Social work methods and skills : the essential foundations of practice /

Social work methods and skills : the essential foundations of practice /

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Author / Creator:Healy, Karen.
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
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ISBN:9780230575172
023057517X
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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

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