Social Work Practice and Social Welfare Policy in the United States A History
Social Work Practice and Social Welfare Policy in the United States A History
- ISBN 13:
9780190607326
- ISBN 10:
0190607327
- Edition: 1st
- Format: Paperback
- Copyright: 02/23/2018
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary
This text also places social work practice in its institutional context. It is argued that social work has had a significant role in three social institutions: public assistance, mental health, and child welfare. With this in consideration, the author argues that social work has completely lost its place in public assistance; has achieved its major professional goal of becoming a fully licensed and privileged provider of mental health services, but is at risk of losing its dominance in this institution due to the emergence of competing mental health professions; and maintains dominance only in child welfare. He concludes that the profession needs to reengage with public assistance (TANF); develop strategies to regain dominance in mental health (expansion of the DSW as a practice degree is suggested); and continue to emphasize child welfare as a central professional concern.