Interpersonal social work skills for community practice by donna hardina 2013 new york ny springer 489 pp 5800 paperback isbn 978 0826108111. This textbook describes the essential interpersonal skills that social workers need in community practice and helps students cultivate them drawing from empirical literature on community social. And evidence of well honed interpersonal social work skills such as inter viewing assessment and group work donna hardinas new text takes community practice to a higher level than ever . This book focuses on improving community organizing through interpersonal skills and basic social work concepts including cultural competency engagement dialog empowerment and group process