The Social Work Interview

For twenty-five years, The Social Work Interview has been the textbook of choice in social work and other human service courses, as well as an essential professional resource for practitioners. This new edition, the first in seven years, is thoroughly updated-revised, expanded, and reorganized for more thorough coverage and for more effective teaching and learning.

New to this edition:

Thoroughly reorganized chapters and sections for greater coherence and clarity

More extensive literature review

Greater emphasis on the process of communication and its role in interviewing

New or greatly expanded coverage of interviewing short-term, involuntary, and other special clients

Expanded coverage of techniques for bridging racial and ethnic differences

Greater coverage of interviewer/interviewee differences related to class, race, and gender

Chapter-end summaries throughout.

• Understanding Your Social Agency, 3rd Edition (SAGE Human Services Guides)
• Empowerment Series: Essential Research Methods for Social Work
• Empowerment Series: Direct Social Work Practice: Theory and Skills - Standalone Book
• Social Theory Re-Wired: New Connections to Classical and Contemporary Perspectives (Sociology Re-Wired)
• Empowerment Series: Human Behavior in the Social Environment: A Multidimensional Perspective
• Human Behavior in the Social Environment: Perspectives on Development and the Life Course
• Readings for Diversity and Social Justice
• Empowerment Series: Understanding Generalist Practice
• Social Policy for Effective Practice: A Strengths Approach
• Empowerment Series: Psychopathology: A Competency-based Assessment Model for Social Workers