Proactive Child Protection and Social Work (Davies Liz)(Paperback)

Proactive Child Protection and Social Work (Davies Liz)(Paperback)

Protecting children from abuse and neglect is a serious and complex area of social work practice and understanding the critical skills of communicating with and listening to children′s voices, and those of their advocates and survivors, is essential. In this new edition of a highly-regarded book,

Re-Imagining Child Protection: Towards Humane Social Work with Families (White Susan)(Paperback)

Raising a number of critical questions, Brid Featherstone, Susan White and Kate Morris challenge a child protection culture that they see as becoming increasingly authoritarian. Calling for a family-minded practice of child protection, they argue that children should be understood as relational

The Blackwell Companion to Social Work (Davies Martin)(Paperback)

Fully revised and restructured, this fresh edition offers students and trainee social workers an incisive and authoritative introduction to the subject. As well as entirely new sections on theory and practice, the expert contributions which have shaped the companion's leading reputation have been

Risk in Child Protection: Assessment Challenges and Frameworks for Practice (Calder Martin C.)(Paperback)

Assessing risk is a key challenge in child protection work. Martin C. Calder presents a clear and accessible guide to understanding risk and the part it plays. This book considers what risk means and how risk assessments should be defined, it outlines the key challenges practitioners face

Social Work and Disability (Simcock Peter)(Paperback)

Social Work and Disability offers a contemporary and critical exploration of social work practice with people with physical and sensory impairments, an area that has previously been marginalized within both practice and academic literature. It explores how social work practice can, and indeed does,

Social Work Theory and Practice (Deacon Lesley)(Paperback)

Social Work Theory and Practice helps readers understand how theory impacts and informs social work practice across a range of contexts and different service user groups. This helpful resource begins by briefly setting the context, introducing readers to the importance of social work theory and its

Social Work Practice: Concepts, Processes, and Interviewing (Bogo Marion)(Paperback)

Social Work Practice synthesizes the latest theories and research findings in social work and related fields and demonstrates how this information is used in working with clients. Because the interview is the medium in which much of social work practice takes place, learning the processes and

Making Sense of Theory and Its Application to Social Work Practice (Musson Phil)(Paperback)

How to understand social work theory and apply it to social work

Child-Centred Social Work: Theory and Practice (Barnes Vivienne)(Paperback)

With an emphasis on professional expectations, values and practice skills such as building trust, listening and advocacy, this textbook helps enable social workers base their practice with children and young people on a truly child-centred model. Drawing on contemporary knowledge about childhood

Social Work and Human Development (Walker Janet)(Paperback)

Social work engages with people across the life course, and social workers are expected to work with groups of people at very different stages of their life. Developing a thorough understanding of human growth to encompass the whole of the life course is therefore a central part of all qualifying

Communication and Interpersonal Skills in Social Work (Koprowska Juliet)(Paperback)

Communication and Interpersonal Skills in Social Work are at the heart of effective social work practice. This book offers students a solid grounding in the core knowledge and skills of communication needed for effective practice. The book takes the key theories in communication and explains them

Social Protection Expenditure and Performance Review and Social Budget, Tanzania Mainland(Paperback / softback)

Welfare Words: Critical Social Work & Social Policy (Garrett Paul Michael)(Paperback)

Insightful and engaging, Welfare Words provides a critical analysis of social work and social policy in its articulation and discussion of a number of significant words and phrases. Written by an authoritative voice in the field, Paul Michael Garrett makes sense of complex theories which codify

Social Work and Social Policy: An Introduction (Dickens Jonathan)(Paperback)

An understanding of social policy is vital for engaging practically with social work values, and dealing with political and ethical questions about responsibility, rights and our understanding of 'the good society'. This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to social policy, tailored to

Social Work and Social Theory: Making Connections (Garrett Paul Michael)(Paperback)

This book imaginatively explores ways in which practitioners and social work educators might develop more critical and radical ways of theorising and working. It is an invaluable resource for students and contains features such as Reflection Boxes and Talk Boxes to encourage classroom and workplace

Proactive Parenting: Help Your Child Conquer Self-Destructive Behaviours and Build Self-Esteem (Saligari Mandy)(Paperback)

Take a proactive approach towards your child's mental healthand discover how to have the conversations that will be life-saving and life-changing.With a foreword by Benny Refson, President of the children's mental health charity Place2BeThe pressures faced by children and adolescents today are

Social Work and Social Welfare: A Human Rights Foundation (Van Wormer Katherine)(Paperback)

Unique in its use of a human rights framework, Social Work and Social Welfare goes beyond American borders to examine U.S. government policies-including child welfare, social services, health care, and criminal justice-within a global context. Guided by the belief that forces from the global market

Process Facilitation in Psychoanalysis, Psychotherapy and Social Work (O'Neill Sylvia)(Paperback)

Process Facilitation in Psychoanalysis, Psychotherapy and Social Work elaborates a differential theory of therapeutic engagement with full reference not only to psychoanalysis and to psychotherapy but also - surprisingly - to social work. When contemporary social work with the marginalised achieves

Safeguarding and Child Protection for Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors: A Practical Guide (Powell Catherine)(Paperback)

A practical guide to the full spectrum of safeguarding children work, from prevention to statutory intervention and serious case

Effective Supervision in Social Work (Howe Kate)(Paperback)

It is vital that social work managers and leaders are able to deliver and manage effective supervision to their teams. Recent social work reports such as the Munro Review into Child Protection (2011) identified poor supervision as a barrier to good and effective social work practice and highlighted

Social Work with Children and Families (O′loughlin Maureen)(Paperback)

′An excellent introduction to social work with children and families. It links practice with legislation and highlights relevant research findings′. - Mr Dan Burrows, Cardiff School of Health Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University Working with children and families is one of the most

Social Work and Domestic Violence: Developing Critical and Reflective Practice (Laing Lesley)(Paperback)

Domestic violence affects all areas of social work. This book shows how social workers can intervene in everyday practice with victims, their families and perpetrators of domestic abuse. It provides students with knowledge of theory, research and policy to put directly in practice across a variety

Conducting the Home Visit in Child Protection (Nicolas Joanna)(Paperback / softback)

Pocketbook guide full of practical advice for social workers for conducting home visits in child

Social Work and Poverty: A Critical Approach (Parrott Lester)(Paperback)