Clinical Social Work / Helen Northen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Northen, Helen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical social work.

Social case work.

Social service.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1982]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Offers a theoretical orientation to a common method of practice for clinical social work that focuses on the functions of development, prevention, and therapy and on maximizing the availability of intrapersonal, interpersonal, and environmental resources for the benefit of clients. Explains the philosophical, scientific, and technical foundations of the emerging theory and traces the social work process through excerpts from records of work with different client systems in various settings.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

CHAPTER ONE. Perspectives on Social Work Practice

CHAPTER TWO. Values and Knowledge

CHAPTER THREE. Assessment in Social Work

CHAPTER FOUR. Social Treatment

CHAPTER FIVE. Planning Individualized Services

CHAPTER SIX. The Initial Phase

CHAPTER SEVEN. The Core Phase: System Maintenance and Development

CHAPTER EIGHT. The Core Phase: Achievement of Goals

CHAPTER NINE. Termination and Transition

CHAPTER TEN. Summary

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780231879880

0231879881

OCLC:

1100429379