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Communication in Social Work (BASW Practical Social Work Series) - Softcover

Lishman, Joyce

 
9781403916204: Communication in Social Work (BASW Practical Social Work Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1403916209 ISBN 13: 9781403916204
Publisher: Red Globe Press, 2009

Synopsis


Effective communication is a vital part of the social worker's job. This welcome new edition of a classic text provides students and practitioners with essential advice and guidance about communicating and interacting in a range of social work settings.
 
Based on the author's extensive personal and teaching experience, the text offers a succint introduction to a variety of communication techniques, including symbolic, non-verbal, verbal, written and electronic forms of communication. Importantly, it discusses the perspectives of service users and explores their experiences and interpretations of how a social worker looks, acts and speaks, thus giving a real insight into the implicit messages being conveyed.
 
New to this edition are Putting it into Practice activities and further reading suggestions, designed to support learning and understanding and to enable readers to reflect critically for practice.
 
Written in an appealing narrative style that cannot fail to draw the reader in, Communication in Social Work is an engaging and comprehensive book suitable both for social work and social care students and for newly qualified practitioners wanting to refresh their thinking and skills.

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About the Author

JOYCE LISHMAN is a Professor and Head of the School of Applied Social Studies, Robert Gordon University, UK. She is editor of the Handbook of Theory for Practice Teachers in Social Work published by Jessica Kingsley.

From the Back Cover


Effective communication is a vital part of the social worker's job. This welcome new edition of a classic text provides students and practitioners with essential advice and guidance about communicating and interacting in a range of social work settings.
 
Based on the author's extensive personal and teaching experience, the text offers a succint introduction to a variety of communication techniques, including symbolic, non-verbal, verbal, written and electronic forms of communication. Importantly, it discusses the perspectives of service users and explores their experiences and interpretations of how a social worker looks, acts and speaks, thus giving a real insight into the implicit messages being conveyed.
 
New to this edition are Putting it into Practice activities and further reading suggestions, designed to support learning and understanding and to enable readers to reflect critically for practice.
 
Written in an appealing narrative style that cannot fail to draw the reader in, Communication in Social Work is an engaging and comprehensive book suitable both for social work and social care students and for newly qualified practitioners wanting to refresh their thinking and skills.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Red Globe Press
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1403916209
ISBN 13 
9781403916204
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
288