Social Welfare & Social Services

Aged nine Joss came home from school to discover her father's suicide. She's never gotten over it. This is the true story of Joss, 13 who...

Lara was seven when her birth mother died from a drug overdose. With no extended family to look after her, she was put into foster care. The care s...

Children who have experienced trauma, loss or separation early in life need more than just special care and attention; they need to be parented wit...

Angie, 6, and sister Polly, 4, are utterly distraught when they arrive to stay with foster carer Cathy Glass. Their older half-sister Ashleigh has ...

Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2022 Craig Bromfield was just 13 years old when Brian Clough, o...

Sunday Times bestselling author and foster carer Casey Watsons first heartbreaking memoir. Justin was five years old; his brothers two an...

This book offers a critical overview of established and emerging manifestations of domestic violence across Europe. It describes how countries with...

Mass-migration, conflict and poverty are now persistent features of our globalised world. This reference book for social workers and service provid...

Activity and engagement are vital to our well-being throughout our lives and this continues to be just as true of people living with dementia.The a...

Fourteen-year-old Shazia has been taken into care after a conversation at school leads her teacher to suspect that the teenager's family are planni...

A new challenge faces foster carer Maggie Hartley: this time it's not a child that's at risk, it's her mother. Can Maggie help Hailey to escape her...

The eleventh memoir and latest title from the internationally bestselling author and foster carer Cathy Glass. This book tells the true story of Ca...

In her new book, Cathy Glass, the no.1 bestselling author of Damaged, tells the story of the Alice, a young and vulnerable girl who is desperate to...

A heartbreaking and inspiring collection of true fostering stories perfect for fans of Cathy Glass and Rosie Lewis. Contains previously published ...

The second book from Sunday Times bestselling author Casey Watson. Two weeks after saying farewell to her first foster child, Casey is as...

The fifteenth fostering memoir by Cathy Glass.Danny was petrified and clung to me in desperation as I carried him to my car. Trapped in his own dar...

Fourteen-year-old Adrianna arrives on Caseys doorstep with no possessions, no English, and no explanation. It will be a few weeks before Casey star...

Capturing the flavour of Renaissance-style binding at its zenith, this darkly toned book cover is unique, tactile and so very pleasing to the eye. ...