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An A-Z of Social Work Skills

First Edition


May 2022 | 232 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
Puzzled by terminology, skills, law, or theory? Revising for your placement or exam? Then look no further! This series of concise and easy-to-use A-Zs will be your guide.

Designed for both students and newly-qualified social workers, this book will introduce you to over 60 key skills in a concise and no-nonsense way. You can test your knowledge and how to apply each skill in practice with Skills in Action, Stop-Reflect and Top Tips boxes.


 
A
Active Listening

 
Advocacy

 
An anti-discriminatory approach

 
An anti-oppressive approach

 
Appreciative enquiry

 
Assertiveness

 
Assessment

 
 
B
Breaking bad news

 
Building resilience

 
 
C
Case recording

 
Chairing meetings

 
Challenging skills

 
Chronologies

 
Collaboration: working with Experts by Experience

 
Communicating with Children

 
Communicating with People with LD

 
Conflict management and resolution

 
Containing anxiety

 
Counselling skills

 
Court skills

 
Critical incident analysis

 
Critical thinking and analysis

 
Cross cultural practice

 
 
D
Dealing with hostility and aggression

 
Dealing with resistance

 
 
E
Eco mapping

 
Email communication

 
Emotional intelligence

 
Empathy

 
Empowerment and enabling

 
Endings

 
Ethical practice

 
Evidence-informed practice

 
 
F, G
Genograms

 
Giving and receiving feedback

 
Grief and loss

 
Group work

 
 
H
Home visits

 
 
I
Interpreters

 
Interprofessional practice

 
Interviewing

 
 
J, K, L
Life story work

 
 
M
Managing stress

 
Managing supervision

 
Mediation

 
Motivational interviewing

 
 
N
Non-verbal communication

 
 
O
Observational skills

 
 
P
Person-centred communication

 
Person-centred planning

 
Presentation skills

 
Professional challenge

 
Professional development

 
Professional judgement and decision-making

 
Professional values and ethics

 
 
Q
Questioning

 
 
R
Radical social work

 
Rapport building

 
Reflective practice

 
Reflective writing

 
Report writing

 
Respecting confidentiality

 
Restorative practice

 
Risk assessment

 
Root Cause Analysis

 
 
S
Safeguarding

 
Setting and maintaining professional boundaries

 
Solution-focused techniques

 
Systemic practice techniques

 
 
T
Task-centred work

 
Telephone skills

 
Time management

 
 
U
Use of self and reflexivity

 
Using humour

 
 
V
Valuing difference

 
 
W
Working with protected characteristics

 
 
X, Y, Z

This book summarizes all social work skills relevant to social work practice. It is also easy to comprehend from our students, as authors are straight to the point and they offer very useful tips and examples in this book. There are also very useful links to associated theories, and there is suggestion for further reading under each content. This book has been included in my reading list as well as my teaching sessions.

Dr Evangelia Petropoulou
School of Health & Social Care , Edinburgh Napier University
February 21, 2023

Clear and Concise information for undergraduate social work students

Mrs Samantha Dean
Health, Care and Early Years, Yeovil College
December 12, 2022

it is a very good book that enlists essential social work skills. The book is very practical for social work students.

Mr simon ng
Social Work, Gratia Christian College
December 15, 2022

Definitely recommend this book for social work

Mrs Yasmin License
Accounting, Bradford College
April 12, 2022

Very interesting book, but found content was not commensurate with program needs and students we are teaching - needed a far more generic text

Amanda Lee
Health, Global Banking School
September 12, 2022

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