Social work methods and skills : the essential foundations of practice
Healy, Karen.
Social work methods and skills : the essential foundations of practice created by Karen Healy - New York Palgrave Macmillan 2012 - xiii, 257 pages. illustrations 24 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 important 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, and within community and family settings.
9780230575172 023057517X
Social service
HV40 HEA
Social work methods and skills : the essential foundations of practice created by Karen Healy - New York Palgrave Macmillan 2012 - xiii, 257 pages. illustrations 24 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 important 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, and within community and family settings.
9780230575172 023057517X
Social service
HV40 HEA