Community and Human Services: Concepts for Practice

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-0-19-030291-7
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 376 Seiten, Format (B × H): 188 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 726 g

Community and Human Services: Concepts for Practice offers an introduction to the key concepts, theories and perspectives of community and human services in Australia. Written for students of human services and social work, it outlines the more challenging and emerging fields of practice and highlights the real-life situations they may encounter with clients when working in their chosen profession. The text includes a brief history of the industry to provide a background to understanding the evolution of social policy, legislation and human service organisations.

Throughout the text 'Implications for Practice' activities encourage students to give importance to self-reflective practice and self-care. Practice-relevant case examples further demonstrate the work-ready skills that students will find essential in order to prepare themselves for effective and beneficial work in the human services sector.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Crinall, Karen

Berends, Lynda

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Pädagogische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Schulleitung, Schulentwicklung Konflikte, Gewalt, Mobbing: Prävention und Bewältigung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Foreword

- Preface

- Acknowledgements

- Abbreviations

- Section 1: Concepts and Contexts

- 1. Choice, Challenge and Change

- 2. Community and Human Services: Past and Present

- 3. Clients and Workers

- Section 2: Identities and Relationships

- 4. Key Actors and Stakeholders

- 5. Self and Others

- 6. Families and Communities

- Section 3: Practices and Settings

- 7. Engaging and changing

- 8. Organisations and Locations

- 9. Fields of Practice

- Section 4: Knowledge, Culture and Action

- 10. Cultures and Beliefs

- 11. Exploring, Explaining and Knowing

- 12. Acting and Responding

- 13. Concepts in Practice

Über Autor(innen)

Karen Crinall is Associate Dean of Research in the School of Education and Arts, Federation University.

Lynda Berends is Director, TRACE Research, Visiting Fellow of the University of New South Wales and President of the Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs.