Description
Book SynopsisThe second edition of
Best Practices for Social Work with Refugees and Immigrants offers an update to this comprehensive guide to social work with foreign-born clients and an evaluation of various helping strategies and their methodological strengths and weaknesses. It incorporates the latest research to provide a practical, up-to-date resource.
Trade ReviewBest Practices for Social Work with Refugees and Immigrants is a valuable primer for human service professionals. The authors thoughtfully consider the best ways to intervene while accounting for the clients’ cultural factors and life histories. Moreover, the authors attend to meso- and macro-level issues, which are essential for improving programs and policies. I can’t think of a better time for this much-needed second edition. -- Edward J. Alessi, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Bringing together new research findings from a wide range of sources, this book provides the tools needed for effective and compassionate social work with refugees and immigrants—in the areas of health care, mental health, family services, economic self-sufficiency, advocacy, and policy—in support of their full integration into their new communities. -- Yolanda C. Padilla, University of Texas at Austin
Substantive, well-organized, reader-friendly, and comprehensive, a timely pancultural overview of policy issues that serve as the context for social work practice with immigrants. -- Jessica Rosenberg, Long Island University Brooklyn
Best Practices for Social Work with Refugees and Immigrants presents the context and complexity of migration along with guidelines for practical, systematic, and socially just intervention approaches. This essential and comprehensive resource for social workers provides information, identifies issues in the journey from entry to integration, and recommends best practices for service provision. -- Uma A. Segal, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Part I. Context for Social Work with Refugees and Immigrants 1. Introduction
2. International Migration Policies
3. United States Immigration and Refugee Policies
4. Human Services Delivery Systems
Part II. Problem Areas and Best Practices 5. Culturally Competent Social Work Practice
6. Health Issues
7. Mental Health
8. Family Dynamics
9. Language, Education, and Economic Well-Being
10. Intergroup Relations
11. Additional Populations of Concern
12. Summary and Conclusions
References
Index
