Direct Social Work Practice: Theory and Skills

Book Details

• Author: Dean H. Hepworth, Ronald H. Rooney, Glenda Dewberry Rooney, Kimberly Strom-Gottfried

• Publisher: Rawat Publications

• Language: English

• ISBN: 9788131534168

• Pages: 700

• Cover: Paperback

• Sale Territory: India

About the Book
This comprehensive guide to social work practice is divided into four parts, each focusing on a critical stage in the helping process.

• Part 1 introduces the reader to the social work profession and its direct practice. It covers the core competencies necessary for effective social work, including the importance of evidence-based practice, the domains and roles of social work, and the key ethical considerations for practitioners.

• Part 2 focuses on the beginning phase of the helping process. It addresses essential skills in relationship-building, providing direction and focus in interviews, and avoiding common communication errors. It also includes exploration of client problems and strengths, theories for individual, family, and group assessment, and the processes of goal setting.

• Part 3 presents the middle or goal attainment phase. It covers strategies for change, including task-centered approaches, crisis intervention, cognitive restructuring, solution-focused practices, and advocacy. Advanced communication techniques, as well as strategies for overcoming barriers to change, are also discussed.

• Part 4 concludes with the final phase of the helping process, focusing on evaluating and terminating social work relationships in various contexts.

This book serves as an invaluable resource for social work students, providing essential knowledge and practical guidance for each stage of the helping process.

Contents

• Part 1: Introduction to Direct Social Work Practice

  1. Social Work Challenges

  2. The Domain, Philosophy, and Roles of Direct Practice

  3. Helping Process Overview

  4. The Cardinal Social Work Values

• Part 2: Planning, Exploring, and Assessing
  5. Empathy and Authenticity: The Building Blocks of Communications
  6. The Skills of Verbal Following, Exploring, and Focusing
  7. Avoiding Counterproductive Communication Patterns
  8. Assessment: Problems and Strengths
  9. Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, and Environmental Factors in Assessment
  10. Assessment: Family Functioning in Diverse Family and Cultural Contexts
  11. Social Work Groups: Formation and Assessment
  12. Goal Development and Contract Formulation

• Part 3: The Change-Oriented Phase
  13. Change-Oriented Strategies: Planning and Implementation
  14. Intervention Strategies: Developing Resources, Organizing, Planning, and Advocacy
  15. Improving Relationships and Family Functioning
  16. Social Work Group Interventions
  17. Confrontation, Interpretation, and Additive Empathy
  18. The Management of Barriers to Change

• Part 4: The Final Phase
  19. Evaluation and Termination

About the Authors

• Dean H. Hepworth is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Utah and Arizona State University.

• Ronald H. Rooney is from the University of Minnesota.

• Glenda Dewberry Rooney is from Augsburg College.

• Kimberly Strom-Gottfried is from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.