Social work methods and skills : the essential foundations of practice /
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| Author / Creator: | Healy, Karen. |
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| Imprint: | Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. |
| Description: | xiii, 257 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Social service. Social Work. Social service. |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8916397 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Part 1. The Core of Professional Social Work Practice
- Chapter 1. Social Work Methods in Context: Purposeful Practice
- Social Work Methods and Skills: A Dynamic Approach
- Theoretical Perspectives Informing this Book
- Overview of the Book
- Conclusion
- Review Questions
- Further Reading
- Chapter 2. Professional Communication Skills
- Listening Skills
- Nonverbal Communication
- Observation Skills
- Effective Speaking in an Interpersonal Context
- Demonstrating Sympathy and Empathy
- Communication in Teams
- Effective Speaking in a Public Context
- Conclusion
- Review Questions
- Critical Reflection Questions
- Further Reading
- Part 2. Working with Individuals
- Chapter 3. Working with Individuals to Resolve Life's Problems
- What is Social Casework and Counselling?
- Social Casework and Other Forms of Interpersonal Practice
- Key Debates: The Evidence-based Practice Movement and Social Casework
- A Framework for Social Casework and Counselling
- Conclusion
- Review Questions
- Critical Reflection Question
- Further Reading
- Chapter 4. Working with Mandated Individuals
- Defining Statutory Casework
- Statutory Casework: An Inconvenient Truth?
- Risk Assessment in Statutory Casework
- Why Do Statutory Casework?
- Statutory Casework Practice
- Conclusion
- Review Questions
- Critical Reflection Question
- Further Reading
- Part 3. Working with Families and Groups
- Chapter 5. Working with Families
- What is a Family?
- Why Work with Families?
- Types of Family Work Practice
- The Challenges and Cautions in Working with Families
- Working with Families
- Conclusion
- Review Questions
- Critical Reflection Questions
- Further Reading
- Chapter 6. Working with Groups
- What is Working with Groups?
- Why Work with Groups?
- The Range of Group Types
- Stage Theories of Groups
- Group Leadership
- Creating an Environment for Change: Groupworker Responsibilities
- Group Facilitation Techniques
- Evaluation and Termination in Groupwork
- Conclusion
- Review Questions
- Critical Reflection Questions
- Further Reading
- Part 4. Community Work, Policy Practice and Organizational Change
- Chapter 7. Community Work
- Community Work Practice: Defining the Terms
- Consensus versus Conflict Models
- The History of Community Work in Social Work
- Community Work and Social Work: Points of Commonality and Tension
- Community Work Skills
- Conclusion
- Review Questions
- Critical Reflection Questions
- Further Reading
- Chapter 8. Policy Practice
- Policy Practice: What it is and Why it Matters
- Social Workers and Policy Practice
- Phases of the Policy Process
- Conclusion
- Review Questions
- Critical Reflection Questions
- Further Reading
- Chapter 9. Conclusion: Creating a Context for Change
- Creating Organizational Change
- Protecting and Sustaining Ourselves
- Conclusion
- Further Reading
- References
- Index