Social Work category: 3462 books
Being an E-learner in Health and Social Care
A Student's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2007
E-learning is a new, exciting and increasingly popular way of learning for health and social care professionals, both in the pre- and post-qualification stages. However, many people are apprehensive about what it involves and whether they will be able to study effectively in this way.
This...
by Robert Adams
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2008
Now in its fourth edition this book continues to offer in-depth coverage spanning both conceptual debates about empowerment and a range of practice issues. The clarity and accessibility, as well as new examples reflecting varied global contexts and material on empowering children and adults, make it an essential resource at all levels of study.
Supervising Child Protection Practice: What Works?
An Evidence Informed Approach
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
This book presents a model of supervision that is based on both contemporary theory and research, which is strongly contextualized to child and family social work. It draws directly from analysis of in-depth interviews with experienced and post graduate qualified supervisors and supervisees about...
Youth and Subculture as Creative Force
Creating New Spaces for Radical Youth Work
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
Radical youth work is gaining popularity as a means of teaching adults how, in collaboration with youth, they can challenge dominant ways of knowing. This study uses two particular subcultures, skinheads and punks, to explore how constructions of subcultures in time, language, space, body practice,...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1966
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1966
At a time when terms like "The Great Society" and "War against Poverty" are commonly used to indicate growing public awareness of welfare as a concern of national and international policy, and when the advantages of welfare are being questioned and debated in many areas of the...
Counseling Across and Beyond Cultures
Exploring the Work of Clemmont E. Vontress in Clinical Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2010
Professional counseling is a dynamic field, necessarily changing to reflect shifting societal norms and client needs. In an increasingly multicultural and globalized society, there is a growing need for counselors to be sensitive to the diverse needs of clients expressing different cultural and ethnic...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2010
This book provides a detailed and comprehensive guide to working with risk. It begins by looking at notions of need, vulnerability and protection and looks at the theoretical concepts of each before applying them to practice. By using this combination of theory and practice the authors are able to...
Turning Troubles into Problems
Clientization in Human Services
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2013
Human service professionals deal with a wide range of problems, from child abuse, parenting issues, and elderly care, to addictions, mental illness, sexual assault, unemployment, and criminality. These must be constructed as problems for professionals to appropriately respond to them. Human service...
by Gillian Schofield, Emma Ward
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2011
For children growing up in foster care, the role of their birth parents is an important factor in the success of their long-term placements. Understanding the experiences of parents is therefore essential in order to develop effective social work practice with parents that can also ensure the best...
Race and Social Work
A guide to training
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2005
First published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Transforming adult social care
Contemporary policy and practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Adult social care has emerged as a distinct policy area in the UK and one which has come under increasing scrutiny by government and other bodies. With the expectation that in future many more adults will need care and support, ideas have emerged about a ‘transformation’ of adult social care....
Regeneration
Being an Account of the Social Work of The Salvation Army in Great Britain
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
Being an Account of the Social Work of The Salvation Army in Great Britain.
Creating Person-Centred Organisations
Strategies and Tools for Managing Change in Health, Social Care and the Voluntary Sector
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2012
Person-centred thinking and planning are approaches that enable people using social care and health services to plan their future, and use a personal budget to commission personalised services.
Creating Person-Centred Organisations is a guide for organisations who want to deliver personalised...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Over the past 25 years, developing coordinated responses to intimate partner violence and sexual violence has improved both perpetrator accountability, and victim safety and self-determination. However, preventing intimate partner violence and sexual violence from occurring is beyond the ability of...