Communication and Interpersonal Skills in Social Work

4. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4462-8232-8
Verlag: Learning Matters

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 448 g

Reihe: Transforming Social Work Practice Series

Although communication and interpersonal skills are widely-taught as a core element of the social work degree, understanding the theory and processes around them can be a challenge. This book starts with the fundamentals and looks at individual theories and approaches, relating them directly to social work practice. This approach will help you to understand the benefits that good communication skills can bring to your practice placements and work with clients. The content is grounded in social work practice and is totally skills-focused. There are new sections on groupwork, working with vulnerable clients and communicating effectively with children.

Key updates:

- A new chapter on working with groups

- A revised chapter on working with families

- More material on emotional intelligence

- More material on relationship based social work

This book is in the Transforming Social Work Practice series. All books in the series are affordable, mapped to the Social Work Curriculum, practical with clear links between theory & practice and written to the Professional Capabilities Framework.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Koprowska, Juliet

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Sozialpädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Communication Skills: Don’t They Just Come Naturally?
What Do We Know About Effective Communication?
The Human Face of Social Work: Understanding Emotions, Intentions and Non-Verbal Communication
Getting Started
Making Progress and Managing Endings
Communicating Children
Working with Families
Working with Groups
Working with People with Additional Communication Needs: Communicative Minorities
Safety and Risk: Working with Hostility and Deception
The Demands and Rewards of Interpersonal Work

Über Autor(innen)

Koprowska, Juliet
Juliet Koprowska was a Senior Lecturer Social Work at the University of York until 2018, and then an Honorary Fellow. She is Chair of GAPS (promoting psychodynamic, systemic and relationship-based approaches to social work). She is a registered social worker and a Licensed Systems-Centered® Practitioner. Her most recent research is into talk in social work.