Counselling Skills in Social Work Practice

by JanetSeden (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1999

  $3.86

  Is there a place for counseling skills in modern social work? If so, how can such skills be employed in practice? This is a no-nonsense guide to the application of counseling skills to social work practice. It is written from the author's first-hand experience of working in the field and teaching counseling skills to social work students. The book is packed full of useful hints and tips for trainees and busy practitioners, and illustrated throughout with examples of good practice. The examples are drawn from real-life situations in a range of local authority, criminal justice and voluntary sector agencies and have been reworked and rewritten for the book. They include work with adults, children and families and demonstrate the practical use of the various counseling skills described. The author argues that relationships remain at the heart of good social work practice and that interpersonal transactions are highly significant in creating and maintaining an effective outcome. Counselling Skills in Social Work Practice is recommended to all social work students and qualified social care professionals seeking to improve their practice.

• Used

  Paperback
  2005

  $3.61

  *In what ways is counselling relevant to contemporary social work?
  *How do counselling skills integrate with social work roles and responsibilities?

  This book examines these skills and their applicability, drawing from social work and counselling theories and methods using clear, practical examples. Skills are discussed with reference to social work knowledge and values illustrating how, when used competently, contextually and sensitively they can appropriately underpin good social work practice. Questions and activities for self development are linked to the practices discussed.

  This new edition of Counselling Skills in Social Work Practice has been thoroughly revised to reflect the National Occupational Standards for social work which identify the importance of communication skills and a developmental understanding of people in their social contexts. The chapters are linked to the six key roles for social work practice.

  This book builds on the strengths of the first edition, as well as addressing the challenges of practice in relevant legislative and policy contexts. The book includes:

  *Evidence of how the competencies which underpin counselling practice are directly transferable to effective social work practice
  *Practical advice on communication skills
  *Examples of how to build effective working relationships; a whole chapter is now devoted to the specific skills required for working within inter-agency and multi-disciplinary teams

  This book is key reading on the subject of ethical and effective social work for those teaching, studying or practising in the field.

• New

  Paperback
  2005

  $51.99

  *In what ways is counselling relevant to contemporary social work?
  *How do counselling skills integrate with social work roles and responsibilities?

  This book examines these skills and their applicability, drawing from social work and counselling theories and methods using clear, practical examples. Skills are discussed with reference to social work knowledge and values illustrating how, when used competently, contextually and sensitively they can appropriately underpin good social work practice. Questions and activities for self development are linked to the practices discussed.

  This new edition of Counselling Skills in Social Work Practice has been thoroughly revised to reflect the National Occupational Standards for social work which identify the importance of communication skills and a developmental understanding of people in their social contexts. The chapters are linked to the six key roles for social work practice.

  This book builds on the strengths of the first edition, as well as addressing the challenges of practice in relevant legislative and policy contexts. The book includes:

  *Evidence of how the competencies which underpin counselling practice are directly transferable to effective social work practice
  *Practical advice on communication skills
  *Examples of how to build effective working relationships; a whole chapter is now devoted to the specific skills required for working within inter-agency and multi-disciplinary teams

  This book is key reading on the subject of ethical and effective social work for those teaching, studying or practising in the field.