Human Service Agencies by Lupe Alle-Corliss

Human Service Agencies by Lupe Alle-Corliss

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This practical and personal guide alerts students to the real-world issues of agency settings, helping them to make the most of their agency experience. Case examples support and guide students through a variety of settings, client populations, and ethical and legal issues.

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Human Service Agencies by Lupe Alle-Corliss

Make the most of your agency experience with HUMAN SERVICE AGENCIES: AN ORIENTATION TO FIELDWORK! This practical and personal guide introduces you to the real-world issues of agency settings and helps you obtain the skills you need to become an effective helper. Case examples give you exposure to a variety of settings, client populations, and ethical and legal issues and user-friendly, hands-on exercises provide you with numerous opportunities to apply your knowledge and experience.
1Introduction to Fieldwork in Human Services. 2. Agency Systems and Policies. 3. How to Make the Most of Your Agency Experience. 4. The Helping Process. 5. The Diversity of Human Services. 6. Ethical and Legal Issues. 7. The Challenges of Working in Human Services. 8. Interpersonal and Professional Relationships. 9. Keeping Alive in Agency Settings.
A husband and wife team, Randy and Lupe both possess the wonderful combination of teaching skills and hands-on practice experience. Both authors have a Master's Degree in Social Work from the University of Southern California, and are members of the Society of Clinical Social Workers and National Association of Social Workers. Randy is also an active member of NOHSE (National Organization of Human Service Educators). They are both lecturers in the Human Services program at California State University, Fullerton, where they have taught practicum, fieldwork and internship classes for the past 18 years. Randy and Lupe are both licensed clinical social workers who also work full-time in the Department of Psychiatry at Kaiser Permanente and have a small private practice.
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ISBN 13 9780534516109
ISBN 10 0534516106
Title Human Service Agencies
Author Lupe Alle-Corliss
Series Hse 160 260 270 Clinical Supervision Sequence Ser
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Cengage Learning, Inc
Year published 2005-07-26
Number of pages 304
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