Social workers need to know as much about their field as possible to be truly effective. Much of what they need to know is learned on the job but a lot can be ascertained from ebooks. Here are 5 ebooks that every social worker should have on their Kindle so that they know as much as possible.
Introduction To Social Work And Social Welfare: Empowering People
This ebook by Charles Zastrow is the definitive guide to social work. Although it is intended for students, it is a comprehensive textbook that explores social work as a profession and as a cultural influence. It talks about the duties of the social worker and how those duties are carried out.
It explores issues, ethics, and gritty details in order to provide the reader with a complete picture of social work and the social worker. This ebook provides the perfect knowledge base for beginners and helps those with field experience to remember the basics. It can help to restore a broad view to those who have become focused on the daily struggle.
Social Work Treatment 4th Edition
This ebook by Francis J. Turner is a must have because it dedicates its pages to helping you to achieve intervention success. It explores theories of social work that can be applied to real life situations while not putting the social worker into any sort of cage with these theories. Instead, this ebook calls for the use of intuition and flexibility to accommodate all situations. Every situation has its own factors going on and this ebook gives the social worker tools while still insisting that every situation must be evaluated and responded to on its own terms.
Clinical Assessment And Diagnosis In Social Work Practice
Written by Jacqueline Corcoran this ebook, as indicated by the title, concerns itself with assessing and diagnosing various mental conditions. In the field of social work you have surely already stumbled across a plethora of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders and this ebook wishes to assist you with your dealings with these disorders. The sooner you can recognize that something is not right and diagnose the problem then you can more effectively work to address the problem and to deal with the entire situation. Beyond disorders, this tome seeks to remind you of your purpose in social work and how to best fulfill that purpose when dealing with various individuals in the field. This ebook is utterly indispensable.
Social Work Practice Assessment, Planning, Intervention, And Review
Jonathan Parker’s guide to social work practice assessment goes through the assessment process step by step. It reminds you what an assessment is, how to conduct a good assessment, and how to respond when there are challenges faced at any point of the process. The tools, case studies, and research summaries contained in this ebook serve the purpose of this text beautifully.
Neurobiology & Social Work
This ebook helps you to understand the role that neurobiology can play and does play in social work. People are shaped by biology and experiences. Skilled social workers can use this knowledge to be more effective in their work.
T D Rheinecker covers the multitude of ways for people to find and enroll in a college offering a Masters in social work online degree program.