Social Work Documentation: A Guide to Strengthening Your Case Recording

Social Work Documentation: A Guide to Strengthening Your Case Recording
ISBN-10
0871014866
ISBN-13
9780871014863
Category
Communication in social work
Pages
223
Language
English
Published
2015
Publisher
N A S W Press
Author
Nancy Sidell

Description

The second edition of Social Work Documentation: A Guide to Strenghtening Your Case Recording is an update to Nancy L. Sidell's 2011 book on the importance of developing effective social work documentation skills. The new edition aims to help practitioners build writing skills in a variety of settings. New materials include updates on current practice issues such as electronic case recording and trauma-informed documentation. The book addresses the need for learning to keep effective documentation with new exercises and provides tips for assessing and documenting client cultural differences of relevance. Sidell encourages individuals to reflect on personal strengths and challenges related to documentation skills. Social Work Documentation is a how-to guide for social work students and practitioners interested in good record keeping in improving their documentation skills. -- from back cover.

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