Social Work Skills for Community Practice (ePub) von Mary-Ellen Brown

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Introduction: The Application of Community Practice Skills in Macro Social Work

PART I. THE PRE-ENGAGEMENT PHASE

Chapter 2. Entering the Community and Using Interviewing Skills to Understand People, Issues, and Opportunities

Chapter 3. Recruiting Potential Participants

Chapter 4. Developing Relationships and Partnerships with Grassroots and Formal Organizations

PART II. THE ENGAGEMENT PHASE

Chapter 5. Using Dialogue, Traditional and Digital Storytelling, and Structural Group Work Techniques to Identify Community Issues

Chapter 6. Engaging Participants in the Discovery, Assessment, and Documentation of Community Strengths and Challenges

Chapter 7. Facilitating Leadership Development and Group Decision Making: Encouraging Public Participation in Planning and Engaging Constituents in the Development of Action Plans

Chapter 8. Taking Action: Group Processes for Implementing Action Campaigns and Change Strategies

PART III. THE POST-ENGAGEMENT PHASE

Chapter 9. Working with Community Groups to Critically Reflect and Engage in Dialogue on the Process and Outcomes of Action Plans

Chapter 10. Discovering Whether and Why the Action Worked: Using Participatory Research to Conduct Formal Evaluations

PART IV. ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS OF SOCIAL WORK SKILLS FOR COMMUNITY PRACTICE

Chapter 11. Using Social Work Skills to Advocate for Legislation

Chapter 12. Social Work Skills for Community Building

Chapter 13. Leadership, Teamwork, and Supervision in Macro Social Work Practice

Chapter 14. Interpersonal Skills in a Global Context: Advocating for Human Rights

Index