Social Services & Welfare, Criminology

This groundbreaking book is based on the findings of the first major study on spiritual reminiscence work with people with dementia. Carried out ov...

Parents who neglect children present considerable challenges to child welfare professionals, and are often resistant to change. This book addresses...

Exploring concepts of ageing, personhood, capacity, liberty, best interests and the nature and ethics of palliative care, this book will help those...

Mindful Therapeutic Care for Children is an accessible guide to using mindfulness and reflection to improve the quality of care for vulnerable chil...

Now fully updated and with up-to-the-minute guidance, this is the only book you will need to make sense of the key elements of law involved in soci...

Communication skills are fundamental to effective social work practice. Accessible and easy-to-read, Mastering Communication in Social Work is desi...

Informed by a wealth of research, this accessible book focuses on a strengths-based approach to promoting children's wellbeing and giving them the ...

This fully updated and expanded third edition of a classic text provides a comprehensive introduction to key theory, knowledge, research and eviden...

As an adoptee, do you have mixed feelings about your adoption? If you do, you are not alone - adoptees often experience complex feelings of grief, ...

Following on from The Big Book of Therapeutic Activity Ideas for Children and Teens, this book provides EVEN MORE imaginative and fun activity idea...

Are the Keys in the Freezer? is an artful blend of practical advice and the compelling story of a family's search for the right care for their moth...

The perfect starting point for parents of transracially adopted children and those who are considering adopting transracially.The Interracial Adopt...

In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the internal migration of a growing population transformed Britain into a 'society of strang...

Provides busy social work and health care practitioners with an accessible guide to adult safeguarding in the context of mental capacity and financ...

Provides busy social work and health care practitioners with an accessible guide to adult safeguarding in the context of mental capacity and financ...

The SAGE Encyclopedia of Out-of-School Learning documents what the best research has revealed about out-of-school learning: what facilitates or ham...

Drawing on a wide array of policy domains and events, this book provides an innovative account of social control and behaviourism within welfare sy...

Exam Board: Pearson BTECAcademic Level: BTEC NationalSubject: Health and Social Care First teaching: September 2016First Exams: Summer 2017     Our...

Massey University was the first New Zealand university to offer a social work degree, 40 years ago. This book is published to mark this milestone. ...

AN INDISPENSABLE GUIDE FOR SOCIAL WORK STUDENTSAll social work students face decisions about where they will undertake the minimum120 days of field...

With the passage of the Social Security Act in 1935, the US government ushered in a new era of social welfare policies, to counteract the devastati...

Your hands-on guide to dealing with dementia within the UK healthcare system If a loved one has recently been diagnosed with dementia, Dementia For...

Does it ever feel like you have no free time? You come home after work and instead of finding a space of rest and relaxation, you're confronted by ...