Social Work category: 3462 books
In Living Color
An Intercultural Approach to Pastoral Care and Counseling Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2003
The meaning of pastoral care in modern multicultural societies is challenged and reexamined from a pluralistic, global perspective in this book. Emmanuel Lartey stresses the importance of recognizing different cultural influences on individuals in order to effectively counsel, guide and empower them....
Community Development in Action
Putting Freire into Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2015
In a world in which social divisions are widening not lessening, it is essential for community development, or any other practice committed to social justice and sustainability, to understand how power works at every level, from grassroots projects to movements for change. This exciting and practical...
Beyond Bullying
Breaking the Cycle of Shame, Bullying, and Violence
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
The first book to integrate shame research into a single overarching theory · Why are some kids magnets for bullying? · Why do gay teens commit suicide four times as frequently as "straight" teens? · Why do we have more men and women in prison than any other country in the world? · Why are school...
Rethinking Domestic Violence
The Social Work and Probation Response
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 1996
This book explodes the myths concerning domestic violence and explores how the responses of social workers and probation officers to the people involved need to be far better coordinated and more effective.
Champions for children, revised edition
The lives of modern child care pioneers
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2013
Numerous books have been written about Victorian child care pioneers, but few biographical studies have been published about more recent child care and welfare giants. In the revised edition of this classic book, Bob Holman, a champion for children in his own right, looks at the lives of six inspirational...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2010
An ideal supplemental text, this instructive casebook presents in-depth illustrations of treatment based on the most important couple therapy models. An array of leading clinicians offer a window onto how they work with clients grappling with mild and more serious clinical concerns, including conflicts...
Child-Centred Foster Care
A Rights-Based Model for Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
Fostering is vitally important: the majority of looked after children are fostered, yet these children are often left out of the agenda and their voices are not heard.
This book sets out a child-centred approach to foster care which argues against thinking about children purely from a psychological...
Improving Access to Further and Higher Education for Young People in Public Care
European Policy and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2014
Across Europe young people in public care are around five times less likely to attend tertiary education than those who have not been in care. This book provides a comprehensive account of why this shocking discrepancy exists and outlines ways to address the imbalance.
Drawing extensively on...
Ethical and Legal Issues for Mental Health Professionals
in Forensic Settings
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2011
Get crucial ethical and clinical knowledge as it relates to the legal system
Ethical and Legal Issues for Mental Health Professionals: in Forensic Settings comprehensively focuses on the integration of ethical, legal, and clinical issues for practicing mental health professionals dealing with...
Domestic Violence and Child Protection
Directions for Good Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2006
How do you respond simultaneously to the needs of adults experiencing domestic violence and the specific needs of their children? Domestic Violence and Child Protection explores the challenges of working effectively in this complex field and offers positive models for practice.
Leading practitioners...
The story of Baby P
Setting the record straight
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2014
In England in 2007 Peter Connelly, a 17 month old little boy - known initially in the media reporting as 'Baby P' - died following terrible neglect and abuse. Fifteen months later, his mother, her boyfriend and the boyfriend's brother were sent to prison. But media attention turned on those who worked...
Children in Trouble
The Role of Families, Schools and Communities
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 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....
Parental Monitoring of Adolescents
Current Perspectives for Researchers and Practitioners
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2010
The close supervision of adolescents dramatically reduces the incidence of risky sexual behavior, drug and alcohol use, and other activities that could negatively affect one's health and well-being. Because of the strong correlation between parental monitoring and a child's welfare, social workers,...
Independent Mental Health Advocacy - The Right to Be Heard
Context, Values and Good Practice
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015
Independent mental health advocacy is a crucial means of ensuring rights and entitlements for people sectioned under the Mental Health Act. This book takes an appreciative but critical view of independent mental health advocacy, locating the recent introduction of Independent Mental Health Advocates...