Social work methods and skills : the essential foundations of practice /
By: Healy, Karen.
Publisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012Description: xiii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9780230575172; 9780230575172:; 023057517X.Subject(s): Social case work | Communication in social work![](/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/images/filefind.png)
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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.