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Long download timeNarrator: Multiple ReadersPublisher:Crane Library, 2015
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Publisher:Crane Library, 2015
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- Author: Sheafor, Bradford W.Contributor: Horejsi, Charles R.; Horejsi, Gloria A.Edition: 9th edDate:Issued2011Summary:
This unique text emphasizes the many different techniques needed for successful social work practice. Parts I and II provide knowlege, values, and competencies for effective social work practice, while Parts III through V contain 144 clear and readable descriptions of practice techniques, presented in a handbook format for convenient accessibility of information.
Contents:Social work and the social worker --
The domain of the social work profession --
Merging person with profession --
Merging the person's art with the profession's science --
The building blocks of social work practice --
The roles and functions performed by social workers --
Guiding principles for social workers --
Practice frameworks for social work --
Using evidence to guide the change process --
Techniques common to all social work practice --
Basic communication and helping skills --
Basic skills for agency practice --
Techniques and guidelines for phases of the planned change process --
Intake and engagement --
Data collection and assessment --
Planning and contracting --
Intervention and monitoring --
Evaluation and termination --
Guidelines for working with vulnerable client groups --
Techniques for sustaining social work practice.Subject(s): Social service | United States | Social work educationOriginal Publisher: Boston : Allyn & Bacon, 2011Language(s): English