Empowering Social Workers : Virtuous Practitioners

This book demonstrates the central role of ethical character in effective social work practice. Showcasing select biographies of social workers, it reveals how skilled practitioners have developed such core virtues as compassion, love, commitment, prudence, respect for human dignity and a critical s...

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Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors Pawar, Manohar (Editor), Hugman, Richard (Editor), Alexandra, Andrew (Editor), Anscombe, A. W. (Bill) (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Subjects
Social sciences.
Public health.
Social work.
Social service.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9789811038099
DOI10.1007/978-981-10-3809-9
Physical DescriptionXII, 204 p. 1 illus. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction: The role of virtues in social work practice
  • Chapter 2. Voice to the voiceless
  • Chapter 3. But you can push and push and push
  • Chapter 4. Empower people to take control of their own lives
  • Chapter 5. Respect and integrity
  • Chapter 6. What can we do to make changes?
  • Chapter 7. A people world, rather than a paper world
  • Chapter 8. I cannot give up, I cannot give up on the children
  • Chapter 9. You roll up your sleeves and work with people help people
  • Chapter 10. Hunger for movement and action
  • Chapter 11. What you know plays out in action
  • Chapter 12. Virtue-led social work practice.

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