Social Work

Reflective practice is an essential skill for those working in health and social care, but why is it so vital and how can it be learned? As inter-d...

This compelling book provides psychotherapists with evidence-based strategies for harnessing the power of language to free clients from life-constr...

Helps students to integrate social work education with field placement learning experiences in a purposeful, reflective, and unified manner This ...

Both practical and easy to read, Rubin's STATISTICS FOR EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE AND EVALUATION provides you with a step-by-step guide that will hel...

Has the modern Conservative Party developed a distinctive approach to the post-war welfare state? In exploring this question, this accessible book ...

In this unique and passionate book, Doug Nicholls proposes a cultural revolution within youth work. He draws on the best of youth work's past to re...

The field of refugee family research and intervention forms a growing field of scientific study, focussing on the refugee family as the central nic...

In this unique and passionate book, Doug Nicholls proposes a cultural revolution within youth work. He draws on the best of youth work's past to re...

Social workers, whatever their specialism, practise with people at the margins of society. It is therefore essential that all social work students ...

Social workers, whatever their specialism, practise with people at the margins of society. It is therefore essential that all social work students ...

This Handbook provides both breadth and depth regarding current approaches to the understanding, assessment, and treatment of personality disorders...

Who would go to prison on purpose?Incarcerated Resistance tells the stories of 43 activists from the School of the Americas Watch and Plowshares mo...

Gender-Based Perspectives on Batterer Programs responds to the intense debate about the approach and effectiveness of batterer programs, especially...

Children in all educational levels are vulnerable to abuse, neglect, bullying, violence in their homes and neighborhoods, and other traumatic life ...

Social Policy for Effective Practice: A Strengths Approach sharpens students' awareness of social welfare policy and offers a considerable array of...

Psychiatry and psychology have constructed a mental health system that does no justice to the problems it claims to understand and creates multiple...

A nurse inserts an I.V. A personal care attendant helps a quadriplegic bathe and get dressed. A nanny reads a bedtime story to soothe a child to sl...

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Zukünftig werden immer mehr ältere Menschen eine medizinische und pflegerische Unterstützung benötigen und gleichzeitig werden immer weniger Mensc...

Das Lehrbuch bietet einen kompakten Überblick von Wissen über Adressat_innen der Sozialen Arbeit. Unterschiedliche Konzepte werden vorgestellt und ...

The Palgrave Handbook of Global Philanthropy is a comprehensive reference guide to the practice of philanthropy across twenty-six nations and regio...

Social Work for Sociologists introduces important frameworks, concepts, models, and skills from social work that will help sociologists as they pla...

In this unique book, international trainer and consultant Lisa Cherry invites professionals from education, social work and healthcare to engage in...