Social work skills and knowledge : a practice handbook /
By: Trevithick, Pamela.
Publisher: Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2010Edition: 3rd edition.Description: ix, 421 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9780335238071; 9780335238071:; 0335238076.Subject(s): Social service -- Practice -- Great Britain | Social service -- Great BritainDDC classification: 361.320941Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (page 361-394) and index.
Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Theoretical knowledge -- Factual knowledge -- Practice knowledge -- Understanding human beings -- Communication, observation, listening and assessment skills -- Interviewing skills -- Providing help, direction and guidance -- Empowerment, negotiation and partnership skills -- Professional competence and accountability -- Appendix 1 : behaviourist approaches -- Appendix 2 : cognitive approaches -- Appendix 3 : crisis intervention -- Appendix 4 : ecological approach in social work -- Appendix 5 : feminist perspectives in social work -- Appendix 6 : motivational interviewing -- Appendix 7 : person-centred approaches -- Appendix 8 : psychological approaches -- Appendix 9 : radical and activist perspectives in social work -- Appendix 10 : strengths perspectives -- Appendix 11 : task-centred approaches -- Appendix 12 : stages of change (or cycle of change).
Written for social work students, this handbook describes more than 50 key social work skills. Using case studies and examples, the author demonstrates their creative application in evidence-based practice.