Community Partnerships: An Innovative Model of Social Work Education and Practice

Authors

Fred Brooks, Georgia State UniversityFollow
Mindy R. Wertheimer, Georgia State UniversityFollow
Elizabeth L. Beck, Georgia State UniversityFollow
James L. Wolk, Georgia State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2004

Abstract

Community challenges force human service agencies to collaborate in providing services. Such collaborations require practitioners to have skills not found in mainstream social work curricula. This paper explores how a new MSW program evolved through dialog with community leaders and resulted in a curriculum with a sole concentration of community partnerships.

Comments

Co-published simultaneously in the Journal of Community Practice and University-Community Partnerships: Universities in Civic Engagement. Copyright © 2004 The Haworth Press.

Recommended Citation

Wertheimer, Mindy R. et al. (2004). Community Partnerships: An Innovative Model of Social Work Education and Practice. Journal of Community Practice, 12(3/4), 123-140. DOI: 10.1300/J125v12n03_08 or: Wertheimer, Mindy R. et al. (2004). Community Partnerships: An Innovative Model of Social Work Education and Practice. In: T. M. Soska & A. K. J. Butterfield (Eds.). University-Community Partnerships: Universities in Civic Engagement, pp. 123-140. The Haworth Social Work Practice Press: Philadelphia, PA.