Mastering Approaches to Diversity in Social Work
Linda Gast and Anne Patmore
Part of the Mastering Social Work Skills series
Paperback: £18.99 / $29.95
2012, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 176pp
ISBN: 978-1-84905-224-5, BIC 2: JKSN
Central to a social worker's role is the ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds, but social workers can often feel anxious and unsure of how to approach anti-discriminatory practice.
This book, grounded in practice experience, is an accessible guide to diversity issues in social work. Packed with tools and models for practice, it considers the concept of diversity and how people differ, provides a model for understanding discrimination, and discusses cross-cultural communication, including the impact and use of language. The authors also explore different learning styles and how to work constructively when personal preferences differ. Practice vignettes and exercises for the reader are included throughout the book.
This book is essential reading for social work students, practitioners, managers, practice teachers and assessors, and trainers, as well as those in allied professions.
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Mastering Approaches to Diversity in Social Work – An Interview with Linda Gast and Anne Patmore
10 January 2012
"On the whole newly qualified social workers are not very confident in talking about diversity. It is an area that receives considerable attention during training, but there is often a sense that there is a 'right answer' and people are frightened of speaking for fear of getting it wrong. Most people do not want to offend anyone else, so become self-monitoring and wary of the subject. It is only in a spirit of learning - where we can all get things wrong on occasion, and need others to be able to point things out and explain why particular words, phrases or behaviours are not acceptable to them - that we are then able to modify our own behaviours."
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