Welfare and benefit systems

Currently enrolling approximately 900,000 poor children each year, Head Start has served 25 million children and their families since it was established 44 years ago.

This collection of essays addresses the lack of shelter-one of the most basic elements of human adaptation-now experienced by many Americans.

Introducing key psychodynamic theory, concepts and techniques, this text examines the challenges and opportunities of counselling adolescents and children.

This book seeks to liberate and empower practitioners seeking to meet the needs of all the troubled children and young people who come to them for help.

The transition to adulthood is a longer and more complex process than it was just a few decades ago, and a growing number of youth and young adults experience significant challenges in the establishment of an autonomous and independent lifestyle when compared to previous generations.

Drawing on international case studies from emerging economies and developing countries including South Africa, India, Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, Tunisia, Indonesia, China and Russia, this book examines the rise, nature and effectiveness of recent developments in social policy in the Global South.

A comprehensive, theory-based approach to working with young clients in both school and clinical settings Counseling and Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents, Fifth Edition provides mental health professionals and students with state-of-the-art theory and practical guidance for major contemporary psychotherapeutic schools of thought.

This text provides a critical analysis of the social construction of childhood and children's agency.

Was können einzelfallbezogen finanzierte Leistungen der Eingliederungshilfe und der Kinder- und Jugendhilfe zu einer quartiersbezogenen sozialen Infrastruktur beitragen?

Kinder und Jugendliche verbringen täglich mehrere Stunden in der Schule.

"e;A welcome contribution not only towards the development of advocacy policy and practice with children and young people across the UK and further afield but also towards the wider field of furthering children and young people's participation, individually and collectively in decisions affecting them.

Sharon Shoesmith was Director of Children's Services for Haringey in 2007 at the time of the death of Peter Connelly, also known as 'Baby P'.

Are you worried about your child's mental health?

This book addresses domestic abuse and stalking among young people in the UK and Ireland, with a focus on intersectionality and lifestyle settings.

A comprehensive, comparative study of the Swiss welfare system, based on extensive research in business archives.

This book discusses the local effects of globalisation, especially in the context of social work, health and practical theology, as well as the challenges of higher education in a troubled world.

This edited volume investigates the effects of shifting configurations and conceptualizations of the experience and meaning of home as it is embodied in early childhood care and education (ECCE).

Would you want to live in a factory-molded cube made of plastic, asbestos, and UFFI?

Wie gestalten sich Zusammenhänge zwischen freiwilligem Engagement und Sozialer Arbeit im Kontext sozialraumorientierter Kinder- und Jugendhilfe?

This book provides social work practitioners and allied professionals with an applied understanding of the formal legislation, policy and guidance relating to young people who are considered 'at risk' of, accused of, or convicted of involvement in offending or anti-social behaviour.

In the light of the complex demographic shifts associated with late modernity and the impetus of neo-liberal politics, childhood continues all the more to operate as a repository for the articulation of diverse social and cultural anxieties.

Updated 2015 American Heart Association CPR & ECC guidelines.

Die vielfältigen Problemlagen der großen Anzahl von Jugendlichen, die außerhalb ihrer Herkunftsfamilie in Wohngruppen leben, erfordern ein pädagogisches Betreuungskonzept, das fachlich fundiert und menschlich zugewandt den jungen Menschen ein Zuhause auf Zeit bietet.

Children have a right enshrined within the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child to participate in decisions that affect them, and their participation in social care services can have a positive impact on their own self-esteem and confidence, but also the quality of service and decisions made by the social care professionals working with them.

Our knowledge and awareness of mental health has never been greater.

Three to five per cent of children fail to thrive.

Children and teenagers text, network and twitter online as second nature, but when emails or texts are used to threaten, harass, intimidate or embarrass someone, they can turn from being a source of enjoyment to a source of crippling anxiety and fear.

Biodiversität, Umwelt- und Naturschutz sind Themen mit gesamtgesellschaftlicher Bedeutung für alle Generationen, weshalb sie auch zur Kinder- und Jugendhilfe gehören.

Nurses, midwives and health visitors have a statutory duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people.

Drawing on in-depth interviews with social workers and their managers, and families and young people themselves, the authors of this important book show how the principles embodied in the Assessment Framework have been applied to social work practice.

Social Care, Service Users and User Involvement provides a definitive introduction to practical, philosophical and theoretical issues at the heart of user involvement.

In a period of rapid social and economic change, labour markets are undergoing major transformations.

Who should bear the financial and social costs of the consequences of crime?

Two-thirds of UK government spending now goes on the welfare state and where the money is spent - healthcare, education, pensions, benefits - is the centre of political and public debate.

Strengths-based, solution-focused practice is one of the most exciting areas of contemporary child protection work.

This book explores how to make anti-bullying initiatives more successful by developing effective ''personal theories of bullying''.

Die Erziehung in Heimen und sonstigen betreuten Wohnformen verlangt heute mehr denn je eine hohe Professionalität.

European welfare states are undergoing profound change, driven by globalization, technical changes, and population ageing.

Prior to the onset of the recent financial crisis, global trends of social security in industrialised societies were indicating a progressive disengagement of the State, in favour of tax-financed measures similar to social assistance, which may fail to ensure a basic standard of living.

Is medication the right choice for treating your childs emotional or behavioral problems?

For children growing up in foster care, the role of their birth parents is an important factor in the success of their long-term placements.

Successfully achieves its stated aim of being an introductory text for students and newly-qualified social workers a valuable addition to their bookshelves.

System Kids considers the daily lives of adolescent mothers as they negotiate the child welfare system to meet the needs of their children and themselves.

Das Handbuch ist zu einem Standardwerk für Theorie und Praxis der Erziehungshilfe geworden und hat als Lehrbuch Eingang gefunden in Ausbildung und Studium für sozialpädagogische Berufe.

Finalist in the Professional Books category of the 2018 Nursery World Awards.

A master class in family therapy--now updated with an additional ten years' case experience Few people have had as profound an impact on the theory and practice of family therapy as Salvador Minuchin.