Topic:Social work
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Social workers are concerned with social problems, their causes, their solutions and their human impacts. Social workers work with individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities, as members of a profession which is committed to social justice and human rights.
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[edit] Practice
[edit] Clinical/Direct Practice
- Aged care - referral to aged care services, including community services or residential aged care placements
- Assessment and diagnosis
- Brief therapies
- Case management
- Clinical supervision
- Counselling
- Crisis intervention
- Family therapy/Family interventions
- Group work/group therapy
- Employee assistance programs
- Psychosocial and psychoeducational interventions
- Psychotherapy
- Relationship/interpersonal counseling
[edit] Community practice
- Community organizing
- Community development
- Community economic development
- Community education
- International development
- Management
- Mediation
- Neighborhood development
- Policy advocacy
- Policy analysis
- Political social work
- Program development
- Program evaluation
- Research
- Social planning
[edit] Subtopics
- Aging or gerontology
- Anti-poverty
- Income assistance
- Job training/placement
- Anti-racism
- Child welfare
- Adoption
- Child abuse
- Foster care
- Disability services
- Family planning
- Food bank programs
- Health and wellness
- Hospital social work
- Housing and homelessness
- Immigrant and refugee services and supports
- Juvenile and criminal justice
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered supports
- Mental Health
- Religious and spiritual settings
- Substance abuse
- School social worker
- Violence prevention
- Women's Issues
- Slums
[edit] Coursework
[edit] Research and Learning Projects
[edit] External Links
British Association of Social Workers www.basw.co.uk
Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services www.iriss.org.uk
National Association of Social Workers [1]
