Writing skills for social workers / Karen Healy, Joan Mulholland.

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As a social worker, you are required to communicate in writing for a wide range of purposes and audiences.This text guides you through all you need to know to develop your social work writing skills:

Now with two new chapters on writing for local mass media and writing for social media. Hot tips for effective writing, reflective exercises & further reading are included in every chapter to help you cement your skills and become a confident and effective written communicator.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• List of figures and tables (p. vii)
• About the authors (p. viii)
• Acknowledgements (p. ix)
• Introduction (p. x)
• Part I Essential Elements of Written Communication (p. 1)
• 1 Written communication: getting your message across (p. 3)
• 2 Managing information for writing (p. 35)
• Part II Writing Skills in Daily Practice (p. 55)
• 3 Writing in direct practice: email, texting, messaging and letters (p. 57)
• 4 Writing case records (p. 80)
• 5 Writing reports and affidavits (p. 94)
• Part III Macro-Practice Writing Skills: Obtaining Resources and Creating Change (p. 115)
• 6 Writing for local and mass media (p. 117)
• 7 Writing for social media (p. 143)
• 8 Writing funding applications (p. 161)
• 9 Writing policy proposals (p. 186)
• Part IV Influencing Your Professional Context (p. 201)
• 10 Writing a literature review (p. 203)
• 11 Writing journal articles and conference papers (p. 221)
• 12 Professional writing: Now and into the future (p. 243)
• References (p. 247)
• Index (p. 254)

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