num_pages: 360
description: Human service workers need more than just common sense. Practice Skills in Social Work and Welfare offers a comprehensive introduction to practice skills required across the human service sector. The authors use critical analysis to systematically outline the key stages of interaction with engagement, assessment, intervention, and evaluation. Drawing on a strengths approach, they examine the skills needed for working with different types of individuals, families and community groups. They also explore the dilemmas faced in daily practice, including the challenges of working with involuntary clients, clients from different cultural backgrounds, and clients in crisis situations.
language: English
title: Practice Skills in Social Work and Welfare: More Than Just Common Sense
publisher: Allen & Unwin