Interpersonal social work skills for community practice
By: Donna Hardina
Publisher: Springer Pub.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780826108111; 9780826108128
Subjects: Interpersonal relations; Social skills; Community-based social services
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction : the application of interpersonal skills in community practice; title: The pre-engagement phase; title: Entering the community and using interviewing skills to find out about people; title: Recruiting potential participants; title: Developing relationships and partnerships with formal organizations; title: The engagement phase; title: Using dialogue, story-telling, and structured group work techniques to identify community problems; title: Engaging participants in the discovery, assessment, and documentation of community strengths and problems; title: Facilitating leadership development and group decision-making : encouraging public participation and engaging constituents in the development of action plans; title: Taking action : group processes for implementing action campaigns; title: The post-engagement phase; title: Working with constituent groups to critically reflect and engage in dialogue on the process and outcomes of action plans; title: Discovering whether and why the action worked : using participatory research to conduct formal evaluations; title: Additional applications of interpersonal skills for community practice; title: Using interpersonal skills to advocate for legislation; title: Interpersonal skills for community building; title: Supervision; title: Interpersonal skills in a global context : advocating for human rights; title: Future directions in community organizing : where do we go from here?; title: References; title: Index.