The Partnership Model in Human Services Sociological Foundations and Practices /

• Main Author: Darling, Rosalyn Benjamin. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2002.
• Series: Clinical Sociology: Research and Practice,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Nursing.; Social work.; Sociology.; Clinical psychology.; Social Sciences.; Sociology, general.; Clinical Psychology.; Social Work.
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This book provides students and practitioners with a theoretical and methodological foundation for implementing client- and family-centered `partnership' approaches in human services. Unlike other texts in the field, the author integrates the principles and practices of sociology with applied w...

Table of Contents:

• Background and Theoretical Foundations
• The Partnership Approach
• Changing Practices in Human Services
• Theoretical Foundations I
• Theoretical Foundations II
• The ClientỚ"s Social World and Methods for Discovering It
• The Social World of the Service User
• Identification Techniques I
• Identification Techniques II
• Identification Techniques III
• Models of Intervention and Evaluation
• Linking Identification and Intervention
• Social Change, Social Problems, and the Limits of Intervention
• Service Evaluation.