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Relationship-Based Social Work, Second Edition
This comprehensive guide to relationship-based practice in social work communicates the theory using illustrative case studies and offers a model for practice. Updated and expanded, it now includes increased coverage of anti-oppressive and diversity issues, service user perspectives and systemic approaches in social work.
The book explores the ranges of emotions that practitioners may encounter with service users, and covers working in both short-term and long-term professional relationships. It also outlines key skills, such as how to establish rapport, and explores systemic issues, such as building appropriate support systems for practice, management and leadership.
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Relationship-based social work: getting to the heart of practice
Updated and revised edition of the highly successful guide to relationship-based practice in social work. It communicates the theory using illustrative case studies and offers a model for practice. This book will be an invaluable textbook for social work students, practitioners on post-qualifying courses and all social work professionals.
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Social Workers' Experiences of Fear
This paper argues that the impact of fear on social workers and social work practice is a relatively neglected topic that deserves attention. With this in mind a sample of 60 employees of social services departments comprising home carers, rehabilitation officers, receptionists, residential workers in children's homes, special hospital social workers and social workers working in Northern Ireland were asked to talk of a time in their work when they had experienced fear. Eighty‐two fears were reported. These comprised fear of being assaulted, fear of being killed, fear of losing control/being overwhelmed, and fear of disapproval and rejection by seniors and managers. The social workers interviewed appreciated talking openly about their fears in a manner and context that was acceptable to them. It is recommended that further work be undertaken to build upon this research so that fear in the professional context becomes acknowledged as a reality and the need to share the experience becomes an accepted part of practice.
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Social workers' responses to experiences of fear
This paper follows on from the paper ‘Social workers’ experiences of fear’, written by the same authors, reporting on a research study that showed how social workers interviewed experienced fears of assault, death, losing control and rejection from their seniors during their working hours. Now, from the same study, examples are given that illustrate ways in which participants were affected by, and responded to, these fears. Substantive quotations from in-depth interviews are provided showing effects of fears as being physical, cognitive and emotional and as manifesting themselves differently with the passing of time. Also given are examples of what it was that participants found to be helpful, or unhelpful, when attempting to deal with their fears and particular attention is paid to supervision in this respect. The paper argues that drama therapy literature has much relevance to the management of fear as participants often reported different parts of themselves performing roles when affected by and responding to fears. Implications for social work training are considered in this light. Generally, it is claimed that the more social workers can learn about fear and its manifestations and implications in their work, the better they will be able to respond to it and deal with it.
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