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Writing Skills for Social Workers
Contributor(s): Healy, Karen (Author), Mulholland, Joan (Author)
ISBN: 1473969174     ISBN-13: 9781473969179
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
OUR PRICE:   $44.65  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: April 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Social Work
Series: Social Work in Action
Physical Information: 0.59" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (0.99 lbs) 280 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

As a social worker, you are required to communicate in writing for a wide range of purposes and audiences.

This text guides you through all you need to know to develop your social work writing skills:

  • Essential elements of written communication
  • Writing skills in daily practice
  • Macro-practice writing skills: obtaining resources and creating change
  • Influencing your professional context

Now with two new chapters on writing for local mass media and writing for social media.

Hot tips for effective writing, reflective exercises & further reading are included in every chapter to help you cement your skills and become a confident and effective written communicator.

Contributor Bio(s): Healy, Karen: - Professor Karen Healy is a social work educator and researcher based at The University of Queensland, Brisbane Australia. She has written five books in the field of social work including works on theory for practice and social work methods and skills. Professor Healy has also written numerous journal articles in a broad range of social work and social policy topics including: professional practice; international comparison of child welfare systems; workforce issues and professional recognition. Professor Healy conducts professional writing workshops with social workers and is involved in research and evaluation of social work practice and social policies.


Mulholland, Joan: - Associate Professor Joan Mulholland has researched and taught at the universities of London and Queensland over a long period and is currently an Honorary Researcher at the School of English Media Studies and Art History, University of Queensland. She has published on language skills in a range of practice such as business, health and social work, and on the persuasive tactics which can help all professional writers and speakers achieve their goals. She has always been concerned that, in the changing world of professional practice of all kinds, people can enhance their communication efficiency with the range of different people they will meet in their working lives.