Specialist communication skills for social workers : focusing on service users' needs /

Woodcock-Ross, Johanna, 1969-

Specialist communication skills for social workers : focusing on service users' needs / Johanna Woodcock Ross. - Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. - xii, 210 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introducing communication skills -- Basic universal communication skills -- Working with children -- Working with young people with offending behaviour -- Working with parents -- Working with people who use substances -- Working with adults with mental health problems -- Working with adults with disabilities -- Working with refugees and asylum seekers -- Working with older people.

"This book provides students with a solid understanding of the issues involved in effective communication within social work settings. It combines practice examples with a clear theoretical approach, demonstrating the subtleties of communication with service users and carers from a diverse range of social groups"--

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Communication in social work.
Social workers.
Comunicación en trabajo social.
Trabajadores sociales.

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