Title : Developing Skills and Knowledge for Social Work Practice
Author : Michaela Rogers, Dawn Whitaker, David Edmondson, and Donna Peach
Publisher : SAGE Publications Ltd; Second edition (30 Mar. 2020)
Volume : 384 pages
ISBN : 978-1526463258
This very practical guide will teach students everything they need to know to successfully apply theory, methods and approaches in real-life practice. It will assist in developing and hone their skills to make the best start in their practice placement and beyond as a newly qualified practitioner.
To get the most out of this book, visit the companion website at https://www.study.sagepub.com/rogers2e to find journal articles, templates, ‘how to’ guides and brand new videos with discussion questions, and a glossary.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Introduction
Part I: 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
- Resilience and Self Care
- Time Management
Part II: 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 in Service Users
- Conflict Management and Resolution
- Research-Informed Practice
- Writing Skills for Practice
- Inter-Professional Practice and Working Together
- Maximising Supervision
- Review and Evaluation
- Court Skills – Dawn Whitaker
Part III: Key Social Work Theories and Methods
- Strengths-Based and Solution-Focused Approaches
- Systems Theory and an Ecological Approach
- Narrative Social Work
- Task-Centred Social Work Practice
- Person-Centred Social Work
- Group work – Michaela Rogers
- Attachment Theory: Examining Maternal Sensitivity Scales
- Grief and Loss
- Crisis Intervention
- The Social Models of Disability and Distress
- Social Work Activism
Conclusion