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Supporting South Asian Families with a Child with Severe Disabilities
ISBN: 9781843101611 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Social workers and allied professionals will find this book to be a valuable tool, highlighting ways of improving the cultural sensitivity of disability services and parental and family support. Combining a wide-ranging survey and in-depth interviews, the authors build a rich picture of the lives of South Asian families with a child with severe disabilities and place their experiences in the wider context of how culture and ethnicity can impact on a family's experience of disability. The authors offer clear ideas for practical improvements in: * awareness and mobilisation of formal support...
Social workers and allied professionals will find this book to be a valuable tool, highlighting ways of improving the cultural sensitivity of disabili...
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190,70 |
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Relational Social Work : Toward Networking and Societal Practices
ISBN: 9781843101918 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this innovative book, a revised English edition of an important Italian text, Fabio Folgheraiter presents a systematic introduction to networking and reflexive practice in social work. He draws on Italian experience and practice in community care and development to foster a deeper understanding of the relational core of social problems' and solutions', demonstrating an alternative approach to the current trend in positivistic evidence-based methods. The text explores how the interested parties in social care (users, carers, neighbours, volunteers, professional workers, managers, policy...
In this innovative book, a revised English edition of an important Italian text, Fabio Folgheraiter presents a systematic introduction to networking a...
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180,39 |
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Social Work, Immigration and Asylum : Debates, Dilemmas and Ethical Issues for Social Work and Social Care Practice
ISBN: 9781843101949 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The practical and ethical challenges facing human service professionals working with refugees, asylum seekers and other people subject to immigration controls are discussed in this much-needed book. The contributors explore the tensions that exist between traditional anti-oppressive values and the role professionals increasingly play as 'gate keepers' to services. Drawing from the experience of practitioners working in child protection and family support, disability, the criminal justice system, asylum teams and immigration tribunals, Social Work, Immigration and Asylum will prepare...
The practical and ethical challenges facing human service professionals working with refugees, asylum seekers and other people subject to immigration ...
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159,77 |
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Babies and Young Children in Care: Life Pathways, Decision-Making and Practice
ISBN: 9781843102724 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Babies and very young children in care often experience several changes of placement and carer, which can have a negative impact upon their long-term ability to develop secure attachments. Babies and Young Children in Care examines why babies enter care or accommodation and why securing their long-term future can be a lengthy process. It analyses the circumstances, characteristics and experiences of these young children before, during and after being looked after, including reasons for changes of carer and placement disruptions. It looks at how young children are affected by the lack of...
Babies and very young children in care often experience several changes of placement and carer, which can have a negative impact upon their long-term ...
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360,89 |
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Partnerships in Social Care: A Handbook for Developing Effective Services
ISBN: 9781843103806 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Partnerships in Social Care is a practical handbook for professionals engaged in planning strategic partnerships in health, social care and education services. The author proposes that service providers consider five key questions when setting up new partnerships: * Is this partnership necessary? * What is its purpose? * Who is involved? * Where will it function? * How will it work? Fletcher discusses the common problems of building successful partnerships - such as conflicts of interest and allocation of funding and resources - and offers guidance and practical tips on dealing with them....
Partnerships in Social Care is a practical handbook for professionals engaged in planning strategic partnerships in health, social care and education ...
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128,84 |
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Share the Care' : An Evaluation of a Family-Based Respite Care Service
ISBN: 9781853020384 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The provision of respite care within families is a relatively new development and the ad hoc nature of individual schemes has resulted in a great variation in their character; relatively little research has been carried out into the policy and practice of this important development in community care. 'Share the Care' examines: the different ways in which respite care schemes operate, focusing in particular on the Share-the-Care service in Lothian; the experience of parents of children with learning difficulties of using the scheme; respite carers: who joins the scheme and why, their...
The provision of respite care within families is a relatively new development and the ad hoc nature of individual schemes has resulted in a great vari...
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170,08 |
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Boring Records? : Communication, Speech and Writing in Social Work
ISBN: 9781853023255 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Boring Records? is a practical and eye-opening investigation into the central role of record keeping. The author highlights the importance of accurately compiled records in the work of professionals who are required to prepare written reports and files. Basing her ideas on research obtained within multidisciplinary child guidance clinics, Katie Prince: makes clear the complexity, but also the importance, of case recording; challenges the notion of record keeping as a mundane chore; places record keeping in the context of a network of communication. Using the first-hand impressions and...
