Social Work with Volunteers - Softcover

Michael E. Sherr

9781933478111: Social Work with Volunteers

Softcover

ISBN 10: 193347811X ISBN 13: 9781933478111

Publisher: Lyceum Books, 2008

Examines the current shift in social welfare services and the growing need to develop effective partnerships with volunteers. As the primary profession in the development, provision, and evaluation of social services, social workers are in a position to shape how agency administrators, direct staff, and volunteers work together to provide services. The author demonstrates how social workers in all areas of practice can work with volunteers to create a positive change.

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Review:

This groundbreaking text provides a fresh perspective on the evolving relationship between social work and the volunteer sector. A must read for anyone interested in macropractice." - David R. Hodge, Arizona State University

Michael Sherr has bravely charged into this sorry state of affairs and produced a provocative analysis of why social workers resist working with volunteers and with the faith community." - John G. McNutt, University of Delaware

A fascinating examination of the motivations behind volunteering, which provides not only practical applications for soliciting volunteers, but also for keeping them trained, focused, energized and effective." - Marv Knox, Editor, Baptist Standard

About the Author:

Michael E. Sherr (PhD, MSW, University of South Carolina, Columbia) is assistant professor at Baylor University School of Social Work. His research interests include the integration of faith and social work education and practice, volunteerism, gerontology, and theory and practice with ethnic/racial populations.

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