This innovative book equips readers with the knowledge and skills they need to be effective case management practitioners in a variety of health and human service organizations.

Part 1: Trends, History, Social Work Case Management Model and Practice Competencies
Chapter 1: Current Trends Shaping Social Work Case Management
Chapter 2: The History of Social Work Case Management
Chapter 3: Task-Centered Case Management (TCCMG)
Chapter 4: Social Work Case Management
Part 2: Social Work Case Management in Selected North American and Chinese Settings: The Frontlines of Practice
Chapter 5: Social Work Case Management in an Assertive Community Treatment Program in London, Ontario, Canada by Derek Chechack and Judith M. Dunlop
Chapter 6: Case Management for Persons Living with HIV and AIDS by Karen W. Cross and John R. Barner
Chapter 7: Elder Care Services and Case Management by Stephanie Grace Prost and Rebecca C. Derrenberger
Chapter 8: The N.E. Homeless Shelter in Athens, Georgia by Melinda Williams Moore and Mary Rosser
Chapter 9: Case Management with Homeless Veterans by Brent Temple
Chapter 10: In-Patient Psychiatric Case Management with Janice Caldwell and Mark W. Flanagan
Chapter 11: La Frontera: Coordinación de los Servicios de Trabajo Social para los Menores sin Acompañante en Arizona by Rebecca A. Matthew and Anna Marie Smith
Chapter 12: Children’s Wish Foundation International in Atlanta, Georgia by Melinda Williams Moore and Elizabeth Darby
Chapter 13: Medical Case Management in a HIV/AIDS Outpatient Clinic by Y. Joon Choi and Luis R. Alvarez-Hernandez
Chapter 14: Case Management in the Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Children: A Social Work Perspective by Judy Aranson and Steve King
Chapter 15: Youth-at-Risk of Socio-Economic Exclusion, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), and Case Management Practice in Hong Kong by Chitat Chan and Stanley C. Y. Ho
Chapter 16: Case Management in Head Start Centers by Trasie A. Topple, Lynda Ritter, and LaToya R. Swanson
Chapter 17: Child Welfare (Foster Care) Services and Case Management by Kimberly Y. Huggins-Hoyt and Babette Stephens
Chapter 18: Case Management with Long-Term Care Applicants in Ontario, Canada by Deborah Ann Holosko and Derek Chechack
Chapter 19: Serious Mental Illnesses and Dual Diagnoses Case Management by Edwin Ng and Polly Li
Chapter 20: Juvenile Court Social Work Case Manager by Mark W. Flanagan, Margie J. Strauss, and Harold Briggs
Chapter 21: Medical Case Management Social Work by Junior Lloyd Allen and Andy Allen
Chapter 22: Mental Health Case Manager/Caseworker in a Community Center Setting in Kentucky by William A Hamby, Michael J. Holosko, and Leslie R. Herbert
Chapter 23: Case Management in a Senior Resource Center in North Carolina by Dana R. Dillard and M. Rene Tarquinio
Chapter 24: Social Work and Case Management: Homelessness Prevention by Lindsey Disney and Susan Bradford
Chapter 25: Child Protective Services and Case Management by Jessica Parker and Tiffany Johnson
Chapter 26: Manejadores de Casos de Salud Mental en el Sistema de Salud para Veteranos en la Región del Caribe by Yolanda Machado-Escudero and Rafael Hernandez-Ramirez
Part 3: What Did Our SWCMs Tell Us? Competencies Versus Curricula
Chapter 27: Social Work Case Management: Onward and Upward!