Boring Records? is a practical and eye-opening investigation into the central role of record keeping. The author highlights the importance of accurate...
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154,61 |
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Lone Mothers in European Welfare Regimes : Shifting Policy Logics
ISBN: 9781853024610 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Based on a long-term study of the policies of seven European nations towards lone mothers, Lone Mothers in European Welfare Regimes reveals the contrasting attitudes in Europe today towards lone motherhood. The contributors examine the specific categorisation and treatment of lone mothers as well as the problems created, in terms of government policy, by the obvious conflict in the parent-worker role. Other topics, such as possible marginalisation and the queston of whether the problems that face lone mothers are unique or simply a by-product of wider social problems, are also discussed.
Based on a long-term study of the policies of seven European nations towards lone mothers, Lone Mothers in European Welfare Regimes reveals the contra...
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144,30 |
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Issues in Foster Care : Policy, Practice and Research
ISBN: 9781853024658 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Issues in Foster Care: Policy, Practice and Research assesses the current state of foster care, the pressures which have shaped it and the challenges it faces. Arguing the importance of fostering within a coherent child care policy, the contributors examine the latest research into the delivery and support of foster care, and explore how these can be improved. Topics covered include: measuring outcomes in foster care and what can be learned from them the reasons for the growth of foster care at the expense of residential care supporting young people making the transition from care to...
Issues in Foster Care: Policy, Practice and Research assesses the current state of foster care, the pressures which have shaped it and the challenges ...
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144,30 |
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Practice Teaching - Changing Social Work
ISBN: 9781853024788 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Practice teaching is an essential component of social work training, yet very little is written about the experience of practice teaching. In this authoritative book, practitioners and academics draw upon their experience of working with social work students to discuss and explore the complex issues that arise in practice teaching. The fundamental challenges related to the organisational context of social work, the role of the practice teacher as the pivot between theory and practice and the need to ensure the development of a sound value base in all social work students are all explored in...
Practice teaching is an essential component of social work training, yet very little is written about the experience of practice teaching. In this aut...
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170,08 |
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Working with Carers
ISBN: 9781853025624 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A complete guide to working with carers, this volume provides a general overview of all the issues involved. The recent surge of interest in the needs of carers is placed in its context of social policy, legislation, demographic trends and changes in society. General theories of assessment, groupwork, stress management and problem-solving are applied to working with carers, and suggestions for good practice are underpinned with references to relevant research, policy documents, and the views of carers themselves. Thus the book achieves a balance between day-to-day practicalities and wider...
A complete guide to working with carers, this volume provides a general overview of all the issues involved. The recent surge of interest in the needs...
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144,30 |
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Managing Child Sexual Abuse Cases
ISBN: 9781853025938 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Social workers involved in child sexual abuse work have key powers and duties in civil law to protect children. All too often, they bear the brunt of criticism when the system fails. Written for professionals, Managing Child Sexual Abuse Cases examines the complex nature of such cases, and explores the problems encountered by local authority social workers who are required to intervene in families to protect children. Using material from forty case studies, Brian Corby analyzes the context in which child sexual abuse is managed, and the intervention practices of social workers (and other...
Social workers involved in child sexual abuse work have key powers and duties in civil law to protect children. All too often, they bear the brunt of ...
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144,30 |
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Residential Child Care : International Perspectives on Links with Families and Peers
ISBN: 9781853026874 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Children have a much higher chance of permanently leaving care if they have strong and positive family and peer group relationships. Reflecting current political and policy priorities, Residential Child Care focuses on new developments designed to promote these family and network relationships. The book examines both care policies and individual schemes which involve families and other network members in the planning and care of children looked after in residential units or children's homes. The book provides guidelines on how to broaden the focus of residential care from staff - children...
Children have a much higher chance of permanently leaving care if they have strong and positive family and peer group relationships. Reflecting curren...
