TY - BOOK AU - Healy,Karen TI - Social work methods and skills: the essential foundations of practice SN - 9780230575172 AV - HV40 .H3898 2012 PY - 2012/// CY - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Social service N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 ER -