Techniques and Guidelines for Social Work Practice

Emphasises the different techniques needed for successful social work practice.

Techniques and Guidelines for Social Work Practice demonstrates the unique place of social work among the helping professions. Readers will gain insight into the social worker's professional roles, guiding principles, and the importance of evidence-based practice. This edition provides students with easy access to the most current information on fundamental techniques and useful guidelines for social work practice from the generalist perspective. The 10th edition introduces 12 new techniques or guidelines corresponding to the national social work licensing examinations and the Council on Social Work Education's list of essential practice behaviours.

Techniques and Guidelines for Social Work Practice is broken into five parts. Parts I and II provide knowledge, values, and competencies for effective social work practice, while Parts III through V contain 154 clear and readable descriptions of practice techniques, presented in a handbook format for convenient accessibility of information.