Social work practice: model and method
Allen Pincus, Anne Minahan.
- Itasca, Ill., F. E. Peacock [1973]
- xv, 355 p. 24 cm.
CONTENT
PART I. FRAME WORK FOR SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE 1. The nature of social work system
2. Value dimensions and dilemmas of the change agent role
3. Four basic systems in social work practice The change agent system The client system The target system The action system 4. Worker relationships 5. Process in social work practice
PART II. PRACTCE SKILL AREAS 6. Assessing problems
7. Collecting data
8. Making initial contacts
9. Negotiating contracts
10. Forming action systems
11. Maintaining and coordinating action systems
12. Exercising influence
13. Terminating the change effort
PART III. CASE STUDIES Francis P. Purcell and spechlt, The house on sixth street Zelda P. Foster, How social work can influence hospital management of fata illness Lynn Hofiman Lorence Long. A Systems Dilemma