Social Work

This book is a call for confident, skilled and knowledgeable practice in social work. The current managerialist agenda has restricted judgement an...

Can grassroots social movements impact the financial system? Technological advancements are poised to completely transform the financial system, ...

Evidence-Informed Interventions for Court-Involved Families provides a critical, research-informed analysis of the core factors to consider when de...

Evidence-Informed Interventions for Court-Involved Families provides a critical, research-informed analysis of the core factors to consider when de...

From the bestselling author of the Thrown Away Children series comes another heartbreaking story of life in foster care.Louise has trouble on her h...

Facing Patriarchy challenges current thinking about mens violence against women. Drawing upon radical and intersectional feminist theory and critic...

This book informs social work students about the context and potential for burnout in their field experience, their first work with clients, and eq...

What do the stories youth in state care tell about life in their family of origin? What stories do they tell us about coming into care, living in c...

Broken Three Times is a narrative nonfiction book that chronicles one family's travails through the child welfare system. While this is the story o...

What does it mean to practice youth work ethically? How does ethical theory relate to the youth work profession? What are the moral dilemmas confro...

What does it mean to practice youth work ethically? How does ethical theory relate to the youth work profession? What are the moral dilemmas confro...

Social work research often focuses on qualitative designs and many students believe that the quantitative research pathway is either too complicate...

Research Ethics for Counsellors, Nurses & Social Workers is designed to help you make the best start in your research career. With ethical impl...

Embarking on a first practice placement can be an anxious experience for social work students. This textbook takes them step-by-step through the pr...

This book provides essential knowledge and skills to address all the new social work education requirements for placements and practice learning. I...

The government agenda on Personalisation and self-directed support is fast-moving and rapidly changing. It is vital therefore that students and pra...

How do social work students learn to use research to underpin their practice decisions? How do they learn that research is not an activity unconnec...

In todays society, many young people feel marginalised and unable to find their own voice. It is vital therefore that youth workers are able to wor...

Social work with vulnerable adults is becoming increasingly centred on a key piece of legislation: the Mental Capacity Act. The Act provides a fram...

From understanding the concepts of research and gathering data, to writing it all up and sharing knowledge, this book will guide your students to b...

Sociology can help students understand why and how so many of the problems their service users face occur in the first place, helping them choose e...

From understanding the concepts of research and gathering data, to writing it all up and sharing knowledge, this book will guide your students to b...