Community practice : theories and skills for social workers
by
 
Hardcastle, David A.

Title
Community practice : theories and skills for social workers

Author
Hardcastle, David A.

ISBN
9780195141610

Personal Author
Hardcastle, David A.

Edition
2nd ed.

Publication Information
New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Physical Description
x, 463 p. 26 cm.

Contents
Ch. 1. Community Practice: An Introduction -- Pt. I. Understanding the Social Environment and Social Interaction -- Ch. 2. Theory-Based, Model-Based Community Practice -- Ch. 3. The Nature of Social and Community Problems -- Ch. 4. The Concept of Community in Social Work Practice -- Ch. 5. Community Intervention and Programs: Let's Extend the Clan -- Pt. II. Community Practice Skills for Social Workers: Using the Social Environment -- Ch. 6. Discovering and Documenting the Life of a Community -- Ch. 7. Using Assessment in Community Practice -- Ch. 8. Using Self in Community Practice: Assertiveness -- Ch. 9. Using Your Agency -- Ch. 10. Using Work Groups: Committees, Teams, and Boards -- Ch. 11. Using Networks and Networking -- Ch. 12. Using Social Marketing -- Ch. 13. Using the Advocacy Spectrum -- Ch. 14. Using Organizing: Acting in Concert -- Ch. 15. Community Social Casework.

Abstract
"Community Practice is a comprehensive resource for social workers and students eager to learn how to practice effectively in complex systems and diverse communities. In this completely revised edition of the definitive text in the field, the authors have thoroughly updated each chapter and added two entirely new chapters on community building and community organizing. New material on topics such as negotiation and mediation, community advocacy, participatory rural appraisal, the narrative approach to social change, community involvement, representative client boards, and the latest in grassroots endeavors makes this text as inspiring as it is practical."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term
Social service.
 
Social workers.

Added Author
Wenocur, Stanley, 1938-
 
Powers, Patricia R.


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