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Author Seden, Janet, 1947-

Title Counselling skills in social work practice / Janet Seden
Published Buckingham : Open University Press, 1999

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 MELB  361.06 Sed/Csi  AVAILABLE
Description x,166 pages ; 23 cm
Contents Ch. 1. Relevant skills for social work practice -- Ch. 2. To communicate and engage: relevant counselling skills -- Ch. 3. To promote and enable: relevant counselling skills -- Ch. 4. To assess and plan: relevant counselling skills -- Ch. 5. To intervene and provide services: relevant counselling skills -- Ch. 6. To work in organizations: relevant counselling skills -- Ch. 7. To develop professional competence: relevant counselling skills -- Ch. 8. Counselling skills for relationship, competence and good outcomes
Summary "This is a no-nonsense guide to the application of counselling skills to social work practice. It is written from the author's first-hand experience of working in the field and teaching counselling skills to social work students. The book is packed full of useful hints and tips for trainees and busy practitioners, and illustrated throughout with examples of good practice. The author argues that relationships remain at the heart of good social work practice and that interpersonal transactions are highly significant in creating and maintaining an effective outcome."--BOOK JACKET. "Counselling Skills in Social Work Practice is recommended to all social work students and qualified social care professionals seeking to improve their practice."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Counseling -- Great Britain.
Social service -- Great Britain.
Social case work -- Great Britain.
Counselor and client -- Great Britain.
LC no. 98055534
ISBN 0335199690 cased
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