Rogers, Michaela,

Developing skills for social work practice / Michaela Rogers, Dawn Whitaker, David Edmondson and Donna Peach. - xiii, 279 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Introduction Core Skills Person-Centred Communication Active Listening Skills Communicating with Children Emotionally Intelligent Social Work Developing Empathic Skills Reflection and Reflexivity Understanding Values, Ethics and Human Rights Valuing Difference and Diversity Skills for Assessment and Interventions Assessment Skills Interviewing Skills A Positive Approach to Safeguarding: Risk in Humane Social Work Working with Service Users and Carers Building Resilience Conflict Management and Resolution Research-Informed Practice Writing Skills for Practice Inter-Professional Practice and Working Together Maximising Supervision Review and Evaluation Court Skills Key Social Work Theories and Methods Strengths-Based and Solution-Focused Approaches Systems Theory and an Ecological Approach Attachment Theory: Examining Maternal Sensitivity Scales Person-Centred Social Work Group Work Task-Centred Social Work Practice Crisis Intervention The Social Models of Disability and Distress.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Provides students with a quick and easy-to-access guide to the application of core skills to help them successfully complete an essential part of their social work course.

9781473913769 1473913764 9781473913776 1473913772


Social service--Practice--Great Britain.

HV40.8.G7 / R64 2017

361.320941