Social Work

This popular and accessible introduction to mental health is written for students, mental health practitioners and non-qualified professionals. F...

Reflective Practice in Mental Health is the authoritative, definitive guide to psycho-social theory and practice in mental health.Featuring contrib...

What makes children happy, confident and successful? How can you help a child to flourish? Their environment is important, but the real difference ...

First Published in 1967, An Introduction to Administration for Social Workers argues that the tasks of social workers in our society cannot be unde...

Kinship care the care of children by grandparents, other relatives or friends is a major part of foster care, yet there are distinct issues that ...

Originally published in 1969, Sallie Trotter was the first woman social worker ever appointed in Britain to work inside an all-male prison Wandswo...

Originally published in 1961, when delinquency and its cure constituted one of the gravest problems facing modern society. The term delinquent had ...

Financial Aid through Social Work (1979) examines the way in which financial aid through social work has been used and the consequences of such use...

Trying to See Round Corners offers honest and largely unedited glimpses into the world of social work in the late 20th century. Illustrated by the ...

Drawing on 20 years of practical experience, research and teaching in the field, this book is a comprehensive guide on the use of Motivational Inte...

Werden Bild- oder Videodateien, welche im Rahmen einvernehmlichen Sextings erhalten wurden, unbefugt an dritte Personen weitergegeben, hat dies nic...

Child Development for Child Care and Protection Workers is a classic text for students and practitioners in the child care and protection field whi...

This accessible guide to Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), an effective therapeutic approach which focuses on strengths and achievements, prov...

This book reflects the positive work of a small local campaigning charity set up in 2018 called All Birminghams Children (ABC) which seeks to addre...

Maintaining a balance between managing and assessing risk and upholding the required high standards of practice in health and social care can be de...

A groundbreaking book founded on extensive original research, designed to determine how restorative dialogue works, and the role of forgiveness wit...

This practice-focussed resource shows dementia care professionals how to harness resilience in their daily practice when working with people living...

Many safeguarding practitioners do not specialise in work with sex offenders, but do find themselves working with them and need professional unders...

Social work theory and practice is evolving, and, this edited collection explains both what the latest developments are and how to use them in prac...

Dementia not only affects the person presented with the diagnosis, but their family and friends too. This book provides practitioners with strategi...

Some children face traumatic or difficult events in their lives, and it's essential that they are helped to understand such events and given permis...

Written for professionals spanning children's services, this must-read guide provides an authoritative overview of what shapes the psychological we...

Practice in safeguarding adults is changing, with a shift in approach to ensure it is person-centred and outcome-focused. The Care Act 2014 introdu...

There are thousands of grandparents raising their grandchildren in the United Kingdom, the majority as a consequence of parental drug use or mental...