Choose social work campaign

This article is published as part of Community Care’s Choose Social Work Campaign (opens new window), to support students and newly-qualified social workers with areas of practice they might find challenging. It presents practice tips from Community Care Inform Adults’ guide to a strengths-based approach to difficult conversations.

The full guide considers situations where challenging conversations might arise and provides ideas for coping with these using strengths-based practice. Inform Adults subscribers can access the full content here (opens new window).

The guide is written by Mel Gray and Leanne Schubert from the University of Newcastle, Australia.