Developing Your Communication Skills in Social Work (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781529752786)

This book explores:

- What is meant by communication skills

- What communication skills are

- What they look like in practice

- The differences in communicating with service users and professionals, such as children, guardians, peers and emergency workers

- Why they are important

It includes a wide range of theories, multiple case studies, reflective tasks, and exercises. It will develop your critical thinking and reflection skills, and help you develop your own communication style. Presented in a chronological style which acts as a working tool that you can dip into and out of. Each chapter is structured in a way that encourages you to build on your knowledge, so it begins by taking you right back to basics to learn core theory and practice techniques before getting you to critically reflect on the use of different skills in different settings and with different service user groups. The end-of-chapter skills audits help you to reflect on what you have learnt, what your strengths are and what you need to work on more.

Author: Paula Beesley, Melanie Watts, Sarah Harlow
ISBN-10: 1529752787
ISBN-13: 9781529752786
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Language: English
Published: 12/18/2023
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.46d