Interpersonal social work skills for community practice

Interpersonal social work skills for community practice / Donna Hardina.

"Community organization has been a major component of social work practice since the late 19th century. It requires a diverse set of abilities, interpersonal skills being among the most important. This textbook describes the essential interpersonal skills that social workers need in community p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hardina, Donna (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer Publishing Company, [2013]
Subjects:
Social skills.
Interpersonal relations.
Community-based social services.
SELF-HELP > Personal Growth > Success.
Community-based social services
Interpersonal relations
Social skills
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the application of interpersonal skills in community practice
  • Entering the community and using interviewing skills to find out about people
  • Recruiting potential participants
  • Developing relationships and partnerships with formal organizations
  • Using dialogue, story-telling, and structured group work techniques to identify community problems
  • Engaging participants in the discovery, assessment, and documentation of community strengths and problems
  • Facilitating leadership development and group decision-making : encouraging public participation in planning and engaging constituents in the development of action plans
  • Taking action : group processes for implementing action campaigns
  • Working with constituent groups to critically reflect and engage in dialogue on the process and outcomes of action plans
  • Discovering whether and why the action worked : using participatory research to conduct formal evaluations
  • Using interpersonal skills to advocate for legislation
  • Interpersonal skills for community building
  • Supervision
  • Interpersonal skills in a global context : advocating for human rights
  • Future directions in community organizing : where do we go from here?

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