Social Work Skills: A Practice Handbook

The bestselling social work

classic—updated to include

the latest in skills and

theories for practitioners at

every level

Written by an experienced academicpractitioner,

the new edition of this bestselling

text is updated to include the current

educational, policy, and practice contexts of

social work. Social Work Skills, Second

Edition, contains additional material on

social work methods and approaches, as

well as revised sections on the importance of

psychological and sociological theories.

It also provides expanded and more thorough

information on multi-disciplinary

working and communication with children

and examines the use of language and jargon

in social work—ensuring more productive

and smooth interactions between social

workers and their clients and colleagues.

The main focus of the book is on how skills

can be perfected and made transferable

across different contexts, service user

groups, and countries. The handbook is

essential reading for all social work students

and a valuable reference tool for practicing

social workers and human service professionals.