Direct social work practice : theory and skills / Dean H. Hepworth (Professor Emeritus, University of Utah and Arizona State University), Pa Der Vang (St. Catherine University), Joan Marie Blakey (Tulane University), Craig Schwalbe (Columbia University), Caroline B. R. Evans (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill-SUPER Project), Ronald H. Rooney (Profesor Emeritus, University of Minnesota), Glenda Dewberry Rooney (Professor Emeritus, Augsburg University), Kimberly Strom (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hepworth, Dean H., Author.

Vang, Pa Der, 1975- Author.

Blakey, Joan Marie., Author.

Schwalbe, Craig., Author.

Evans, Caroline B. R., Author.

Rooney, Ronald H., 1945- Author.

Rooney, Glenda D., Author.

Strom-Gottfried, Kim., Author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Brooks/Cole empowerment series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social service.

Evidence-based social work.

Social Work.

Medical Subjects:

Social Work.

Physical Description:

xx, 492 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Edition:

Eleventh edition.

Place of Publication:

Boston, MA : Cengage Learning, [2022]

Summary:

"This edition prepares social work students for effective ethical and anti-oppressive practice with a balanced focus on theory and application"-- From the publisher's description.

Contents:

Part 1. Introduction

1. The challenges and opportunities of social work

2. Orienting frameworks for social work practice

3. Overview of the helping process

4. Operationalizing social work values and ethics

Part 2. Exploring, Assessing, and Planning

5. Building blocks of communication: conveying empathy and authenticity

6. Verbal following, exploring, and focusing skills

7. Eliminating counterproductive communication patterns and substituting positive alternatives

8. Assessment: exploring and understanding problems and strengths

9. Assessing individual and environmental factors and their interaction

10. Assessing family functioning in diverse family and cultural contexts

11. Understanding social work groups

12. Developing goals and formulating a contract

Part 3. The Change-Oriented Phase

13. Choosing and implementing interventions to facilitate change

14. Balancing Micro and macro social work practice: roles, theories, and intervention strategies

15. Enhancing family functioning and relationships

16. Facilitating social work groups

17. Additive empathy, interpretation, and confrontation

18. Managing barriers to change

Part 4. The Termination Phase

19. The final phase: evaluation and termination.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-472) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Hepworth, Dean H. Direct social work practice.

ISBN:

0357630599

9780357630594

OCLC:

1262193284