Empowerment in Social Work Practice. A Sourcebook.

Part 1 An introduction to empowerment practice: a model for empowerment practice. Part 2 Empowerment in practice - populations: empowerment of women empowering poor communities of colour - a self-help model empowerment practice with lesbians and gays empowering people with disabilities. Part 3 Empowerment in practice - focusing on fields: empowerment in mental-health programmes - listening to the voices empowerment practice with homeless people or families empowerment of youth empowering families. Part 4 Special issues in empowerment practice: social-service delivery and empowerment - the administrator's role research as an empowerment strategy evaluation of empowerment practice creating opportunities for empowerment-oriented programmes.