Communication in Social Work
eBook - PDF

Communication in Social Work

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Communication in Social Work

About this book

Effective communication is a vital part of the social worker's job. This welcome new edition of a classic text provides students and practitioners with essential advice and guidance about communicating and interacting in a range of social work settings. Based on the author's extensive personal and teaching experience, the text offers a succint introduction to a variety of communication techniques, including symbolic, non-verbal, verbal, written and electronic forms of communication. Importantly, it discusses the perspectives of service users and explores their experiences and interpretations of how a social worker looks, acts and speaks, thus giving a real insight into the implicit messages being conveyed. New to this edition are Putting it into Practice activities and further reading suggestions, designed to support learning and understanding and to enable readers to reflect critically for practice. Written in an appealing narrative style that cannot fail to draw the reader in, Communication in Social Work is an engaging and comprehensive book suitable both for social work and social care students and for newly qualified practitioners wanting to refresh their thinking and skills.

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Intervention: 
techniques 
for 
enhancing 
change
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Barrett, 
G., 
Sellman, 
D. 
and 
Thomas, 
J. 
(2005) 
Interprofessional 
Working 
in 
Health 
and 
Social 
Care: 
Professional 
Perspectives
, 
Basingstoke, 
Palgrave 
Macmillan. 
This 
book 
about 
interprofessional 
work 
helps 
us 
to 
understand 
where 
each 
of 
the 
professions 
comes 
from 
in 
terms 
of 
values, 
professional 
culture, 
knowledge 
and 
research. 
To 
understand 
and 
appreciate 
these 
differences 
can 
help 
us 
to 
engage 
in 
better 
inter-
professional 
communication 
including 
the 
use 
of 
response, 
empathy 
and 
challenging.
Lishman, 
J. 
(2007) 
Handbook 
for 
Practice 
Learning 
in 
Social 
Work 
and 
Social 
Care
, 
London, 
Jessica 
Kingsley. 
Section 
3 
examines 
models 
of 
intervention 
in 
detail, 
including 
cognitive 
behavioural, 
task 
centre, 
crisis 
intervention, 
family 
therapy 
and 
group 
care.

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