Description
This new practice text provides a series of readings focusing on case management in a number of fields and in a variety of settings with different client populations. Each chapter examines a major component of case management practice by presenting information about an innovative program from a different location around the country. In conjunction, these readings provide a road map to social work case management.In addition to offering up-to-date practice approaches and examining the functions and skills of case management in depth, the authors provide the policy information needed for putting this traditional form of social work practice into today's service delivery context.
Table of Contents
1: The Policy and Professional Context of Case Management Practice; 2: Case Management: An Arena for Social Work Practice; 3: Client Identification and Outreach: Case Management in School-Based Services for Teenage Parents; 4: Assessment: Private Case Management with the Elderly; 5: Case Management Assessment in School Social Work and Early Intervention Programs for Disabled Infants and Toddlers; 6: Care Planning for Children with HIV/AIDS: A Family Perspective; 7: Linking the Developmentally Disabled Client to Needed Resources: Adult Protective Services Case Management; 8: Plan Implementation and Coordination: Clinical Case Management with the Chronically Mentally III; 9: Plan Implementation and Coordination: Case Management in an Employee Assistance Program; 10: Monitoring Child Welfare Services; 11: Case Manager as Advocate: Family Advocacy in the Military; 12: Evaluation: Case Managers and Quality Assurance; 13: Mastering the Case Manager Role
