Social Welfare & Social Services

It is vital for social work students and practitioners to understand the complexities of the youth justice system. This fully revised second editio...

"Aging Public Policy: Bonding the Generations" is presented in three parts. Part One describes the policy process as a response to human needs thro...

Critical Perspectives on the Management and Organization of Emergency Services makes an important contribution to the subject of emergency services...

Should a therapist counsel a former lover or accept a client's gift? If so, has a boundary been crossed? Some boundary issues, like beginning a sex...

This well-written book covers both practical aspects of investigation and the theoretical underpinnings. Starting with ideas for team building, the...

This book offers a new approach to help students to understand problematic substance use across a range of social work practice settings. Written f...

A clear analysis of the design, potential uses and limitations of questionnaires in measuring health from the perspective of the patient. Practical...

Should a therapist counsel a former lover or accept a client's gift? If so, has a boundary been crossed? Some boundary issues, like beginning a sex...

Social entrepreneurship explained Social entrepreneurship is a hot topic in public and non-profit management. Organizations everywhere are looking ...

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution was established in 1824 and has a long and proud tradition of saving life at sea. Today, the volunteer life...

Childrens Services: Working Together brings together contributions from a number of authors in the field. The book covers policy, theory, research ...

Drawing from eleven rich case studies in Asia, this book is the first to explore how heritage is used as aid and diplomacy by various agencies to p...

The Civil War and Reconstruction changed the face of social welfare provision in the South as thousands of people received public assistance for th...

Changing Seasons: A Language Arts Curriculum for Healthy Aging is a language-based, interdisciplinary program that increases interaction and commun...

By age 30, between 68 and 75 percent of young men in the United States, with only a high school degree or less, are fathers. This volume provides p...

Little noticed by much of the world, France, during the 1960s and 1970s, developed into one of the most generous welfare states in the world. This ...

How can public health workers, policy experts, and medical professionals work with members of developing nations to promote social change in rapid,...

Participation is a key community work method and this text, written by an international selection of authors, covers innovative approaches in commu...

Drawing from a diverse range of interdisciplinary voices, this book explores how spaces of care shape our affective, material, and social forms, fr...

In the tradition of Stephanie Land and Matthew Desmond, a powerful and deeply reported narrative of homelessness, despair, and hope.Kevin Fagan’s T...