Self-Help, Social Work and Empowerment
โ Scribed by Robert Adams (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 163
- Series
- Practical Social Work
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
A study on self-help and how social workers relate to it and how they may develop integral self-help. It looks at how to facilitate self-help and how to appraise self-help.
โฆ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Self-Help: A Case of Unfair Dismissal....Pages 1-25
How Social Workers Relate to Self-Help....Pages 26-36
How Social Workers May Develop Integral Self-Help....Pages 37-50
How to Facilitate Self-Help....Pages 51-66
Social Workers and Autonomous Self-Help....Pages 67-75
Initiating and Maintaining a Self-Help Group or Organisation....Pages 76-93
How to Appraise Self-Help....Pages 94-111
Self-Helpers and Social Workers....Pages 112-128
Furthering Self-Help....Pages 129-139
Back Matter....Pages 140-150
โฆ Subjects
Social Work; Social Work and Community Development
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