Skills for Social Work Practice

Keith Davies is Associate Professor of Social Work at Kingston University, UK. Ray Jones is Professor of Social Work at Kingston University, UK.

By tying their accounts of social work skills to the PCF, the contributors to this book have performed an invaluable service for the social work profession. While it will be especially useful for social work students, educators and supervisors, there is much on offer here for all social workers, wherever they are in their careers. - Guy Shennan, Chair, British Association of Social Workers This book is very focused on developing an exact and practical understanding of the skills that social work students need to deploy to practise successfully in today's social care services. It is analytical and thoughtful in the way it presents social work skills in the modern context, and will be a firm foundation for future study and practice. - Malcolm Payne, Emeritus Professor, Manchester Metropolitan University (UK)

• 1. Developing Communication and Interviewing Skills; Kathleen Henderson & Jane Mathew Byrne 2. Writing Skills for Social Worker; Ray Jones 3. Preparing the Ethical Toolkit: balancing rights and responsibilities; Farrukh Akhtar 4. Working with the Experiences of Service Users and Carers 5. Assessment for Social Work Practice; Ray Jones 6. Applying Theory in Practice 7. Legal Skills for Social Workers; Susan Watson 8. Reflective Practice Skills; Carol Dicken & Dale van Graan 9. Skills for Leadership; Jeremy Ross 10. Skills for Inter-professional Social Work Practice; Vivienne Barnes 11. Working with Resistance.