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OverviewIn an era of diminishing resources, communities that have historically been served by professionals in established social service settings can no longer rely on outside resources and assistance to meet their needs. Social Work Practice in Nontraditional Urban Settings focuses on the importance of developing models that are specific to urban areas, models which help facilitate and promote conversation and advice and reduce the stigma for those seeking assistance. Delgado suggests that communities can best be served through their own, already-established recreational, social, and cultural centers. He shows professional social workers how they can use these nontraditional settings -- beauty shops, bars, and grocery stores -- to reach out to the communities they are trying to help. This allows social work service to be based on the community's own strengths, while developing the community's capacity to help itself with assistance from professionals. These institutions play influential and very active roles in providing assistance to community residents in need, offering social workers the unique opportunity to identify, engage, and plan services with communities. Often these centers are staffed by people that have a similar ethnic, socio-economic, and racial background to the rest of the community, thereby maximizing their psychological, geographical, and cultural accessibility to the community. Delgado offers a dramatic paradigm shift for social workers, showing that service delivery can take place in any setting, formal or informal. He integrates a multicultural perspective which highlights and identifies a variety of innovative methods, stressing that there is no one way of providing assistance to a community in need. Social Work Practice in Nontraditional Urban Settings is ideal for graduate courses in social work as well as for any course in human behavior and the social environment. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Melvin Delgado (Professor of Social Work, Professor of Social Work, Boston University, USA)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 23.10cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 15.20cm Weight: 0.397kg ISBN: 9780195112481ISBN 10: 0195112482 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 11 March 1999 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsSECTION 1. Setting the Context for Social Work Practice with Urban Non-Traditional Settings 1.: Introduction 2.: Urban Communities 3.: Caring and Helping 4.: Principles and Strategies SECTION II. Non-Traditional Settings (Conceptual Foundation and Application) 5.: Non-Traditional Settings (Conceptual, Dimensional, and Services) 6.: Non-Traditional Settings (Literature and Case Illustrations) 7.: Framework for Practice SECTION III. Application of Framework to Cases 8.: Identification and Assessment 9.: Mapping 10.: Engagement of Non-Traditional Settings 11.: Delivery of Services 12.: Evaluation 13.: Reflections on Collaborative Practice Epilogue ReferencesReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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