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144,30 |
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Helping Families in Family Centers: Working at Therapeutic Practices
ISBN: 9781853028359 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first text to look in detail at the delivery and management of therapeutic work in family centres, this much-needed book gives practical guidance for professionals working with children and families. The contributors show how family centres form a key element of joined-up' work with families in need, providing both practical and emotional support for parents as well as children. Based on a psychodynamic approach emphasising the central importance of attachment in relationships, the book also applies systemic ideas and the therapeutic community' approach to the overall design and...
The first text to look in detail at the delivery and management of therapeutic work in family centres, this much-needed book gives practical guidance ...
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144,30 |
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Managing Front Line Practice in Social Care
ISBN: 9781853028861 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written by key figures in the field of social care training and management this much-needed book provides practice guidance for front line managers in social care. Refocusing attention on the management of practice and accountability within services and to service users, the authors provide a variety of perspectives on how front line managers can support practice. Highlighting important aspects of management, such as promoting knowledge-based practice and continuous professional development through lifelong learning, they discuss major issues such as: * setting and monitoring new standards...
Written by key figures in the field of social care training and management this much-needed book provides practice guidance for front line managers in...
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180,39 |
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Learning, Practice and Assessment : Signposting the Portfolio
ISBN: 9781853029769 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a comprehensive guide to integrating assessment, learning and practice, reflecting current concerns in health and social care. The authors - an academic, a training officer and a practitioner - present complementary perspectives to bring theory and practice closer together. Arguing that a holistic approach to learning can fit with a competency approach to assessment, the authors show how this promotes both efficiency and creativity in evidence-based professional practice. They also demonstrate how their combined assessment and learning tool, the 'signposted portfolio' can work in...
This is a comprehensive guide to integrating assessment, learning and practice, reflecting current concerns in health and social care. The authors - a...
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180,44 |
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The Aged Client and the Law
ISBN: 9780231069786 / Angielski / Twarda / 143 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Medical advances are keeping people alive longer and, as a result, elderly people, their families and those who work with them are confronting new problems. For many, old age is the first time they must deal with government agencies, subsidies, benefit forms, lawyers, and the law. Seniors face difficulties and need someone to turn to for assistance in these matters. In clear non-technical language, The Aged Client and the Law by John J. Regan explains the laws affecting the major concerns of older persons and their families. The book's two goals are to provide legal information...
Medical advances are keeping people alive longer and, as a result, elderly people, their families and those who work with them are confronting new pro...
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464,87 |
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Evidence-Based Social Work: A Critical Stance
ISBN: 9780415468220 / Angielski / Twarda / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Evidence-based practice is now a core element of many governments' approaches to policy-making and social intervention. It has become a powerful movement that promises to change the content and structure of social work and its allied professions. Its emergence has generated much debate and raised challenging questions, however, particularly at the interface of research, policy, and practice. This book provides a critical analysis of evidence-based practice in social work. It introduces readers to the fast changing research, policy, legislative, and practice context. It discusses... Evidence-based practice is now a core element of many governments' approaches to policy-making and social intervention. It has become a powerful mo... |
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759,15 |
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Relational Theory for Social Work Practice: A Feminist Perspective
ISBN: 9780789012630 / Angielski / Twarda / 122 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2009 Relational Theory for Social Work Practice introduces social workers to the burgeoning feminist scholarship on relational theories and the practical application of these theories with diverse populations. It emphasizes the practical application of the basic relational concepts in a readable and comprehensive way, developing an approach to practice which is useful for both male and female social workers and clients. Relational theory argues that the fundamental feature of healthy human development is the... Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2009 Relational Theory for Social Work Practice introduces social workers to t... |
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979,55 |
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Relational Theory for Social Work Practice: A Feminist Perspective
ISBN: 9780789012647 / Angielski / Miękka / 122 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2009 Relational Theory for Social Work Practice introduces social workers to the burgeoning feminist scholarship on relational theories and the practical application of these theories with diverse populations. It emphasizes the practical application of the basic relational concepts in a readable and comprehensive way, developing an approach to practice which is useful for both male and female social workers and clients. Relational theory argues that the fundamental feature of healthy human development is the... Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2009 Relational Theory for Social Work Practice introduces social workers to t... |
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283,50 |
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