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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786264803321

Titolo

Delivering home-based services : a social work perspective / / edited by Susan F. Allen and Elizabeth M. Tracy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Columbia University Press, , [2009]

©2009

ISBN

0-231-52030-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (576 p.)

Disciplina

362.82/53

Soggetti

Home-based family services

Home care services

Social work with children

Social work with older people

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I. Introduction -- 1. Historical and Current Context / Allen, Susan F. / Tracy, Elizabeth M. -- 2. Ethical Issues and Guidelines / Strom-Gottttfrieied, Kimberly -- 3. Administrative Supports and Practices / Nelson, Kriststine / Cahn, Katatharine / Holliday, Mindy -- 4. Social Policy Context / Lewandowski, Cathleen A. / Briar-Lawson, Katharine -- Part II. Home-Based Services in Social Work Fields of Practice -- 5. Early Childhood Programs / Allen, Susan F. -- 6. School-Based Services / Franklin, Cynthia / Lagana-Riordan, Christine -- 7. Child Welfare / Lewandowswski, Cathleen A. / Briar-Lawswson, Katharine -- 8. Child Mental Health / Armstrong, Mary / Booththroyd, Roger / Evans, Mary E. / Kuppppinger, Anne -- 9. Criminal Justice / Ashford, José B. / Sternbach, Katatherine O. / Balaam, Maureen -- 10. Adult Mental Health / Sullivan, Patrick -- 11. Older Adult Services / Adams, Kathryn Betts -- 12. Hospice and End-of-Life Care / Csikai, Ellen -- Part III. Conclusion -- 13. Conclusions and Considerations for the Future / Tracy, Elizabeth M. / Allen, Susan F. -- Appendix: Organizations Associated with Home-Based Programs, Research, or Policies -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Service providers are increasingly called upon to serve clients at home,



a setting even a seasoned professional can find difficult to negotiate. From monitoring the health of older populations to managing paroled offenders, preventing child abuse, and reunifying families, home-based services require models that ensure positive outcomes and address the ethical dilemmas that might arise in such sensitive contexts.The contributors to this volume are national experts in diverse fields of social work practice, policy, and research. Treating the home as an ecological setting that guides human development and family interaction, they present rationales for and overviews of evidence-based models across an array of populations and fields of practice. Part 1 provides historical background and contemporary applications for home-based services, highlighting ethical, administrative, and supervision issues and summarizing the social policies that shape service delivery. Part 2 addresses home-based practice in such fields as child and adult mental health, school social work, and hospice care, detailing the particular population being treated, the policy and agency context, theories and empirical data, and practice guidelines. Part 3, the editors present a unifying framework and suggest future directions for home-based social work.