Social Work Skills : A Practice Handbook

by Trevithick, Pamela

• ISBN13: 9780335215003
• ISBN10: 0335215009
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-06-01
• Publisher: Open University Press

Summary

The bestselling social workclassicupdated to includethe latest in skills andtheories for practitioners atevery level Written by an experienced academicpractitioner,the new edition of this bestsellingtext is updated to include the currenteducational, policy, and practice contexts ofsocial work. Social Work Skills, SecondEdition, contains additional material onsocial work methods and approaches, aswell as revised sections on the importance ofpsychological and sociological theories. It also provides expanded and more thoroughinformation on multi-disciplinaryworking and communication with childrenand examines the use of language and jargonin social workensuring more productiveand smooth interactions between socialworkers and their clients and colleagues.The main focus of the book is on how skillscan be perfected and made transferableacross different contexts, service usergroups, and countries. The handbook isessential reading for all social work studentsand a valuable reference tool for practicingsocial workers and human service professionals.

Author Biography

Pamela Trevithick (United Kingdom) is a lecturer in social work at the University of Bristol.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
Introduction	1	(21)
1 The knowledge base of social work: theoretical, factual and practice knowledge	22	(38)
2 Social work skills, interventions and practice effectiveness	60	(30)
3 Understanding human beings	90	(23)
4 Communication, listening and assessment skills	113	(27)
5 Basic interviewing skills	140	(50)
6 Providing help, direction and guidance	190	(28)
7 Empowerment, negotiation and partnership skills	218	(24)
8 Professional competence and accountability	242	(13)
Conclusion	255	(5)
Appendix 1: Behaviourist approaches	260	(4)
Appendix 2: Cognitive approaches	264	(3)
Appendix 3: Crisis intervention	267	(4)
Appendix 4: Person/client-centred approaches	271	(4)
Appendix 5: Psychosocial approaches	275	(4)
Appendix 6: Task-centred approaches	279	(3)
Appendix 7: Ecological perspectives in social work	282	(4)
Appendix 8: Feminist perspectives in social work	286	(3)
Appendix 9: Radical/progressive/activist perspectives in social work	289	(3)
Appendix 10: Stages of Change (or Cycle of Change)	292	(4)
Appendix 11: National Occupational Standards on the knowledge base of social work	296	(3)
References	299	(26)
Index	325