Social work methods and skills : the essential foundations of practice /
Healy, Karen.
Social work methods and skills : the essential foundations of practice / - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. - xiii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acknowledgments -- Preface -- The core of professional social work practice -- Social work methods in context : purposeful practice -- Professional communication skills -- Working with individuals -- Working with individuals to resolve life's problems -- Working with mandated individuals -- Working with families and groups -- Working with families -- Working with groups -- Community work, policy practice and organisational change -- Community work -- Policy practice -- Conclusion: creating a context for change -- References.
A clearly framed and comprehensive introduction to practice methods, this text explores how methods and skills can be combined to offer a versatile professional toolkit for practice. It interrogates the social work process within a range of settings, including working with involuntary clients, community and family settings.
9780230575172 9780230575172: £18.99 023057517X
2012006101
GBB198966 bnb
015874052 Uk
Social case work.
Communication in social work
Social Work
361.32 HEA
Social work methods and skills : the essential foundations of practice / - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. - xiii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acknowledgments -- Preface -- The core of professional social work practice -- Social work methods in context : purposeful practice -- Professional communication skills -- Working with individuals -- Working with individuals to resolve life's problems -- Working with mandated individuals -- Working with families and groups -- Working with families -- Working with groups -- Community work, policy practice and organisational change -- Community work -- Policy practice -- Conclusion: creating a context for change -- References.
A clearly framed and comprehensive introduction to practice methods, this text explores how methods and skills can be combined to offer a versatile professional toolkit for practice. It interrogates the social work process within a range of settings, including working with involuntary clients, community and family settings.
9780230575172 9780230575172: £18.99 023057517X
2012006101
GBB198966 bnb
015874052 Uk
Social case work.
Communication in social work
Social Work
361.32 HEA