Social Work Methods and Skills

The Essential Foundations of Practice

Karen Healy (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

288 Seiten

2026 | 2nd edition
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
9781350415393 (ISBN)

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Covering a broad range of social work methods and skills, this resource empowers students and practitioners to critically develop and refine their professional toolkit.

This innovative textbook takes an integrated approach to the core theories, methods and skills at the heart of all good social work practice, demonstrating how practice both shapes, and is shaped, by professional purpose.

Responding to the latest contemporary debates, advances and emerging social challenges in the field, this five-part book:

- Covers a broad and diverse range of social work practice methods, from working with individuals and families through to community work, policy practice and system change.
- Underlines the fundamental dimensions shaping the practitioner and their practice context, equipping the reader with how to form effective working relationships and tackle competing inter-agency priorities.
- Engages with core theories, including eco social work and de-colonized perspectives.
- Provides a dedicated section on communication skills, an important topic integral to all areas of practice.
- Emphasizes the importance of self-care, along with professional boundaries in achieving good critically reflective practice.
- Includes a range of exercises, examples and review questions to help readers consolidate their learning.

This book offers a step-by-step discussion of topics that will empower social work students and practitioners alike to critically develop and refine their professional toolkit for purposeful and innovative intervention, reinforcing an understanding of how to achieve effective professional practice.

Karen Healy is Professor of Social Work in the School of Social Work and Human Services at The University of Queensland, Australia.

PART I: THE PRACTITONER IN CONTEXT
Introduction
The Professional ‘self’ in Context
Working in Teams
The Organisational Context

PART II: PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS
The Foundations of Communication
The Emotions of Practice
Communication in an Online World
Written Communication – A Contextual Approach

Part III: WORKING WITH INDIVIDUALS
Working with Individuals to Resolve Life’s Problems
Working with Involuntary Clients

PART IV: WORKING WITH FAMILIES AND GROUPS
Working with Families
Working with Groups

PART VI: COMMUNITY WORK, SYSTEMS ADVOCACY AND CHANGE
Community Work
Systems, Advocacy and Change
Conclusion

Erscheint lt. Verlag	25.6.2026
Zusatzinfo	15 bw illus
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-13	9781350415393 / 9781350415393
Zustand	Neuware