Interpersonal social work skills for community practice

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hardina, Donna (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer Publishing Company , c2013
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction : the application of interpersonal skills in community practice
  • 2. Entering the community and using interviewing skills to find out about people
  • 3. Recruiting potential participants
  • 4. Developing relationships and partnerships with formal organizations
  • 5. Using dialogue, story-telling, and structured group work techniques to identify community problems
  • 6. Engaging participants in the discovery, assessment, and documentation of community strengths and problems
  • 7. Facilitating leadership development and group decision-making : encouraging public participation and engaging constituents in the development of action plans
  • 8. Taking action : group processes for implementing action campaigns
  • 9. Working with constituent groups to critically reflect and engage in dialogue on the process and outcomes of action plans
  • 10. Discovering whether and why the action worked : using participatory research to conduct formal evaluations
  • 11. Using interpersonal skills to advocate for legislation
  • 12. Interpersonal skills for community building
  • 13. Supervision
  • 14. Interpersonal skills in a global context : advocating for human rights
  • 15. Future directions in community organizing : where do we go from here?