Healy, Karen. <br/><br/>
Social work methods and skills :  the essential foundations of practice / 
Karen Healy. 
 - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;  New York :  Palgrave Macmillan,  2012. 
 - xiii, 257 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Acknowledgments -- Preface -- The core of professional social work practice -- Social work methods in context : purposeful practice -- Professional communication skills -- Working with individuals -- Working with individuals to resolve life's problems -- Working with mandated individuals -- Working with families and groups -- Working with families -- Working with groups -- Community work, policy practice and organisational change -- Community work -- Policy practice -- Conclusion: creating a context for change -- References. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780230575172 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012-006101 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social service.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV40  / .H3898 2012