Description
Book SynopsisAs a social work student or practitioner it is essential to be able to understand, recognize and critically reflect on your own emotions and those of others. Consciously or unconsciously, emotions play an integral role in day-to-day decision making, assessments and relationship building, and a lack of emotional awareness and understanding can result in poor practice and a failure to think critically.
Practical and engaging, this book encourages you to consider the role of emotions in the light of your own experiences and practice contexts.
Key topics include:
- Understanding what emotions are and how they apply to social work practice
- Recognizing and reflecting upon the emotional content of practice
- Incorporating emotions in reflective journals, reports, case notes, critical incident analysis and academic writing
- Understanding the conscious and unconscious emotions at play in your practice and how these can impact upon the development of p
Table of Contents
Part 1: What are emotions and why are they important in social work? What are emotions?
Locating emotions in the context of social work
Reflection and the exploration of emotions
Part 2: Applying and understanding emotions in social work practice
Engaging and communicating with service users and carers
Emotions and written recordings in social work
Emotions, supervision and support
Organisational culture and emotions
Emotions and the social work professional
Concluding thoughts
References
Index
