Supervising Human Service Professionals: A Competency-Based Approach

Dr. Morley D. Glicken is the former Dean of the Worden School of Social Service in San Antonio; the founding director of the Master of Social Work Department at California State University, San Bernardino; the past Director of the Master of Social Work Program at the University of Alabama; and the former Executive Director of Jewish Family Service of Greater Tucson. He has also held faculty positions in social work at the University of Kansas and Arizona State University. Dr. Glicken received his BA degree in social work with a minor in psychology from the University of North Dakota and holds an MSW degree from the University of Washington and the MPA and DSW degrees from the University of Utah. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi Honorary Fraternity. Dr. Glicken published two books for Allyn and Bacon/Longman Publishers in 2003: The Role of the Helping Professions in the Treatment of Victims and Perpetrators of Crime (with Dale Sechrest), and A Simple Guide to Social Research; and two additional books for Allyn and Bacon/Longman in 2004: Violent Young Children, and Understanding and Using the Strengths Perspective. He published Improving the Effectiveness of the Helping Professions: An Evidence-Based Approach to Practice in 2005 for Sage Publications and is completing An Introduction to Social Work, Social Welfare Organizations, and Social Work, to be published by Sage in 2006. Dr. Glicken has published over 50 articles in professional journals and has written extensively on personnel issues for Dow Jones, publisher of the Wall Street Journal. He has held clinical social work licenses in Alabama and Kansas, and is a member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers. He is currently Professor Emeritus in Social Work at California State University, San Bernardino, and Director of the Institute for Positive Growth: A Research, Treatment and Training Institute in Palm Springs, California. The Institute's website may be found at: http://www.morleyglicken.com and Dr. Glicken can be reached online at mglicken@msn.comGlicken, Morley D. is the author of 'Supervising Human Service Professionals: A Competency-Based Approach', published 2008 under ISBN 9781412937795 and ISBN 1412937795.