Working with Conflict in Social Work Practice
Working with Conflict in Social Work Practice

Author: Brian Littlechild

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

Published: 2020-08-24

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 0335248373

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This book offers guidance and practice development strategies for social workers on the causes of, and effective responses to, the many different types of conflicts that they may experience from the classroom to the workplace. In addition, the text sets out the complex, multi¬-layered and sometimes conflicting roles within social work settings, with the balancing of care and control functions, and safeguarding and empowering approaches. Based on evidence of the range, extent and effects of behaviour, the book offers advice on how you can best recognize and work with issues that can cause conflict. These include: •Reluctant service user engagement, resistance, and oppositional behaviours. •Aggression, threats, abuse, and physical violence. •Safeguarding responsibilities for vulnerable people, including in domestic violence and vulnerable adults and children work. •Sexist, disablist, and racist behaviours, or where someone is being negatively targeted, bullied or harassed because of LGBTQ+ status. •Situations where there is potential conflict between students, colleagues, managers, or other professionals (e.g. whistleblowing). This book forms part of the Social Work Skills in Practice series and is essential reading for social work students and practitioners. Brian Littlechild is a Professor of Social Work at the University of Hertfordshire, UK, with a practice and management background in mental health, looked-after children, child safeguarding and working with young people who have offended. He has researched, published, worked, and trained in this area for over 35 years. Karen Mills is Programme Lead for the MSc Social Work and Step up to Social Work Programmes at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. Rose Parkes is Deputy Head of Higher Education at University College Jersey, UK, and leads the BA Social Work course.

Social Work Approaches to Conflict Resolution
Social Work Approaches to Conflict Resolution

Author: B Harold Chetkow-Yanoov

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-11

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 1135431620

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Social Work Approaches to Conflict Resolution helps readers understand the nature and causes of conflict and offers suggestions for coping with conflict effectively. It is based on two assumptions: that conflict is a basic part of the life of normal human beings, groups, organizations, communities, and nations, and that resolving conflict is part of the ongoing interventions of all social workers. A practical text for theory-practicum courses for MSW and doctoral students, it is filled with information also useful to therapists, group workers, community workers, administrators, scholars in the social sciences, practitioners in other helping professions, and trainers in the emerging field of conflict resolution itself. Deliberately linking conflict resolution and systems analysis, Social Work Approaches to Conflict Resolution tackles a number of related themes to help you see the connections between topics not normally presented together in social work literature. You’ll see how unmet needs may cause conflict to evolve and escalate and learn about the connections between strongly held feelings and the destructive relations that have developed between diverse ethnic peoples in many parts of our planet. Author Benyamin Chetkow-Yanoov draws on his own background of being a minority as well as his experience in Arab-Jewish reconciliation in Israel as he offers readers thorough explanations of: a systems model for analyzing conflict problem-solving versus resolving conflict how value clashes and victimization are some of the basic causes of conflict escalation 9 professional roles required for resolving conflicts the effectiveness of volunteers in conflict resolution teaching conflict resolution skills to various audiences trends in the evolution of voluntary conflict resolution efforts You can apply much of what you learn in Social Work Approaches to Conflict Resolution not only to your professional life but also to your personal relationships and experiences. Also, since victimized people and groups are major contributors to the perpetuation and escalation of conflict, the book suggests 10 steps for helping victims free themselves from repeated conflict-generating behaviors.

The Big Book of Conflict Resolution Games: Quick, Effective Activities to Improve Communication, Trust and Collaboration
The Big Book of Conflict Resolution Games: Quick, Effective Activities to Improve Communication, Trust and Collaboration

Author: Mary Scannell

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 2010-05-28

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 0071743669

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Make workplace conflict resolution a game that EVERYBODY wins! Recent studies show that typical managers devote more than a quarter of their time to resolving coworker disputes. The Big Book of Conflict-Resolution Games offers a wealth of activities and exercises for groups of any size that let you manage your business (instead of managing personalities). Part of the acclaimed, bestselling Big Books series, this guide offers step-by-step directions and customizable tools that empower you to heal rifts arising from ineffective communication, cultural/personality clashes, and other specific problem areas—before they affect your organization's bottom line. Let The Big Book of Conflict-Resolution Games help you to: Build trust Foster morale Improve processes Overcome diversity issues And more Dozens of physical and verbal activities help create a safe environment for teams to explore several common forms of conflict—and their resolution. Inexpensive, easy-to-implement, and proved effective at Fortune 500 corporations and mom-and-pop businesses alike, the exercises in The Big Book of Conflict-Resolution Games delivers everything you need to make your workplace more efficient, effective, and engaged.

