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9780230575172

Social Work Methods and Skills The Essential Foundations of Practice

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  • ISBN13:

    9780230575172

  • ISBN10:

    023057517X

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2012-01-15
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury

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Summary

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.

Author Biography

Karen Healy is Professor in the School of Social Work and Human Services at the University of Queensland, Australia. She has Published three books on social work practice, including the bestselling textbook Social Work Theories in Context (2005).

Table of Contents

 
PART I: THE CORE OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE
Social work methods in context: purposeful practice
Professional communication skills
PART II: WORKING WITH INDIVIDUALS
Working with individuals to resolve life’s problems
Working with mandated individuals
PART III: WORKING WITH FAMILIES AND GROUPS
Working with families
Working with groups
PART IV: COMMUNITY WORK, POLICY PRACTICE AND ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE
Community Work
Policy Practice
Conclusion: Creating a context for change

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