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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826027903321

Autore

Vosler Nancy R

Titolo

New approaches to family practice : confronting economic stress / / Nancy R. Vosler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Sage Publications, c1996

ISBN

9781322423449

132242344X

9781483327747

1483327744

9781452248790

1452248796

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 263 p.) : ill

Collana

Sage sourcebooks for the human services series ; ; 31

Disciplina

362.82/8

Soggetti

Families - Economic aspects

Family social work

Poor - Services for

Poverty

Social work with the unemployed

Work and family

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 (p. 227-245) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 - Introduction: Social Work Knowledge Building; Chapter 2 - Family Systems in Context: The Multilevel Social Systems Model; Chapter 3 - Family Systems in Context: Applications and Tools for Practice; Chapter 4 - Families and Work: Theory and Research; Chapter 5 - Families and Work: Applications and Tools for Practice; Chapter 6 - Families and Unemployment: Theory and Research; Chapter 7 - Families and Unemployment: Applications and Tools for Practice; Chapter 8 - Families and Poverty: Theory and Research

Chapter 9 - Families and Poverty: Applications and Tools for PracticeChapter 10 - Epilogue and Conclusions; Appendix: Ang Mo Kio Family Service Centres Research Forms; References; Index; About the



Author

Sommario/riassunto

To what extent do economic stresses - such as dual-earner parents, unemployment//underemployment and poverty in the family - affect a social worker's assessment of the families in their care?   Families, Work, and Poverty applies a wealth of current research driven by the family systems theoretical framework to social work practice with families in three specific areas: employed-work and family- work; unemployment; and poverty. The book presents chapters on the theory and research in these three target areas, each followed by a chapter on applications and tools for direct practice