Social Welfare & Social Services

Celebrities in the United States have drawn significant attention and resources to the complex issue of human traffickinga subject of feminist conc...

Celebrities in the United States have drawn significant attention and resources to the complex issue of human traffickinga subject of feminist conc...

Invaluable guidance and advice for creating positive change in social policy Edited by a team of renowned experts, Connecting Social Welfare Policy...

This book examines the growing importance of positive psychology and its connection to later life. Applies Social Role Valorisation (SVR) princip...

Recent political, social, and economic changes in Africa have provoked radical shifts in the landscape of health and healthcare. Medicine, Mobility...

Millions have entered poverty as a result of the Great Recession's terrible toll of long-term unemployment. Kristin S. Seefeldt and John D. Graham ...

In December 2004 the Indian Ocean tsunami devastated coastal regions of Sri Lanka. Six months later, Michele Ruth Gamburd returned to the village w...

In many African countries, mental health issues, including the burden of serious mental illness and trauma, have not been adequately addressed. The...

Discover simple yet powerful steps you can take to overcome emotional distress--and feel happier, calmer, and more confident. This life-changing bo...

In rapidly developing emergencies, it is vital for aid agencies to understand how to establish an agile supply chain that resists the chaos of a cr...

Many people in the United States are poor, lead marginal lives, and need jobs as well as basic services such as education, medical care, and housin...

Nature-Based Play and Expressive Therapies addresses a wide range of healing modalities and case studies that can be used in both indoor and outdoo...

'I'm completely hooked. Adams is a skilled and engaging writer' Alex MarwoodTHREE GENERATIONS OF SECRETSSocial worker Kit Goddard is convinced that...

In the 1960s, America set out to end poverty. Policy-makers put forth an unprecedented package of legislation, funding poverty programs and empower...

This book is based on the idea that social work as a profession can do better with advancing our mission if practitioners are knowledgeable, skille...

Originally published in 1973, The Receiving End looks at the British welfare services for deprived children. The book is comprised of essays from i...

Portraying people who have lived and worked in long-term nursing home facilities, Elder Care Catastrophe reveals how organizational dynamics and ev...

Portraying people who have lived and worked in long-term nursing home facilities, Elder Care Catastrophe reveals how organizational dynamics and ev...

Communication is at the heart of any complete understanding of the end of life. While it is true that individuals physically die as a single entity...

Stories from the Street is a theological exploration of interviews with men and women who had experienced homelessness at some stage in their lives...

Health Communication and Mass Media is a much-needed resource for those with a professional or academic interest in the field of health communicati...