... 2001; Segal & Silverman, 2002) and 13 descriptive studies (Chen, 1990; Mowbray & Tan, 1993; Chamberlin etal., 1996; Segalet al.,1997; Torrey et al.,1998; Hutchison & Pedlar,1999; Bentley, 2000; Petr et al., 2000; Segal et al., 2000; ...
A systematic introduction to the core professional skills needed to work effectively in a human service role, from understanding organisational dynamics, to developing advocacy skills and dealing with ethical challenges
We rarely stop to consider the implications of an organisation for the range of people—for example, staff and service users—engaging with it. This is a very important issue for human service workers because the organisational context ...
A systematic introduction to the core professional skills needed to work effectively in a human service role, from understanding organisational dynamics, to developing advocacy skills and dealing with ethical challenges
Professional Practice in Human Service Organisations is essential reading for practitioners new to roles in social work, community work, youth work and related fields.
... experience. In contrast, Laing (1967) proposed that alienation is a universal human experience. Two aspects of alienation deserve further exploration. The first is alienation in a social sense. People can be alienated from others ...