Relationship-Based Social Work

Getting to the Heart of Practice

Edited by Gillian Ruch, Danielle Turney and Adrian Ward

Paperback: £19.99 / $32.95

2010, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 272pp
ISBN: 978-1-84905-003-6, BIC 2: JKSN JKS

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Introduction. Adrian Ward, The Tavistock Centre, UK, Gillian Ruch, University of Southampton, UK, and Danielle Turney, University of Bristol, UK. Section 1. Setting Out the Terrain: Historical Trends, Conceptual Models and Frameworks. 1. The Contemporary Context of Relationship-Based Practice. Gillian Ruch. 2. Theoretical Frameworks Informing Relationship-Based Practice. Gillian Ruch. 3. The Use of Self in Relationship-Based Practice. Adrian Ward. Section 2. Working with the Relationship in Practice. 4. Only Connect...Building Relationships with Hard-to-Reach People: Establishing Rapport with Drug Misusing Parents and Their Children. Brynna Kroll, ARTEC Enterprises Ltd, UK. 5. Brief Encounters: Working in Complex, Short-Term Relationships. Ravi KS Kohli, University of Bedfordshire, UK and Jane Dutton, NHS Trust, UK. 6. Sustaining Relationships: Working with Strong Feelings I: Anger, Aggression and Hostility. Martin Smith, Buckinghamshire Social Services, UK. 7. Sustaining Relationships: Working with Strong Feelings II: Hopelessness, Despair and Depression. Clare Parkinson, University of East London, UK. 8. Sustaining Relationships: Working with Strong Feelings III: Love and Positive Feelings. Danielle Turney. 9. Long-Term Complex Relationships. Linnet McMahon. 10. Working with Endings in Relationship-Based Practice. Robin Solomon, The Tavistock Centre, UK. Section 3. Sustaining, Supporting and Developing Relationship-Based Practice in a Reflective Context. 11. The Learning Relationship: Learning and Development for Relationship-Based Practice. Adrian Ward. 12. Service-User Perspectives on Relationships. Mark Doel, Sheffield Hallam University, UK. 13. Relating and Relationships in Supervision : Supportive and Companionable or Dominant and Submissive? John Simmonds, British Association for Adoption and Fostering, UK. 14. What Future? Organisational Forms, Relationship-Based Social Work Practice and the Changing World Order. Andrew Cooper, The Tavistock Centre, UK. Conclusion. Danielle Turney, Adrian Ward and Gillian Ruch. Bibliography. About the Contributors.

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Author information

• Gillian Ruch
• Danielle Turney
• Adrian Ward

Subject areas

• Health, Social Work and Social Care

Collections

• Social work essentials

Keywords

• adolescence,
• adult protection,
• adults,
• attachment,
• bereavement,
• challenging behaviour,
• child development,
• child protection,
• child psychology,
• children,
• communication,
• community care,
• depression,
• emotions,
• families,
• nonverbal learning disabilities,
• older people,
• person-centred,
• psychoanalysis,
• psychology,
• relationships,
• resilience,
• safeguarding children,
• social care,
• social policy,
• social skills,
• social work,
• substance abuse,
• supervision,
• teenagers

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