The Social Workers' Toolbox

From 1978, Herman J. de Mönnink has held a position as Senior Lecturer at the School of Social Work, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, the Netherlands; he is in private practice as a trainer in multimethod social work (MMSW) and a trauma psychologist/grief therapist. He believes that the strength of MMSW is that it effectively meets human needs and human rights of socially, economically and politically vulnerable people. Herman graduated from the University of Groningen (1976) in Social Clinical Psychology (MSc), where he managed the practice research project ‘Psychotherapy for the Poor’. He published several articles about evidence-based social work methods, grief support and burnout-prevention. In 1996, his first book was published, titled Grief Support, including Unfinished Business Syndrome (UBS) and Therapeutic Photo Confrontation (TPC). For Victim Support Netherlands he trained social workers using TPC for victims of sudden death (by accidents, homicide, suicide, natural disasters, terrorism and aircraft disaster). In 2004, Herman published the Dutch version of this book titled The Social Workers’ Toolbox: Multimethod Social Work. In this bestselling book he proposed a paradigm shift, working not from a one-method-fits-for-all-perspective but from a multimethod perspective. Herman trained social workers around the world about a flexible combination of 20 well-written social work methods.

Foreword (Neil Thompson)

Preface

Introduction

Overview of the book

Part I The Social Work Approach

1 The three steps Social Work Approach

2 PIE-Empowerment Social Work Theory

3 Social Workers’ Toolbox: overview

Part II Social Work Core Method

4 Non-directive core method

Part III Three survival-focused methods

5 Body work method

6 Practical-material method

7 Trauma work method

Part IV Three affection-focused methods

8 Cathartic method

9 Expression method

10 Ritual method

Part V Three self-determination methods

11 Cognitive method

12 Narrative method

13 Behavioural method

PART VI Six systemic methods –enhancing supportive networks

14 Social network method

15 Relationship based method

16 Family work method

17 Groupwork method

18 Case management method

19 Mediation method

PART VI Four macro-methods –enhancing community resources

20 Monitoring

21 Prevention

22 Collective advocacy

23 Social work research

PART VII Capita Selecta

24 Human Needs & Human Rights as an Ethical Guide in Social Work

25 Social Work and Grief Support

26 Social Work and Unfinished Business Syndrome (UBS)

27 Job stress among social workers: the stress matrix

Appendices: Overview

Appendix 1 Social case work-report

Appendix 2 Self-test traumatic stress (STS)

Appendix 3 Trauma-reaction checklist (TCL)

Appendix 4 Quick scan Unfinished Business Syndrome (UBS)

Appendix 5 Territorial inventory checklist (TICL)

Appendix 6 Facing sudden death by Judy Tatelbaum, MSW

References

Index