The Broken Paradigm: Why social work doesn't work - Paperback

by Janice Helena Hawkins Phd (Author)

Social workers are human equipped with all the assumptions and prejudices of any person living in a society. Each of us believes on a primal level that our view of the world is right, is true, is real, especially, when it is reinforced by our education, our peers and rooted in our unconscious minds. In our role as authorities, we create case plans and projections for our clients that are in their best interests. But despite political and social reform, America as a land is filled with attitudes, assumptions that make it virtually impossible to believe that the nation is serious about its promise to care for its disenfranchised. We need to talk.

Author Biography

Janice Helena Hawkins earned her Ph.D. in Public Policy and Public Administration. She gained extensive experience during her tenure at New York Children Services. Dr. Hawkins currently lectures, conduct workshops, and writes on social policy issues, ethics and ethnicity and spirituality as they impact on social work policy. She also chairs the NASW Specialty Practice Section/ Administration/Supervision. She currently resides in north New Jersey. She may be contacted at dr.janiceh@gmail.com or http: //www.linkedin.com/in/janicehawkins