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Working with Involuntary Clients : A Guide to Practice

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Involuntary clients' practical guide for social workers.

"Working with Involuntary Clients" could be an ideal book for social workers, welfare workers, and probation officers dealing with involuntary clients. The book offers a problem-solving model that emphasizes establishing goals, clarifying roles, promoting practical values, and handling authority issues. This model is integrated and systematic, making it appealing to people who have worked with involuntary clients. The book provides case examples to clarify its approach, making it an ideal text for social work and welfare students and a reference for professionals.

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Working with Involuntary Clients : A Guide to Practice

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ISBN: 9781864484984
Authors: Chris Trotter
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Date of Publication: 1999-04-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Personal Development, Sociology
Related Topics: Psychology, Social Work, Personal Development, Social Issues, Social Justice, Sociology
Goodreads rating: 3.64
(rated by 22 readers)

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'To greater or lesser degrees much social work activity involves work with involuntary clients yet few texts have attempted to address this complex issue. Chris Trotter's book presents an accessible and coherent model of direct practice, supported by research, which can be applied across a range of welfare settings.'- "Professor Gill McIvor, Director Social Work Research Centre, University of Stirling """'This is an ideal handbook for welfare workers, probation officers and anyone else who works with involuntary clients.'-"Colin Roberts, Fellow of Green College, Oxford University"" """Many social workers and welfare workers are employed in positions where theydeal with involuntary clients, particularly in corrective services, child protection,mental health and residential care.These positions are demanding, and requirespecific skills. Working with Involuntary Clients is a practical guide to working withboth the clients and their families.Chris Trotter's new problem-solving model offers a way to work in partnership withinvoluntary clients.The model emphazises clarifying roles, promoting prosocialvalues, dealing with issues of authority and establishing goals, the approach isintegrated and systematic.Illustrated with case examples, Working with Involuntary Clients is a text for social work and welfare students, and a reference for professionals.
 

Involuntary clients' practical guide for social workers.

"Working with Involuntary Clients" could be an ideal book for social workers, welfare workers, and probation officers dealing with involuntary clients. The book offers a problem-solving model that emphasizes establishing goals, clarifying roles, promoting practical values, and handling authority issues. This model is integrated and systematic, making it appealing to people who have worked with involuntary clients. The book provides case examples to clarify its approach, making it an ideal text for social work and welfare students and a reference for professionals.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.