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	Developing communication skills is an ongoing process, and a good place for a social care worker to focus is listening skills. <a href="http://www.socialcaretraining.ie/what-does-the-training-entail" style="font-size:16px; text-align:justify; line-height:125%;">What does training entail</a> for Good Listening skills? Training requires abandoning your own desires to be heard &amp; putting your points of view on hold in order to <strong>get to know the social care client properly</strong>. Listening is the key ingredient when cooking up a good rap pour, and elicits a more conducive environment for to express views openly. Thus, a <strong>social care worker gains a greater understanding of their client</strong>, &amp; facilitates a reliable assessment, diagnosis and recommendation. Good listening is rewarding, as it imparts beneficial communication both to you and the client. If uninterested in listening, you are therefore not interested in the social care client, who will pick up on this, undetected by yourself. <strong>Good listening complements expression</strong>, and indicates that the social care worker is committed to coming to grips with what their client is experiencing. Developed listening skills help the social care worker meet the client where they are at, addressing emotional wounds &amp; nurturing growth, like a gardener nurtures small plants. <strong>When you listen well, clients respond more positively</strong>, and in turn, once they feel heard, they reciprocate these <a href="http://www.socialcaretraining.ie/communication-report-writing-skills-that-best-define-your-view" style="font-size:16px; text-align:justify; line-height:125%;">communication skills that best define your view</a>.&nbsp;</p>
