Social Services Welfare category: 1103 books
by Laurinda Abreu
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2016
By the end of the fifteenth century most European counties had witnessed a profound reformation of their poor relief and health care policies. As this book demonstrates, Portugal was among them and actively participated in such reforms. Providing the first English language monograph on this this topic,...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2011
Praise for HANDBOOK of HEALTH SOCIAL WORK SECOND EDITION
"Handbook of Health Social Work, Second Edition is a crucial addition for seasoned practitioners' libraries, as well as an essential foundation for fledgling social workers ready to enter health as a practice and research area."
–From...
Young People's Transitions from Care to Adulthood
International Research and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2008
The transition from care into adulthood is a difficult step for any young person, but young people leaving care have a high risk of social exclusion, both in terms of material disadvantage and marginalisation.
In Young People's Transitions from Care to Adulthood leading academics gather together...
The Politics of Disability
A Need for a Just Society Inclusive of People with Disabilities
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
We are confronted by neoliberalism and the inhumane consequences of its economic policies. The claim that "there is no alternative" to profit-making simply denies basic features of everyday reality. The Politics of Disability asks: Just where does all of this leave people with disabilities? What are...
Children in Trouble
The Role of Families, Schools and Communities
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2007
Carol Hayden reviews evidence about children in trouble across a range of circumstances, demonstrating the tensions between welfare and justice, care and control in the treatment of these vulnerable young people and evaluating the implications of the current 'what works' debate within social policy....
by Manoj Sharma, Melissa Howell Alipalo
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
The Asian Development Bank's investment program in the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority provided a breakthrough in approaching urban development, particularly the delivery of clean, reliable, affordable water and to the poor, no less. And not just a breakthrough for Dhaka or the rest of Bangladesh,...
The Inclusive Economy
How to Bring Wealth to America's Poor
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2018
The Inclusive Economy: How to Bring Wealth to America’s Poor energetically challenges the conventional wisdom of both the right and the left that underlies much of the contemporary debate over poverty and welfare policy. Author and national public policy expert Michael Tanner takes to task conservative...
Developing Practice Competencies
A Foundation for Generalist Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2011
Praise for
Developing Practice Competencies
A Foundation for Generalist Practice
"This is the textbook I have been waiting for. The author engages the reader from the very beginning. It includes comprehensive coverage of EPAS standards and practice behaviors that any social work instructor...
Social policy in a cold climate
Policies and their consequences since the crisis
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2016
Social Policy in a Cold Climate offers a data-rich, evidence-based analysis of the impact Labour and coalition government policies have had on inequality and on the delivery of services such as health, education, adult social care, housing and employment in the wake of the greatest recession of our...
Proposal Writing
Effective Grantsmanship for Funding
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2016
The updated Fifth Edition of the best-selling Proposal Writing: Effective Grantsmanship for Funding offers a fresh, robust presentation of the basics of program design and proposal writing for community services funding. Authors Soraya M. Coley and Cynthia A. Scheinberg help readers develop the knowledge...
Community
A Contemporary Analysis of Policies, Programs, and Practices
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Community is an elusive yet frequently invoked concept. Terms like community health, community living, community schools, community policing, community development, and community renewal have become part of the contemporary lexicon.
What has led organizations, and particularly Western governments,...
Life for Me Ain't Been No Crystal Stair
One Family's Passage Through the Child Welfare System
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
On October 7, 1984, Crystal Taylor gave birth to a baby boy whom she named Daquan. Crystal was only fourteen. She was living with a boyfriend whom she was too young to marry, and her mother was addicted to heroin and cocaine. So under the law, Crystal and Daquan became wards of New York State’s...
101 reasons for a Citizen's Income
Arguments for giving everyone some money
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2015
101 Reasons for a Citizen’s Income offers a short, accessible introduction to the debate on a Citizen’s Income, showing how a universal, unconditional income for every citizen would solve problems facing the UK’s benefits system, tackle poverty, and improve social cohesion and economic efficiency....
by Lisbeth Schorr
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
In this solidly researched book, the authors demonstrate that the knowledge and techniques exist to decrease the incidence of welfare dependency, poor single-parent families and alienated, uneducated youth. In addition to providing a detailed account of the problem, they describe twenty-four programs...