Out of Reach

Out of Reach
Author: Scott W. Allard
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0300152833

Changes in welfare programmes since 1996 have transformed the way America cares for its poor. For every dollar spent on cash welfare payments, 20 dollars are spent on service programmes targeted at the working poor. This text examines the system and the role that geography plays in the system's ability to offer help.

Transformative Social Work Practice

Transformative Social Work Practice
Author: Erik M.P. Schott
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Total Pages: 735
Release: 2015-08-24
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 148335962X

Transformative Social Work Practice presents an innovative and integrative approach towards critically reflective practice with an interweaving of micro, mezzo, and macro applications to real world demands. Authors Erik Schott and Eugenia L. Weiss explore issues commonly addressed by social workers, including health, mental health, addictions, schools, and family and community violence, while challenging assumptions and promoting ethically-driven, evidence-based practice perspectives to advocate for social justice and reduce disparities. The book is about redefining social work practice to meet the current and complex needs of diverse and vulnerable individuals, families, and communities in order to enhance their strengths in an era of unprecedented technological growth, globalization, and change.