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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778571503321

Autore

Rosenberg Jessica (Jessica Millet)

Titolo

Working in social work : the real world guide to practice settings / / Jessica Rosenberg ; foreword by Terry Mizrahi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2009

ISBN

1-135-88929-5

1-283-10285-4

9786613102850

1-135-88930-9

0-203-89343-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MizrahiTerry

Disciplina

361.3/20973

Soggetti

Social service - Vocational guidance - United States

Social workers - United States

Private practice social work - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Social work in addictions -- Social work with older adults -- Social work with child welfare -- Social work in criminal justice -- Domestic violence and social work -- Social work in health care -- Social work with housing and homelessness -- International social work -- Social work and mental illness -- Social work with the military -- Social work with palliative and end-of-life care -- Social work and private practice -- School social work.

Sommario/riassunto

This text provides graduate students going into the social work field with real world and practical information about what it is really like to work as a social worker. Each chapter presents a true picture of what to expect as a front-line social worker in the given practice setting.