Social Work With Immigrants and Refugees (eBook)

Legal Issues, Clinical Skills, and Advocacy

Fernando Chang-Muy, Elaine P. Congress (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023 | 3., Third Edition, New Edition
466 Seiten
Springer Publishing Company (Verlag)
978-0-8261-8632-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Features practical applications covering the intersection of legal and social servicesUsing a foundational, institutional, and population-based approach illustrated with concrete examples, this innovative text will aid readers in the development of policy analysis skills, advocacy tools, and communication skills needed to work effectively with immigrants and refugees throughout the United States. The updated third edition includes four new chapters examining refugees and asylum, cultural humility and advocacy focused nonprofit organizations, public health and immigrants, and immigration and housing areas that have recently seen extensive policy changes in practice and at the state and federal levels. Major updates throughout this solution-oriented text focus on how to enact positive systemic changes and include an extensive reorganization of the text to facilitate ease of use.The text provides specific information about how to engage immigrant clients and how to help them navigate the complicated and often unwelcoming American educational, health, housing, and criminal justice systems. The book also addresses ways to advocate for immigrants and refugees in micro, mezzo, and macro settings and information on at-risk groups such as women, children, and elderly. Chapters feature learning objectives, case studies with discussion questions, and additional resources including sample documents. Instructors will also welcome a customizable sample syllabus and chapter PowerPoints.New to the Third Edition:New chapters exploring refugees and asylum, cultural humility and advocacy focused nonprofit organizations, public health and immigrants, and immigration and housingExamines in depth how to enact positive systemic changesProvides an overview of immigration categories with a focus on highly vulnerable refugees and asyleesUp-to-date immigration policy informationUpdates to federal government benefits and programs for immigrant workersKey Features:Combines direct social service, systems change advocacy, and immigration strategiesIntegrates social work and immigration law, perspectives on health, mental health, education, employment, housing, and moreFocuses on practical skills reinforced through case studiesExamines the needs of specific at-risk immigrant population including refugees, women, children, and older adultsSupports social work competencies essential for CSWE accreditation

Inhalt

Contributors

Foreword by Marciana Popescu

Foreword by Zeid bin Ra'ad bin Zeid al-Hussein

Preface

Acknowledgments

PART I. LAYING THE FOUNDATION OF SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE WITH IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES

Chapter 1. History of Migration in the United States

Chapter 2. Legal Classifications of Immigrants

Chapter 3. Refugees and Asylum: The Crucial Role of Service Providers

Chapter 4. Culturally Relevant, Anti-oppression Social Work Practice With Immigrant Populations

Chapter 5. Nonprofit Organization and Their Role in Integration and Resiliency

PART II. SYSTEMS AND INSTITUTIONS FOR IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES

Chapter 6. Public Health Perspectives With Immigrants and Refugees

Chapter 7. Mental Health Issues in Newcomer Communities

Chapter 8. Social Work and Physical Health Issues of Immigrants

Chapter 9. Overview of Immigrant Eligibility for Federal Programs

Chapter 10. The Intersection of Criminal and Immigration Law

Chapter 11. Immigrants and Employment

Chapter 12. Housing for Immigrant Clients

PART III. POPULATION-BASED IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES

Chapter 13. Immigrant Children and Education

Chapter 14. Women, Gender-Based Violence, and Immigration

Chapter 15. Social Work Practice With Older Immigrants

Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.9.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Besonderes Verwaltungsrecht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: immigration social work • immigration social worker • social work and immigration • social work for immigration and refugees • social work in immigration
• ISBN-10: 0-8261-8632-7 / 0826186327
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8261-8632-4 / 9780826186324