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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date
April 15, 2009
Pages
226
Binding
Paperback
Edition
2
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781403916204
ISBN-10
1403916209
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.25 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.66 lbs.
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$41.00
Summaries and Reviews
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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.
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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Paperback
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2 edition from Palgrave Macmillan (April 15, 2009)
9781403916204 | details & prices | 226 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.66 lbs | List price $41.00
About: Effective communication is a vital part of the social worker's job.
About: Effective communication is a vital part of the social worker's job.
from Palgrave Macmillan (March 1, 1997)
9780333544129 | details & prices | 5.75 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $26.95
About: Using knowledge of communication skills from different sources (studies of chat perception, social psychology, evaulation research and practice theory), this volume introduces and examines the non-verbal, symbolic, verbal, and written communication skills required for social work practice in all settings.
About: Using knowledge of communication skills from different sources (studies of chat perception, social psychology, evaulation research and practice theory), this volume introduces and examines the non-verbal, symbolic, verbal, and written communication skills required for social work practice in all settings.
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