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The Call To Social Work: Life Stories
The Call To Social Work Life Stories
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"The introduction to social work every student should get." — --SOCIAL WORK WITH GROUPS — "The life narratives, voices, or actual experiences contained in this book reflect the spiritual awakenings, desires to make a difference in the quality of life, and the day-to-day realities of social workers in action. These narratives offer con... more »— Paula Allen-Meares, University of Michigan "The Call to Social Work: Life Stories offers what has long been needed: a large dose of crucial, unvarnished stories about the work of social work. LeCroy has brought erudition of hands-on experience to those who are new to the profession and to those of us who need to experience renewal of the contexts in which we teach and practice. The stories portray personal, political, and professional struggles of vision, courage, and sacrifice. This important book should be essential reading for anyone seeking a candid guide that elucidates major themes that define and underlie the profession of social work."
— Barbara W. White, Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin "This is a book of narratives, of stories, of practicing social workers froma variety of fields and with a variety of experience. These stories are richin detail, emotion, consideration, philosophy, conflict, hope, anddetermination that make up the dailiness of the lives of social workers.Professor LeCroy has done a masterful and respectful job of recounting thesenarratives, and arranging them in themes that emerge not just from thestories but from the very nature of social work itself. The use of story andnarrative is a kind of evidence that we ignore or belittle at our peril. Ilearned more about the faces and phases of social work reading thesenarratives than in thousands of pages of surveys or empirical accounts ofthis life. The central message here is that social work is a calling, a callto service (as Robert Coles has written). The words of these social workersspeak to the luminous and nearly spiritual essence of the calling. ‘I stillgo back to the core thing,’ says one social worker. I do something thatmatters to somebody else, that matters to me. Something that has value.That is a demonstration of caring." Or, more directly, another social workersays, ‘Social work is a calling. A call to something. There is restlessness inside of you and you have the opportunity to deal with [it].That restlessness has to do with injustice in the world...’"
— Dennis Saleebey, University of Kansas The purpose of this book is to accurately capture the thought and deeds of social workers —the good and bad. Each life story in this book represents a true picture of what the social worker said. Instructors who use this book in their courses will have to contrast their ideals of practice with the realities captured in each life story. Students who read this book will have to think about whether each story represents good practice or what principles they would adhere to based on their understanding of social work.
Author:
"The introduction to social work every student should get." — --SOCIAL WORK WITH GROUPS — "The life narratives, voices, or actual experiences contained in this book reflect the spiritual awakenings, desires to make a difference in the quality of life, and the day-to-day realities of social workers in action. These narratives offer con... more »— Paula Allen-Meares, University of Michigan "The Call to Social Work: Life Stories offers what has long been needed: a large dose of crucial, unvarnished stories about the work of social work. LeCroy has brought erudition of hands-on experience to those who are new to the profession and to those of us who need to experience renewal of the contexts in which we teach and practice. The stories portray personal, political, and professional struggles of vision, courage, and sacrifice. This important book should be essential reading for anyone seeking a candid guide that elucidates major themes that define and underlie the profession of social work."
— Barbara W. White, Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin "This is a book of narratives, of stories, of practicing social workers froma variety of fields and with a variety of experience. These stories are richin detail, emotion, consideration, philosophy, conflict, hope, anddetermination that make up the dailiness of the lives of social workers.Professor LeCroy has done a masterful and respectful job of recounting thesenarratives, and arranging them in themes that emerge not just from thestories but from the very nature of social work itself. The use of story andnarrative is a kind of evidence that we ignore or belittle at our peril. Ilearned more about the faces and phases of social work reading thesenarratives than in thousands of pages of surveys or empirical accounts ofthis life. The central message here is that social work is a calling, a callto service (as Robert Coles has written). The words of these social workersspeak to the luminous and nearly spiritual essence of the calling. ‘I stillgo back to the core thing,’ says one social worker. I do something thatmatters to somebody else, that matters to me. Something that has value.That is a demonstration of caring." Or, more directly, another social workersays, ‘Social work is a calling. A call to something. There is restlessness inside of you and you have the opportunity to deal with [it].That restlessness has to do with injustice in the world...’"
— Dennis Saleebey, University of Kansas The purpose of this book is to accurately capture the thought and deeds of social workers —the good and bad. Each life story in this book represents a true picture of what the social worker said. Instructors who use this book in their courses will have to contrast their ideals of practice with the realities captured in each life story. Students who read this book will have to think about whether each story represents good practice or what principles they would adhere to based on their understanding of social work.
ISBN-13: 9780761985686
ISBN-10: 0761985689
Publication Date: 2/19/2002
Pages: 176
Rating: 1
ISBN-10: 0761985689
Publication Date: 2/19/2002
Pages: 176
Rating: 1
4 stars, based on 1 rating
Genres:
- Nonfiction >> Social Sciences >> Social Work
- Nonfiction >> Social Sciences >> Sociology >> General
