Domestic violence is a notoriously sensitive area of social work practice, and social workers have been scapegoated by the media for their handling of certain cases. This handbook aims to help social workers to understand the seriousness of domestic violence and to rethink their typical responses. It outlines and clarifies the available legal measures, housing and benefit rights for women, and existing community based resources, and pays particular attention to the role of the social worker in relation to domestic violence. This text should be of use to social work pracitioners, teachers and...
Domestic violence is a notoriously sensitive area of social work practice, and social workers have been scapegoated by the media for their handling of...
Thinking about gender can enrich the work of all groupwork practitioners and can make a real difference in people's lives. Based on practice experience in both the UK and the USA, Gender and Groupwork brings together the best of groupwork knowledge, skills and values in a true transatlantic partnership. The book summarises the history of gender-based groups for both women and men and outlines a wide range of exciting and challenging examples of groups in different contexts. Often moving, and always engrossing, these accounts encompass groups for older women and women facing...
Thinking about gender can enrich the work of all groupwork practitioners and can make a real difference in people's lives. Based on practice experienc...
Thinking about gender can enrich the work of all groupwork practitioners and can make a real difference in people's lives. Based on practice experience in both the UK and the USA, Gender and Groupwork brings together the best of groupwork knowledge, skills and values in a true transatlantic partnership. The book summarises the history of gender-based groups for both women and men and outlines a wide range of exciting and challenging examples of groups in different contexts. Often moving, and always engrossing, these accounts encompass groups for older women and women facing...
Thinking about gender can enrich the work of all groupwork practitioners and can make a real difference in people's lives. Based on practice experienc...
Domestic violence is in the public eye as never before, but how often are abused women consulted or involved in the new services and policies? This book investigates, and reveals that the voices of survivors of domestic violence are often simply not heard; silenced, the women themselves become invisible. Is Anyone Listening? draws on the experiences of other service user movements to provide a strong conceptual framework for thinking about abused women's participation in policy and service development. It discusses empowerment issues and the women's movement against gender...
Domestic violence is in the public eye as never before, but how often are abused women consulted or involved in the new services and policies? This bo...
This book examines children's experiences and perspectives on living with domestic violence. It offers a detailed explanation of the impact on children living with domestic violence, how children make sense of and cope with their experiences, the response they receive from various agencies and the fit between what children feel they need and what in reality they receive. Drawing on the newest research both in the United Kingdom and internationally, the authors bring together current policy and practice in relation to children living with abuse and offer a critique from the perspective of...
This book examines children's experiences and perspectives on living with domestic violence. It offers a detailed explanation of the impact on chil...
