Social Welfare & Social Services

This book explores the journey of becoming a social worker. It is based upon the experiences of social work students themselves and therefore provi...

Social Work in Health Care: Its Past and Future gives social workers up-to-date, comprehensive information about the roles and the kinds of skills ...

Social work skills are essential to good practice and more important than ever following changes to the social work curriculum. Students must be ab...

This should be one of the first books you put in your bag in the morning. Concise yet thorough, with full and accessible explanations, it is set ou...

This new practice-oriented workbook includes experiential learning exercises explicitly aligned to the practice behaviors recommended in the Counci...

Ruben Martin is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Kent, where he was previously Director of Studies for the BA (Hons)...

Whether youre new to higher education, coming to legal study for the first time or just wondering what Family Law is all about, Beginning Family La...

This helpful text represents another brick in the wall for social workers and social work students seeking to make sense of personalisation/person...

Providing a comprehensive and critical examination of the complex issues involved in the management and organisational contexts of social work prac...

It is estimated that there are some 140 million orphans world-wide, most of them in poorer regions. Joanne Bailey and the contributors to this ...

From the moment she stepped foot on Australian soil in december 1934, it was clear that Jocelyn Hyslop was a force to be reckoned with. On the day ...

This one stop resource highlights evidence-informed practice and serves as an accessible and invaluable resource for all working with individuals e...

Charles Zastrow - a leader in the field for over forty years - combines the key components of traditional and contemporary approaches to teaching s...

Take care of yourself. How many times a week do we hear or say these words? If we all took the time to care for ourselves, how much stronger will w...

Living with a chronic illness can have a significant psychological impact on a child and his or her family, and it is essential that this aspect of...