Main description:

This workbook-style primer guides students in giving visible form to the major principles of social work practice: namely, professional ethics, therapeutic engagement, assessment, treatment planning, treatment, and termination. This book offers theoretical material in addition to 60 practical and experiential exercises. Alongside informational text, each chapter of this resource identifies implications for practice, features techniques that are serviceable in manifesting concepts with clients as well as instruction on when and how to put the skills into effect, and includes a set of 60 exercises intended to facilitate critical thinking and to hone technique. CSWE core competencies are highlighted throughout the book alongside the techniques that would give the competency visible form in practice.

Contents:

I. Introduction 1. Case Study II. Values, Ethics, and Obligations 2. Social Work Values 3. Professional Ethics 4. Legal Obligations of Helping Professionals 5. Ethical Decision-Making 6. The Nature of Social Work Practice II. Preparing for Effective Practice 7. Engagement, Rapport, & the Working Alliance 8. Self-Exploration 9. Preparatory Empathy III. Assessment 10. Narrative Therapy 11. Information Gathering 12. Biological Aspects of Human Functioning 13. Psychological & Social Aspects of Human Functioning IV. Treatment Planning 14. Problem Identification & Definition 15. Outcome Goals 16. Preliminary Planning 17. Contracting V. Overview of Treatment 18. Behavioral Intervention 19. Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention 20. Psychodynamic Therapy 21. Crisis Intervention 22. Group Work 23. Family Therapy VI. Conclusion 24. Terminating with Clients