Social Work

As the seat of the origin of social work profession, the global North has dominated the production of social work knowledge while the global South ...

Working with Young People offers a new outlook on social, cultural, and educational work with young people. It utlizes the perspective of social pe...

Featuring an interdisciplinary, developmental, ecological-systems framework, Human Behavior for Social Work Practice, Third Edition helps students ...

This practical guide will help students navigate through all core areas of their course by providing them with a comprehensive introduction to cont...

Understanding how theory informs social work practice is an area that students can often find challenging.  This book will help students understand...

This is an ambitious book. It aims at nothing less than a comprehensive account of the state of the art of social work research internationally an...

An understanding of social policy is crucial for social workers as it underpins and shapes the legislative framework that they work within. From sa...

11-year-old Harry Hunter is missing. While they wait for news, Anahera a newly qualified Maori social worker supports Harrys distraught parents...

Following the lives of four fictional time-travelling characters, it examines the changing functions of social work by unpicking the changing socia...

Communication and Interpersonal Skills in Social Work are at the heart of effective social work practice. This book offers students a solid groundi...

Communication and Interpersonal Skills in Social Work are at the heart of effective social work practice. This book offers students a solid groundi...

This book describes the origin, development and current state of volunteerism in Asia and Hong Kong. It also presents a field-tested model of empow...

Over the past six decades, there have been dramatic changes in the dynamics of family life in the United States. Today, about seven out of 10 babie...

Fundamental questions about the morality of pediatric medical research persist despite years of debate and the establishment of strict codes of eth...

Click on the Supplements tab above for further details on the different versions of SPSS programs.The canonical Handbook is completely updated with...

This one-of-a-kind text brings together contemporary theories of addiction and helps readers connect those theories to practice using a common mult...

Our ability to understand others and help others understand us is essential to our individual and collective well-being. Yet there are many barrier...

Working with families, carers, groups and communities is something all social work students must prepare for. Written to guide you through these va...

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

Kish Bhatti-Sinclair is Reader in Social Policy and Social Work and Head of Social Work Programmes at the University of Chichester, UK. Kish is kno...

The Second Edition of The Handbook of Community Practice is expanded and updated with a major global focus and serves as a comprehensive guidebook ...

Children from abroad who are alone in the UK are vulnerable and at increased risk of harm without the care and protection of their parents or careg...

This book is a practical beginners guide to both conducting and using research within the context of social work practice. A clear and accessible i...

The book is completely student focused. I envisage students having the text on their desks when they attempt their written work, and this is very m...

An excellent introduction to social work with children and families. It links practice with legislation and highlights relevant research findings. ...