Case Management from an Empowerment Perspective: A Guide for Health and Human Services Professionals - Tapa blanda

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Dr. Patricia Spindel has worked with children, adolescents, and families for over thirty-five years. She taught at both the University of Guelph-Humber and the Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, where she also coordinated the Social Services Worker Program and was an Associate Dean of Health Sciences.

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Written for aspiring case managers planning to work in health and human services, Case Management from an Empowerment Perspective addresses the need for more progressive and compassionate ways of working with others. Introducing innovative strategies for working with people that challenge the status quo, this text reconsiders old forms of social casework in favour of empowerment approaches that incorporate individual and systemic advocacy. Respected author Patricia Spindel explores the history of case management; traditional approaches and their critiques; barriers to an empowerment approach; the ethical issues of labelling, stereotyping, stigmatization, and pathologizing; and key empowerment philosophies and the research supporting them.

Now in its fourth edition, this widely adopted resource provides concrete methods that will help readers put the principles of empowerment philosophy into practice by guiding them through the development of an empowerment plan and common issues in Canadian practice, including projection, transference, and countertransference. Enhanced by additional real-world case studies and reflection questions throughout, this is a highly rated addition to college and university human services, social services, and social work programs.