2nd Edition
Social Work Practice in Health An Introduction to Contexts, Theories and Skills
Health services practice or working with clients facing health issues requires diverse approaches and wide-ranging knowledge. In this fully revised and expanded second edition, Melissa Petrakis draws on the experience and expertise of leading researchers and practitioners to provide a guide to the disparate settings in which social workers are engaged and the conceptual frameworks and skills needed for effective practice.
Including new chapters on compassion in healthcare, neoliberalism and health, social justice, suicidal distress, and health social work in regional, rural and remote settings, the book begins by examining the nature of health social work and considers its core values and principles. Part I also provides an overview of the social determinants of health. Part II explores key areas of practice including trauma-informed practice, mental health, aged care, dual diagnosis and working with people living with disability. Part III looks at politicised issues, reform agendas in the field including indigenous approaches to health, refugee health, and concludes by considering how a focus on well-being informed by Maori approaches could provide new insights into better practice.
Underpinning the book throughout is a clear guide to assessment procedures, case management, strengths-based practices and developing effective partnerships and collaboration. All this makes Social Work Practice in Health a key reference tool for social work students and practitioners.
Part I: What is Health Social Work? Role, Values and Principles for Practice
Chapter One: An Introduction to Health and Health Services Practice, and the Social Determinants of Health
Melissa Petrakis and Carrie Lethborg
Chapter Two: A Social Justice Perspective on the Bio-Psycho-Social-Spiritual Dimensions of Health
Lynelle Watts and David Hodgson
Chapter Three: Neoliberal Capitalism and its Impact on Individual and Community Health: Implications for Critical Social Workers
Niki Edwards and Julie King
Chapter Four: Compassion in Healthcare
Debbie Ling
Part II: Health Practice and Practice Contexts
Chapter Five: Trauma-Informed Practices in Health Social Work
Margaret Cowgill and Rose Knol
Chapter Six: Mental Health Social Work: Recovery-Oriented Practice Engagement and Collaboration
Jacinta Chavulak, Kate Day and Melissa Petrakis
Chapter Seven: Social Work Advanced Practice Skills in Mental Health
Carmel Alakus, Jacinta Chavulak and Melissa Petrakis
Chapter Eight: Aged Care: Health, Assessments, In-Home Care and Residential Care
Lisa Braddy, Mara Erhardt-Rumpe and Penny Lording
Chapter Nine: Engaging with Mental Health and Substance Use Recovery: Dual Diagnosis Practice Principles and Tools
Simon Kroes and Kevan Myers
Chapter Ten: Social Work Practice and People Living with Disability
Niki Edwards and Julie King
Part III: Reform Agendas
Chapter Eleven: Responding to Suicidal Distress in Social Work Practice: Challenges and Opportunities
Emma Tseris and Charlotte Finlayson
Chapter Twelve: Social Work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in Health: A Shared Learning, Trauma Informed, Cultural Safety Approach
Melinda Collins, Prue Shanahan, Nicole Watt and Carrie Lethborg
Chapter Thirteen: Bringing Whānau Ora to Health Social Work
Amohia Boulton, Lynley Cvitanovic and Tracey Cropp
Chapter Fourteen: Social Work in Health: Considerations for Refugee Health
Kim Robinson
Chapter Fifteen: Health Social Work in Regional, Rural and Remote Settings: Responding to the Intersection of Location, Disadvantaged Populations and Communities
Ros Darracott, Niki Edwards and Julie King
Biography
Melissa Petrakis is an associate professor in social work at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, and director of SWITCH Research Group. She is a senior research fellow with St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne's Mental Health Service, and has over 30 years’ experience in public health and mental health service provision, management and research.
