social workers

After beating up Maurice on the playground, Butterball is forced to see the school therapist.

Presents a brief profile of Jane Addams, who began a settlement house in Chicago in 1889 in order to provide help to the poor.

Discusses what it takes to achieve success in the field of human services, and gives practical advice on how to use vocational school, training programs, and college to obtain such careers as social worker, psychologist, addiction counselor, or daily living aide.

After his social-worker wife Roxanne has a confrontation with the father of neglected children she has removed, ex-reporter Jack McMorrow sees his life further turned upside down when the mysterious Mandi enters the picture, bringing with her dangers that threaten Jack, Roxanne and their daughter.

"After trying to help Benjamin Pearl, an undernourished, nearly feral eleven-year-old boy living in the Montana wilderness, social worker Pete Snow comes face-to-face with the boy's profoundly disturbed father, Jeremiah. With courage and caution, Pete slowly earns a measure of trust from this paranoid survivalist itching for a final conflict that will signal the coming End Times. But as Pete's own family spins out of control, Pearl's activities spark the full-blown interest of the FBI, putting Pete at the center of a massive manhunt from which no one will emerge unscathed"--Provided by publisher.

"After losing her parents, fifteen-year-old Ivy Hart is left to care for her grandmother, older sister and nephew as tenants on a small tobacco farm. As she struggles with her grandmother's aging, her sister's mental illness and her own epilepsy, she realizes they might need more than she can give. When Jane Forrester takes a position as Grace County's newest social worker, she doesn't realize just how much her help is needed. She quickly becomes emotionally invested in her clients' lives, causing tension with her boss and her new husband"--Provided by OCLC.

Describes the life and work of the woman whose work to help the poor in Chicago and around the world won her the Nobel Peace Prize.

An easy-to-read biography of the woman who founded Hull House, one of the first social settlement houses in the United States.

A biography of a rich girl who realized her childhood wish to live and work among the poor.