Social Work

Child Protection and Parents with a Learning Disability provides the practical knowledge that professionals need in order to understand common inte...

How do we, as humans, arrive at what we call morally or ethically good or bad decisions? What processes are involved in making ethical decisions? I...

This best practice guide provides a blueprint for managing seamless transitions between services for young people aged 16-25 with additional needs,...

Practitioners in the helping professions today operate in challenging settings where budgets have been cut dramatically, and progression and succes...

Life story work is one of the key therapeutic approaches to working with adopted or fostered children. While it sounds simple, there is much more t...

This book tells stories of just how powerful social work can be. At its heart are stories drawn from frontline practice, ranging from first intervi...

What was American welfare like in George Washington's day? It was expensive, extensive, and run by local governments. Known as poor relief, it incl...

In Canada, professionals such as doctors, teachers, and social workers must report child abuse and neglect to Child Protection Services. This is of...

Every year, millions of women across the world turn to the law to help them live free from intimate partner violence. They engage with child protec...

Being culturally competent in practice is an essential skill for any practitioner working with people. Award-winning social worker and diversity tr...

This definitive textbook provides accessible information on best practice for assessing the needs and strengths of vulnerable children and their fa...

This book presents an innovative relational and community based therapeutic model to ensure children's essential attachment needs are catered for i...

How do you ensure that children's voices and ideas are heard and valued in relation to the settings that form part of their everyday lives?Presenti...

The traditional lines of demarcation between service providers and service users are shifting. Professionals in managed service organizations are w...

This book presents an existential and psychosocial interpretation of the experiences of mental health care practitioners whose work involves use of...

Virtual Reality for Serious Illness explores the important role virtual-reality interventions can play in symptom management, anxiety control, and ...

This book offers a new critical perspective on emerging and alternative spaces for emancipation within lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and que...

Virtual Reality for Serious Illness explores the important role virtual-reality interventions can play in symptom management, anxiety control, and ...

This book tackles poverty and policy issues in the UK by discussing successful projects and practices, across lots of short chapters. The first sec...

Experienced researcher and clinican Keith Morgen summerizes cutting-edge research into an applied introduction in Substance Use Disorders and Addic...

This timely, insightful, and data-led book fills a gap in gang scholarship by examining gangs in rural areas, specifically focusing on youth gang a...

Providing an in-depth interrogation of the practitioner/academic role within the context of criminal justice, this book outlines the benefits and c...