Social Work Practice
Social Work Practice

Author: B Harold Chetkow-Yanoov

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-03-18

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 1135407053

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Replete with numerous diagrams, charts, tables, and exercises, the second edition of Social Work Practice: A Systems Approach brings alive the systems model of social work practice. Learning systems analysis will lead you to a more dynamic view of reality. With this book as a guide, you are sure to give your social work practice the overhaul it needs. This user-friendly text will allow you to integrate micro and macro modes of intervention, sensitize your practice, enhance your conflict resolution skills, and analyze system-environment structures and currents. The basis for popular ecological models in current social work literature, the systems model can be used to understand social change, to plan or direct social change, and to analyze environmental impacts on human growth and behavior. As Social Work Practice: A Systems Approach explains, the systems model is appropriate for international social work because it is applicable across cultural and societal boundaries. This book provides you with specific system-based intervention steps, descriptions of problem situations, and an understanding of practice theory for your social work practice. A key resource for educators, students, and practitioners, it discusses: creating an effective network of social services the implications of ecological theory for social work practice eco-mapping systems-oriented concepts in the social sciences and social work the individual person as a system managing social change and conflict processes gleaning effective strategies from existing practice models With its outline of a one-semester master's level course in systems analysis and its discussion of the 20th-century paradigm shift from reductionism to wholeness, Social Work Practice: A Systems Approach will be a great asset to social workers both within and beyond the classroom. Those in other helping professions, such as education, psychology, and organization development, will also find this book vital to understanding the changes experienced during the last 30 years. You will discover how many systems-based professional social work roles and strategies are compatible with existing models.

Collaboration in Social Work Practice
Collaboration in Social Work Practice

Author: Jenny Weinstein

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Published: 2003-01-01

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9781843100928

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First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Working with Aggression and Resistance in Social Work
Working with Aggression and Resistance in Social Work

Author: Brian J. Taylor

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2011-06-16

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 0857254308

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Social workers have roles that require them to engage with clients and families who may be ′reluctant clients′, ambivalent or resistant towards those seeking to help and protect. This includes safeguarding roles in relation to children and vulnerable adults, and work to engage with marginalised groups such as young offenders and those with mental health and substance misuse problems. The text addresses issues in relation to the main client groups, and specific chapters take an overview of issues such as understanding and defusing aggressive behavior and keeping yourself safe from assault.

Examining the Stress and Conflict in Practice Experienced by Social Workers Working Within the Criminal Justice System and Exploring how They Cope
Examining the Stress and Conflict in Practice Experienced by Social Workers Working Within the Criminal Justice System and Exploring how They Cope

Author: Cindi Saj

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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The purpose of this research is to examine the tensions between the ethics, values and principles of the social work profession and the risk assessment and risk-based case management approach within the criminal justice system, and to do so from the front-line social worker perspective that explores the disjuncture in practice and how it is addressed. The method used for this research is a phenomenological qualitative research design. The participants recruited for this research study were a purposive sample of seventeen (17) individuals who possess a social work degree and who work within the Canadian criminal justice system as probation officers with adult clients. This dissertation examines the stress and conflict in practice reported by social workers working within the criminal justice system. This research identifies specific areas of conflict and explores the ways in which social workers working within the criminal justice system are adapting social work ethics, values and principles to cope with the stress and conflict in practice. Findings indicate ongoing degree of disjunctive distress in practice which suggests that burnout is still a threat for many social workers working within the criminal justice system. Subsequently, an important theme throughout this research is the idea of burnout and self-care, and respondents called for attention from both the criminal justice system and social work educators to address those concepts. All respondents stress the need for social workers to work within the criminal justice system, and the belief that those who are able to maintain social work values in practice are a great ally for clients. All respondents acknowledge that there is an undeniable need from the standpoint of offenders within the criminal justice system for social workers to be a present and active ally for their basic needs and well-being. Conclusively, these findings indicate a need for an alliance between the ethics, values and principles of the social work profession and the criminal justice system.

School Social Work
School Social Work

Author: JoAnn Jarolmen

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Published: 2013-03-28

Total Pages: 457

ISBN-13: 1483322157

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Offering a unique focus on evidence-based interventions, critical thinking, and diversity, School Social Work: A Direct Practice Guide covers the foundations of working with children and adolescents in the schools. Each chapter reviews a basic concept and then provides two in-depth activities that allow readers to apply the concepts to real life practice situations. Practical, hands-on experiences, best practice approaches, and case examples throughout the book demonstrate assessments and techniques in action with vulnerable populations and help readers to understand the nuances and complexities of working in a school environment. The book begins with an overview of theory important to social work in the school setting, then covers a wide array of topics, including a typical day in the life of a school social worker; skills and techniques; special education; crisis intervention; collaboration and school consultation; current issues in education; ethical dilemmas; policy, program development, and evaluation; and global issues in school social work.

Social Work and Multi-agency Working
Social Work and Multi-agency Working

Author: Morris, Kate

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2008-05-07

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1861349467

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The book is unique in drawing together contributors from a range of different disciplines to consider the issues and challenges involved for social work practice in multi agency working.