Bridging the gap between fundamental communication skills and more specialist skills, The Skilled Communicator combines in practical resource the knowledge and capabilities required to communicate effectively across a range of direct practice circumstances.
A step-by-step guide to developing effective communication skills with a diverse range of service users and professionals.
Langan and Lee (1989) stressed that we need to work in a more structural and adversarial way. We need to acknowledge with users of services the social, political, economic and structural pressures which disadvantage them (see Preface).
This manual carries a continuous discourse on developing interactive work ability in individuals, ensuring the holistic professional development of the trainees.
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In particular, this edition contains new material on: Social work methods, practice approaches and perspectives The knowledge base of social work and the importance of the relationship between theory and practice How the ...
Also by Karen Healy: Social Work Methods and Skills: The Essential Foundations of Practice. The Skilled Communicator in Social Work: The Art and Science of Skilled Communication. Social Work Practices: Contemporary Perspectives on ...
Blewett, J., Lewis, J. and Tunstill, J. (2007) The Changing Roles and Tasks of Social Work: A Literature Informed Discussion Paper. London: General Social Care Council. Blom-Cooper, L. (1985) A Child in Trust: A Report of the Panel of ...
... 186, 189, 202, 212 case study (Hayden family) 195 case study (Michael) 79 dominant discourses 5, 6, 16, ... 220 ecomaps 124, 125 ecosystems perspective 115, 121–7, 132, 134 ego psychology 167 electronic IT 232 empathy 29, 64, 68, ...
... individual and their social environment by achieving change in how the individual engages with their social environment and to create change in their social environment (Christensen et al., 1999; see also Fook, 1993; Perlman, 1968).
The Handbook of Communication Skills is recognised as one of the core texts in the field of communication, offering a state-of-the-art overview of this rapidly evolving field of study.