Communication and Interpersonal Skills in Social Work

An essential textbook for communication and interpersonal skills in social work

List of contents

Communication Skills: Don't They Just Come Naturally?
What Do We Know About Effective Communication?
The Human Face of Social Work: Understanding Emotions, Intentions and Non-Verbal Communication
Getting Started
Making Progress and Managing Endings
Communicating Children
Working with Families
Working with Groups
Working with People with Additional Communication Needs: Communicative Minorities
Safety and Risk: Working with Hostility and Deception
The Demands and Rewards of Interpersonal Work

About the author

Juliet Koprowska was a Senior Lecturer Social Work at the University of York until 2018, and then an Honorary Fellow. She is Chair of GAPS (promoting psychodynamic, systemic and relationship-based approaches to social work). She is a registered social worker and a Licensed Systems-Centered® Practitioner. Her most recent research is into talk in social work.

Product details

• Authors: Juliet Koprowska
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.05.2014
• EAN: 9781446282328
• ISBN: 978-1-4462-8232-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Transforming Social Work Practice Series; Transforming Social Work Pract; Transforming Social Work Pract
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system