Social Work Skills

"A welcome reminder in the age of competency framework of the value of social work skills. This book is a clearly written knowledge and practice based exploration of core skills for all social workers'' - Michael Preston-Shoot, Professor of Social Work and Social Care, Liverpool John Moores University Written by an academic-practitioner, this text provides a detailed description of over fifty social work skills, with case examples of their creative use in practice. The book takes as its starting point the view that social work is a skilled activity and one that is uniquely located in 'no-win' situations, caught in a tension between conflicting and sometimes incompatible needs and expectations. These tensions call for critical thinking and balanced and judicious decision-making across a range of fundamental issues such as the rights of the parent and the needs of the child, acknowledging the needs of carers alongside those of their 'dependents' and weighing individual freedom against the risk to society. In order to address often severe and enduring problems and complex situations social workers need to have at their fingertips a 'toolbox' of practice skills to help people to move their lives forward. Giving a name to these skills and being able to identify and demonstrate their effective use in evidence-based practice is a central theme of this text and one that provides an important and timely contribution to the literature on social work theory and practice. The handbook is essential reading for all social work students and a valuable reference resource for practising social workers and human service professionals.

Politics & Social Sciences

Trevithick,Pamela

Social Sciences

Open University Press

Open Univ Pr

The bestselling social work classic—updated to include the latest in skills and theories for practitioners at every level Written by an experienced academicpractitioner, the new edition of this bestselling text is updated to include the current educational, policy, and practice contexts of social work. Social Work Skills, Second Edition, contains additional material on social work methods and approaches, as well as revised sections on the importance of psychological and sociological theories. It also provides expanded and more thorough information on multi-disciplinary working and communication with children and examines the use of language and jargon in social work—ensuring more productive and smooth interactions between social workers and their clients and colleagues. The main focus of the book is on how skills can be perfected and made transferable across different contexts, service user groups, and countries. The handbook is essential reading for all social work students and a valuable reference tool for practicing social workers and human service professionals.

The bestselling social work classic—updated to include the latest in skills and theories for practitioners at every level Written by an experienced academicpractitioner, the new edition of this bestselling text is updated to include the current educational, policy, and practice contexts of social work. Social Work Skills, Second Edition, contains additional material on social work methods and approaches, as well as revised sections on the importance of psychological and sociological theories. It also provides expanded and more thorough information on multi-disciplinary working and communication with children and examines the use of language and jargon in social work—ensuring more productive and smooth interactions between social workers and their clients and colleagues. The main focus of the book is on how skills can be perfected and made transferable across different contexts, service user groups, and countries. The handbook is essential reading for all social work students and a valuable reference tool for practicing social workers and human service professionals.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Groupwork: A Handbook of Effective Skills and Interventions

The book is clearly grounded in the practice wisdom and knowledge base of the author, providing a strong reflective and analytical element, often missing in other more purely theoretical or practice based publications. The text looks at the creative and innovative use of basic groupwork skills and the ways that a knowledge of groupwork theory and practice can inform different areas of human service delivery, particularly in relation to health, education and welfare contexts. The book takes as its starting point the view that groupwork is a skilled activity. However, it is also an intellectual activity because to be an effective groupworker, practitioners need to have a sound knowledge base and to be able to translate that understanding in ways that underpin the skills and interventions that are applied in practice. This theoretical framework includes an analysis of the advantages and limitations of groupwork as a practice method. It also includes an account of the strengths and weaknesses of different groupwork approaches (e.g. cognitive-behavioural, psychodynamic, person-centred groupwork approaches), particularly when working with certain groups of people (e.g. with young people, women’s groups), specific dilemmas (e.g. bereavement groups), social problems (e.g. groups for ‘offenders’) or certain contexts (e.g. work with families and communities).

Social Work Skills & Knowledge

Open Univ. Press

"What a sensible book, a book born of much wisdom and practical experience. Pamela Trevithick takes the reader on a wonderfully clear but thorough journey of social work's knowledge, skills and values in which theories are elegantly put into practice. The whole enterprise is reassuringly held together by a strong commitment to organised thinking and the value of the social work relationship. For those who want to sharpen their ideas while keeping their practical feet firmly on the ground, this is the book for you." Professor David Howe, University of East Anglia, UK "This new edition is an excellent resource for practitioners, students and indeed managers in social work and social care who are committed to effective practice and service delivery ... Trevithick provides a comprehensive knowledge and skills framework and excellent practice examples to enable the reader to apply the knowledge to undertaking skilled and effective practice. This is a clear, readily understandable and comprehensive text which also integrates the complexity of practising social work. I highly recommend it." Professor Joyce Lishman, recently retired as Head of School of Applied Social Studies, Robert Gordon University, UK
 "A fantastic guide to social work practice and one I would recommend for the bookshelf of any social work student. It has a user friendly style that presents issues in an accessible way." Kate Grant, Social Work Student, University of Bristol, UK
 "A brilliant MUST BUY book for all social workers. It covers an amazing range of issues which are easy to find using the index. I will use it constantly throughout my career." Amanda Moorcroft, Social Work Practitioner, UK
 Since its first publication in 2000, this best-selling text has been an invaluable resource for thousands of social workers preparing for life in practice. Written by an influential academic-practitioner, it is widely regarded as the leading book in its field. 
 The third edition has been thoroughly updated to include sections on theoretical, factual and practice knowledge. Key features include:
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<li> 4 new chapters that integrate theory and practice in a Knowledge and Skills Framework or 'map' of professional practice </li>
<li> 80 social work skills and interventions </li>
<li> 12 appendices describing a range of different social work approaches </li>
<li> A wide range of practice examples linking theory and practice</li>
</ul>
Social Work Skills is essential reading for all social work students and a valuable reference tool for practising social workers, social services managers and human service professionals.

Social Work Skills And Knowledge: A Practice Handbook

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Social Work Skills

Social Work Skills

Social Work Skills

Social Work Skills

Groupwork: A Handbook of Effective Skills and Interventions

Groupwork: A Handbook of Effective Skills and Interventions

Social Work Skills & Knowledge

Social Work Skills And Knowledge: A Practice Handbook