Working with Human Service Organisations

Second Edition

Fiona Gardner

Working with Human Service Organisations
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Working with Human Service Organisations

Second Edition

Fiona Gardner

ISBN:

9780190303235

Binding:

Paperback

Published:

3 Aug 2016

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Description

Working with Organisations teaches students to find a balance between working with clients and their employing agency. It will show students how to constructively, collaboratively and ethically engage within the organisational structure by providing them with the tools to advocate for professional values.
The second edition uses an interdisciplinary introduction to working effectively with employing agencies appropriate for students across the human services industry.


NEW TO THIS EDITION

  • New and updated case scenarios and examples help students visualise restraints and opportunities they may encounter when working with organisations
  • Improved navigation includes signposting, chapter aims and an expanded table of contents
  • New chapters on structure for Supervision and Management, Leading and Managing, and Collaborative and Integrated Practice
  • Updated ‘Stop and Think’ questions encourage students to reflect on the implications for effective practice
  • Critically Reflective Practice encourages students to use critical thinking to understand and explain the implications for effective practice.

Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
List of Boxes
List of Figures

  1. Understanding the Context: Current Issues, Strengths and Possibilities
  2. Thinking about Organisations: Some Useful Theories
  3. Parallel Processes: Using Practice Approaches to Explore Organisational Issues
  4. Organisational Culture: What is it Like to Work in this Organisation 
  5. Structures for Supervision and Management 
  6. Managing the Inevitable Conflicts and Changes of Organisational Life 
  7. Leading and Managing: Working Actively for Change in Organisations 
  8. Collaborative and Integrated Practice
  9. More than Survival: Ethical and sustainable Practice in Organisations
  10. Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Authors

Fiona Gardner, Associate Professor and Discipline Lead, Department of Social Work, La Trobe University.