Writing Skills for Social Workers - Paperback

by Karen Healy (Author), Joan Mulholland (Author)

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:

• Essential elements of written communication
• Writing skills in daily practice
• Macro-practice writing skills: obtaining resources and creating change
• Influencing your professional context

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.

Author Biography

Karen Healy is Professor in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work at the University of Queensland.
Joan Mulholland is Honorary Research Advisor in the School of Communication and Arts at the University of Queensland.