Counseling interview skills in social workers at Al-Dakhiliya Governorate, Sultanate of Oman and their relationship to some variables

Abstract

This study aimed to reveal the degree of the social worker’s use of the counseling interview skills and its relationship to gender, experience, specialization and educational qualification variables. To achieve the goal of the study, the researcher used the descriptive approach and a tool was developed to measure the counseling interview skills consisting of (66) paragraphs. The consistency and reliability of the tool were measured and reached (0.86). The sample of the study consisted of (134) male and females social workers from Al-Dakhiliya Governorate schools in the Sultanate of Oman, which formed study population.

The results of the study showed that social workers use the majority of the counseling interview skills and indicated that there are no statistically significant differences at the level of significance (α≤0.05) in the degree of social workers' use of counseling interview skills attributable to study variables. The study results also indicated that the social workers use the interaction domain in a high degree, while they use the action and the reaction domain with a moderate degree. In addition to that, it indicated that the most used skills by social workers are the skills of suggestion, recitation of phrases, clarification.