Working with Involuntary Clients: A Guide To Practice [Paperback]

Chris Trotter (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0761963332 | ISBN-13: 978-0761963332 | Publication Date: June 22, 1999 | Edition: 1

Many social workers and welfare workers are employed in positions where they deal with involuntary clients.These positions are demanding, and require specific skills. This book, richly illustrated with case examples, describes Chris Trotter's new problem-solving model, which offers a way to work in partnership with involuntary clients.

The author's integrated and systematic approach emphasizes clarifying roles, promotes prosocial values, deals with issues of authority and establishes goals. The result is an invaluable practical guide for social work and welfare students and professionals to working with both the clients and their families.

Editorial Reviews

Review

`Overall this book is a valuable publication in the developing literature on identifying working approaches that are conducive to effective changes or promising outcomes. It has been written as a non-technical practice hanbook and its presentation is clear and systematic, without over-simplification' -British Journal of Social Work

". . . sheds new light on 'what works' by introducing a problem-solving model as an effective means to deal with involuntary clients. . . a valuable publication in the developing literature on identifying working approaches that are conducive to effective changes or promising outcomes." 

(Wing Hong Chui )

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd; 1 edition (June 22, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761963332
• ISBN-13: 978-0761963332
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,772,285 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A very good practical guide to working with mandated clients, January 29, 2001

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Kieran B O'Donoghue (Hamilton, Waikato New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Working with Involuntary Clients: A Guide To Practice (Paperback)

Dr Chris Trotter has produced a very good book which describes a clear problem-solving approach for working with involuntary clients. The strengths of this book are its readability and the fact that it presents an empirically based practice model. I highly recommend this book to practitioners in the fields of probation, youth justice and child protection.