Underlying Social Work Communication Skills

Introduction

The underlying principles of this assignment are to critically analyse my interviewing skills with a service user. Communication skills are integral to social work practice. (Lymbery & Postle 2007). The core principles of communication in social work include tone of voice and speech, body language, listening, observing, responding and remembering (Koprowska 2014). The social work profession follows a code of conduct, which influences and informs their practice (HCPC 2016, HCPC 2017). As social work students the codes of practice apply to us and it should inform our practice when engaging with service users.

There are many issues that affect how social workers communicate with service users. Social workers come with their own beliefs, value systems, prejudices and biases which

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