Category: Social Work | Series: Student Social Work
Fully revised and updated throughout, this second edition examines sociology in relation to key areas of social work and probation practice, and includes two new chapters. It provides an introduction to sociological ideas and research and places them firmly into the context of actual social work practic ...Show more
Category: Social Work
Children who are cared for in an out of home placement are in need of support and stability. This classic text offers information and advice for professionals and carers on how to help these children, who will often have attachment difficulties. Vera I. Fahlberg, M.D. shares her experience and expertise ...Show more
Category: Social Work
This wide-ranging collection of essays explores how social work theories are applied to practice and offers insights into the cultural issues involved in social work. The authors discuss the challenges faced by indigenous populations and ethnic minority groups and how they can gain control over their si ...Show more
Category: Social Work
This text looks at the provision of day services for adults. Written by academics and practitioners, it is designed as a guide for policy makers, service managers and care professionals in all sectors of adult health and social care. Drawing out the complementary role of day centres alongside field soci ...Show more
Category: Social Work
The three authors are active custody and parenting plan evaluators, teach workshops on custody evaluations and parenting, and review reports prepared by other evaluators. Their experience has made them acutely aware of the flaws that appear in some evaluations despite the development of profession ...Show more
Category: Social Work | Series: American Psychology-Law Society Series
Interest in the problem of children who resist contact with or become alienated from a parent after separation or divorce is growing, due in part to parents' increasing frustrations with the apparent ineffectiveness of the legal system in handling these unique cases. There is a need for legal and mental ...Show more
Category: Social Work
'A really fine book...an impressive work that adds much to the development of the use of qualitative methodology in social work research' - William J Reid, University at Albany 'The back cover of the book proclaims that "Qualitative Research in Social Work will be essential reading for all students, pra ...Show more
Category: Social Work
This social work text is conceived as a complementary volume to "Social Work: Themes, Issues and Critical Debates", although it is usable as a stand-alone introduction in its own right. Focusing on social work values, on areas of particular practice (ranging across work with children, families and vulne ...Show more
Category: Children & Adolescents
In recent years there has been heightened interest in the clinical and legal management of families in which children resist contact with one parent and become aligned with the other following divorce. Families affected by these dynamics require disproportionate resources and time from mental health and ...Show more
Category: Children & Adolescents
Understanding Children and Childhood examines how and why children develop, and how they interact with the people and events in their lives. Emphasising that children grow up in diverse cultural contexts, Anne Smith’s book builds an understanding of childhood in New Zealand based on childhood stu ...Show more
Category: Social Work
This is a text which is organised with a reflective approach to social work. The discussion and description of theories and practices is interspersed with exercises, which serve to engage the reader in an interactive thinking process. Author is from Deakin University.
Category: Social Work
This unique text emphasizes the many different techniques needed for successful social work practice. Parts I and II provide knowlege, values, and competencies for effective social work practice, while Parts III through V contain 144 clear and readable descriptions of practice techniques, presented in a ...Show more
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