ABSTRACT
This chapter comprises three verbatim examples of handover interviews. They show, in practice, many of the points which have been raised earlier in this book. The first example can be said to be the standard interview in that it discusses each of the residents or patients in turn, making connections between them and other sub-systems to which they are connected, including the staff. The second example shows the way in which an individual piece of content (the residential social worker feeling aggrieved with the field social worker) is widened out to a process level in addressing themes of conflict and blame, while at the same time keeping the resident in focus. The third example shows how themes coming out of one handover can be developed in another. This example illustrates a type of interview which would be used occasionally and needs a level of skill beyond the beginner stage.
