Social Work Methods and Skills: The Essential Foundations of Practice

ISBN-13: 9780230575172 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 272 str.

Karen Healy

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Dr Karen Healy Research Director at The University of Queensland, Australia. She has published three books on social work practice, including the best-selling title, Social Work Theories in Context (Palgrave Macmillan).

Blurb

Theories, methods and skills are the bedrock of all social work practice; yet how they are used varies according to the needs of the client and the practice context.

In this brilliantly systematic and comprehensive text, Karen Healy provides an integrated approach to social work methods and skills. Recognising social work as a diverse activity that is rooted in common foundations, she explains how practice both shapes and is shaped by professional purpose. In particular, she:

• Advocates a dynamic generalist model for working with individuals, families, groups and organisations
  
• Provides a rigorous account of practice methods, influenced by critical social work theory, systems theory, strengths perspectives and research evidence
  
• Presents each method with unrivalled clarity and analytic coherence, using a range of exercises and reflective material to support personal engagement and understanding.

Social Work Methods and Skills offers a step-by-step discussion of social work practice that will empower readers to develop and refine their professional toolkit for purposeful and innovative interventions. It is an essential resource for any social work student or practitioner looking to build, or consolidate, their understanding of the range of methods and skills available for effective professional practice.