The rehabilitation detectives : doing human service work
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The rehabilitation detectives : doing human service work
(Sociological observations, 16)
Sage Publications, c1985
- : pbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Bibliography: p. 230-239
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The Rehabilitation Detectives is based on extensive participant observation of vocational counsellors and their clients. Higgins uses the metaphor 'detective' since rehabilitation workers are seen as sleuths and managers, trying to maintain a balance between multiple forces at work in the social services. These counsellors make the system work and 'look good' while serving the public. A succesful counsellor gathers, organizes, and uses information in order to change those 'vocationally handicapped due to disabilities' into agency clients, much as a good detective does when solving a crime. Higgins believes his research is applicable to all social and human service professionals.
Table of Contents
Introduction - Gary L Albrecht
The Rehabilitation Detectives
The Rehabilitation Organization
Working Cases
Making Cases
Managing Caseloads
Specialty Caseloads
Redoing Human Service Work
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