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In this video by social work professor Judith Smith, social work students show how to apply skills to field work with older adult clients. Viewers learn about support groups, home visits, caregivers, self-determination, ageism, and outreach to the very old.

7 vignettes to stimulate class discussion on Foundation practice issues:Why did you choose to become a social worker? - 4 minutesFirst experiences seeing a client - 5 minutesEstablishing a professional relationship: What boundaries are necessary? - 7 minutesStudents' confusion: Assessment, contracting and goals? - 9 minutesSupervision: Making it work - 9 minutesUsing supervision to learn about yourself - 7 minutesWorking through termination with clients...

This video analyzes contracting for home-based services in social work.

Chronicles the life of Jane Addams, discussing her family life, personal relationships, political beliefs, work for social reform, and impact on American history.

"This is the first major study of street-level bureaucracy to rely on storytelling. The authors collect and examine the everyday work stories told by police, teachers, and counselors to arrive at an interpretation of how "frontline" government workers approach their work and process their experiences. The authors identify two coexisting, though at times rival, metanarratives, which they label the "state-agent narrative" and the "citizen-agent narrative."...

"When she penned her autobiography Twenty Years at Hull-House in 1909, Jane Addams was one of the most famous and influential women in the country. Committed pacifist and champion of social progress, she was also deemed by the contemporary media to be the only saint America had produced. Writing from that lofty perch at the height of the Progressive era, Addams aimed to use an attractive, accessible life story as a vehicle for advancing her reform...

Jane Addams is best known for her groundbreaking social reforming and her work at Hull House. This book takes an expansive look at her creative writing and other areas of her life.