Author:
National Association of Social Workers.
Edition Statement:12th edition.
ImprintWashington, D.C : NASW Press, [2021]
Imprint2021
Descriptionxii, 402 pages ; 28 cm
Note:Policy statement topic areas -- Foreword / Mildred C. Joyner and Angelo McClain -- Ackowledgment of Social Work Speaks NASW Policy Statement panelists. -- Public and professional policy statements: Adolescent and young adult mental health -- Adolescent pregnancy and parenting -- Affirmative action -- Aging and wellness -- Capital punishment and death penalty -- Child abuse and neglect -- Child welfare workforce -- Civil liberties and social justice -- Community development -- Confidentiality and information utilization -- Crime victim assistance -- Cultural and linguistic competence in the social work profession -- Deprofessionalization and reclassification -- Disasters -- Early childhood care and services -- Economic justice -- Education of children and adolescents -- Electoral politics -- Employee assistance -- End-of-life decision making and care -- Environmental policy -- Family policy -- Family violence -- Foster care and adoption -- Genetics -- Health care -- HIV and AIDS -- Homelessness -- Hospice care -- Housing -- Human trafficking -- Immigrants and refugees --
Note:International policy on human rights -- Juvenile justice and delinquency prevention -- Language diversity in the United States -- Lesbian, gay, and bisexual issues -- Licensing and regulation of social work practice -- Long-term services and supports -- Mental health -- Parental abduction -- Peace and social justice -- People with disabilities -- Professional impairment -- Professional self-care and social work -- Racism -- Reproductive justice -- Role of government, social policy, and social work -- Rural social work -- School safety -- Sex trade and social work practice -- Social services -- Social work in the criminal justice system -- Sovereignty, rights, and the well-being of indigenous peoples living in the United States -- Substance use disorder treatment -- Technology and social work -- Transgender and gender nonconforming people -- Voter rights and voter participation -- Welfare reform -- Women in the social work profession -- Women's issues -- Workplace discrimination -- Youth suicide. -- NASW Code of Ethics -- Index.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:The 12th edition of Social Work Speaks contains the unabridged policies adopted and revised by the National Association of Social Workers , a key policy-making body, in 2020 and represents the collective thinking of thousands of experienced social work practitioners. Broken into 62 topic areas, this text contains both revised policies approved by the 2020 Delegate Assembly and those approved by previous assemblies. Thoroughly vetted during a process using subject matter expert panels, public comments, review panels, and voting, 14 policy statements were updated in key areas of particular interest during challenging times: Adolescent and Young Adult Health; Community Development; Confidentiality and Information Utilization; Crime Victim Assistance; Family Violence; Foster Care and Adoption; Hospice Care; Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; Mental Health; Parental Abduction (formerly, Parental Kidnapping); Rural Social Work; School Safety (formerly, School Violence); Sovereignty, Rights, and the Well-Being of Indigenous Peoples; and Voter Rights and Participation (formerly, Voter Participation). The resulting 12th edition of Social Work Speaks is a reference tool that can inform organizational responses to policy and legal issues, policy analysis, and advocacy coalitions. This user-friendly resource also serves as a first-rate introductory social policy text, supplemental reading for macro courses in social work, and specific instruction for courses in specialty topics. --Back cover.
