Social work practice cases and principles social work practice cynthia bisman brooks cole pub 1994 psychology 314 pages 0 reviews drawing on over 20 years of practicing social work. Social work believes that during the professional help between the client and social worker client have the right of personal information about themselves in relationship with a social agency the principle believes that confidential things of the client must be kept confidential and other agencies and individual should be consulted only with the clients consent. Drawing on over 20 years of practicing social work and more than 15 years of teaching in the field cynthia bisman has developed the components of practice relationship assessment communication self awareness use of self and intervention into general principles that all practitioners can follow regardless of their particular theoretical approach or specialized training. Principles to your day to day work will help you stay on track and see better results in your job the purpose of this white paper is to present three principles for effective social work case management 1 evidence based practice 2 trusting relationships 3 client empowerment for each principle well look at the philosophy behind it some practical steps you can implement and some