rehabilitation Social Work	p. 230
Death and Dying	p. 232
Terminal Illness	p. 232
Bereavement	p. 233
Summary	p. 236
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference	p. 237
Internet Sources	p. 237
A Society With Serious Substance Abuse Problems: The Helping Organizations and the Role of Social Workers in Treating and Preventing Alcohol and Drug Abuse	p. 239
Prevalence of Substance Abuse in America	p. 240
Alcohol Use	p. 240
Illicit Drug Use	p. 240
How Do We Know if Someone Is Abusing Substances?	p. 242
Tests to Determine the Extent of a Substance Abuse Problem	p. 243
Older Adults Don't Get Needed Help	p. 244
Female Substance Abusers	p. 244
Adolescent Substance Abuse	p. 245
Medical Problems Resulting From Substance Abuse	p. 245
Helping People With Substance Abuse Problems	p. 246
How Effective Are We in Treating Substance Abuse?	p. 247
Self-Help Groups	p. 247
Short-Term Treatment	p. 248
Longer-Term Treatment	p. 249
Treatment Strategies	p. 250
Natural Recovery (Recovery Without Professional Help)	p. 251
The Organizations That Provide Assistance to Substance Abusers	p. 252
The Role of Social Work in Treating Substance Abuse	p. 253
Summary	p. 257
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference	p. 257
Internet Sources	p. 258
International Issues and the Roles of Social Work	p. 259
Immigration: Xenophobia, the Organizations Helping New Immigrants, and Social Work's Role in Smoothing Transitions to the United States	p. 261
The Cost to Taxpayers of Illegal Immigration	p. 262
The Helping Organizations Assisting Immigrants	p. 263
Social Work's Role in Immigration	p. 264
Culturally Sensitive Social Work Practice With Two Immigrant Groups	p. 264
Culturally Sensitive Social Work With Latino Clients	p. 265
Culturally Sensitive Social Work With Asian Clients	p. 270
Summary	p. 278
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference	p. 278
Internet Sources	p. 279
Natural Disasters, Terrorism, and Random Violence: Helping Organizations and the Role of Social Work in Treating Victims	p. 281
What Is PTSD?	p. 282
Description of PTSD	p. 282
Who Develops PTSD?	p. 283
How Prevalent Is PTSD?	p. 284
Resilience: The Ability to Cope With Traumas	p. 285
The Impact of Natural Disasters	p. 286
The Impact of Recent Acts of Terrorism in America	p. 288
Helping Interventions With PTSD	p. 291
Exposure Therapy	p. 291
Debriefing	p. 292
The Organizations That Help Victims of Violence	p. 293
What Social Workers Do to Help Victims of Traumas	p. 293
Recovering From PTSD	p. 294
Summary	p. 296
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference	p. 296
Internet Sources	p. 297
International Social Problems: The Helping Organizations and the Roles of International Social Workers	p. 299
International Social Work	p. 299
International Social Problems Affecting the United States	p. 301
The International Sex Trade	p. 301
Food and Hunger: Definitions and Data	p. 301
Genocide	p. 304
World Poverty	p. 307
Worldwide HIV/AIDS Epidemic	p. 307
Summary	p. 310
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference	p. 310
Internet Sources	p. 311
Some International Social Welfare Organizations	p. 311
Medical, Social, and Emotional Problems in the Military: The Veterans Administration and Military Social Work	p. 315
The War on Terror and the Role of Social Work in the Military	p. 315
Social Workers in the Military	p. 316
Specific Functions of Military Social Work	p. 317
Ethical Dilemmas in Military Social Work	p. 318
The Veterans Administration (VA)	p. 319
Summary	p. 323
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference	p. 323
Internet Sources	p. 324
Key Elements in Combating Social Problems and Achieving Social Justice	p. 325
The Problems Faced by Diverse Populations: The Helping Organizations and Culturally Sensitive Social Work Practice	p. 327
Discrimination	p. 328
Hate Crimes Against Racial, Religious, Gender, and Ethnic Groups	p. 329
Laws Governing Discrimination	p. 330
Have Antidiscrimination Laws Worked?	p. 331
Ethnically Sensitive Social Work Practice	p. 332
Ethnically Sensitive Practice With African American Clients	p. 333
Racial Profiling	p. 333
Ethnically Sensitive Practice Guidelines With African American Clients	p. 334
Summary	p. 341
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference	p. 341
Internet Sources	p. 341
The Role of Social Work and Social Welfare Organizations in Developing Healthy Community Life	p. 343
Healthy Community Life	p. 344
What Happens When Communities Are Unhealthy?	p. 347
Air Pollution	p. 347
Traffic Congestion	p. 348
Violence	p. 349
The Tools of Community Change	p. 350
Advocacy	p. 350
Community Organization	p. 350
A Dialogue: Individuals or Larger Issues? Where Should We Put Our Energies?	p. 353
Summary	p. 357
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference	p. 357
Internet Sources	p. 357
The Impact of Religion and Spirituality on the Social and Emotional Lives of Americans: Religiously Affiliated Social Service Institutions and the Role of Social Work	p. 359
Definitions of Spirituality and Religious Involvement	p. 360
Does Spirituality and Religious Involvement Have a Positive Impact on Physical and Mental Health?	p. 361
Some Reasons Why Spirituality and Religious Involvement May Improve Physical and Mental Health	p. 364
Controlling Health-Related Risks	p. 364
Social Support	p. 365
Life Meaning or the Coherence Hypothesis	p. 365
Should Issues of Religion and Spirituality Be Included in the Work Done by Social Workers?	p. 366
Religious Social Service Organizations and the Role of Social Work	p. 367
Some Randomly Chosen Mission Statements From Religiously Sponsored Social Service Agencies	p. 367
Jewish Family Service	p. 367
Catholic Charities	p. 368
The Salvation Army	p. 368
Some Opposing Views	p. 370
Summary	p. 373
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference	p. 374
Internet Sources	p. 374
Achieving Social Justice Through Organizational Change	p. 375
What Is Social Justice?	p. 377
Social Work and Organizational Change to Achieve Social Justice	p. 382
Criticism of Social Service Management	p. 383
Successful Organizations	p. 387
Summary	p. 392
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference	p. 393
Internet Sources	p. 393
Potential Social Problems in the 21st Century and the Future Directions for Social Welfare and Social Work	p. 395
Problems of the 21st Century	p. 395
Social Isolation	p. 396
A Loss of Civil Liberties	p. 397
A Declining Middle Class and Increasing Numbers of People in Poverty	p. 398
Two Americas	p. 399
Problems Facing Social Work and Social Welfare Institutions	p. 403
Serious Unattended to Practice Issues	p. 403
The Future of Social Work and Social Welfare	p. 404
Summary	p. 407
Questions to Determine Your Frame of Reference	p. 407
Internet Sources	p. 408
Code of Ethics of the National Association of Social Workers	p. 409
References	p. 431
Additional Recommended Readings	p. 463
Index	p. 481
About the Author	p. 493
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