Social Policy for Effective Practice

A Strengths Approach

Rosemary Kennedy Chapin, Melinda Lewis

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Routledge
07 April 2020

Social work; Health & Self-Help

Series: New Directions in Social Work

Selling Points

Unlike other texts, which tend to supply and reinforce one framework, presents multiple frameworks and approaches to understanding policy analysis and teaching it in the classroom.

Provides exceptional balance linking historical policy contexts and analysis, with major policies today and possible frameworks in the future.

Integrates examples of actual social work students who engaged in policy practice to demonstrate how policies affect individual clients.

Includes detailed cases on www.routledgesw.com give students the opportunity to put the skills they learn into practice. Website now supplemented and updated with two static and downloadable case studies for added accessibility

Features an updated package of instructor resources (exams, syllabi, EPAS grids, links and teaching tips, lecture slides, extra readings) that are even easier to integrate into course learning and support lecturers use the text in traditional, online, and or blended formats.

Incorporates the strengths perspective, making policy issues less about problems and more about recognizing how to use the strengths of any set of circumstances to combat the issue.

By: Rosemary Kennedy Chapin, Melinda Lewis
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 5th edition
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 187mm,
Weight: 1.587kg
ISBN: 9780367357054
ISBN 10: 0367357054
Series: New Directions in Social Work
Pages: 554
Publication Date: 07 April 2020
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print

1: Social Work and Social Policy: A Strengths Perspective 2: The Historical Context: Basic Concepts and Early Influences 3: The Historical Context: Development of Our Current Welfare System 4: The Economic and Political Contexts 5: Basic Tools for Researching Need and Analyzing Social Policy 6: Social Policy Development 7: Civil Rights 8: Income- and Asset-Based Social Policies and Programs 9: Policies and Programs for Children and Families 10: Health and Mental Health Policies and Programs 11: Policies and Programs for Older Adults 12: The Future References Index

Rosemary Kennedy Chapin is an award-winning teacher and researcher, possessing extensive program development experience in the social policy arena. After receiving her doctorate degree, she worked as a Research/Policy Analyst for the Minnesota Department of Human Services. She established and directs the Center on Aging and Disability Options (CRADO) at the University of Kansas. Melinda Lewis is an Associate Professor of Practice in the School of Social Welfare at the University of Kansas and Associate Director of the School’s Center on Community Engagement and Collaboration. She also has years of experience advising students and field agencies on policy analysis and policy practice.

Reviews for Social Policy for Effective Practice: A Strengths Approach

"""In an era of political upheaval and shifting social priorities, Chapin and Lewis provide a strengths-based context for examining social policies and the people served by them. Guided by our NASW Code of Ethics, the authors provide a framework for culturally-sensitive analysis of policy practice."" Claire L. Dente, Professor of Social Work, West Chester University of Pennsylvania ""This textbook is as accessible as it is exhaustive. The writing allows students to understand the rich history of social welfare policy and to see examples of the real-world impact of policy, and all within a strengths-based perspective. An impressive feat, and one which I value greatly as a professor."" Eric Toth, CEO at CoveCare Center in Carmel, NY"