Social Work and Social Administration

Social Casework and Administration

This is an important and much needed book for the general public which will also help to clarify the ideas of the professional worker. It describes the administrative part in social casework, illustrating from a variety of real situations. It is a commonplace that social workers tend to ignore the administrative process or to feel that 'administra-tion' impedes the treatment part of their work,...

Psychoanalysis and Social Work

to social work. The first part of the book consists of basic psychoanalytical theory with an emphasis on ego psychology. The rest of the book consists of ten chapters written by different psychoanalysts demonstrating how psychoanalytical knowledge can be applied usefully in various fields of social work. The theoretical part of the book gives a concise account of psychoanalytical theory and it ...

Language and Social Work

Social work and speciesism.

Jane Addams (1940) perhaps the most prominent of the founders of modern social work, describing the impetus to dedicate herself to the welfare of others and develop Hull House, wrote, "We had been to see a bull fight rendered in the most magnificent Spanish style, where greatly to my surprise and horror, I found that I had seen, with comparative indifference, five bulls and many more horses kil...

Social Work in Disaster, a Case Report

Introduction: Natural disasters cause many problems for society. Children are one of the most vulnerable groups that could face severe mental illness and are often separated from their family members and primary caregivers in this situation. Therefore, professional interventions are necessary to reduce the consequence of such situations for children. The purpose of this article is to report a s...