Welfare and benefit systems

In 2000, the first social agenda in the history of the European Union was launched, and the endeavor to combat poverty came increasingly to the forefront as a specific area for EU policy cooperation and coordination.

Die Soziale Selbstverwaltung ermöglicht Versicherten und Arbeitgebern ein außergewöhnliches Maß an Mitbestimmung im Gesundheitssystem.

Grandchildhood in Multigenerational Living: Practices, Meanings, Relations is the first book to sociologically analyse grandchild-grandparent relationships from the perspective of grandchildren.

What are the objectives of social security and social assistance provisions?

Disorganized attachment is the most extreme form of insecure attachment.

An incredible true story of a state ward's harrowing childhood in 1960s New Zealand.

For the first time, bestsellers Somebody Else's Kids and The Tiger's Child are combined to show Hayden's extraordinary attempt to rescue the children that no one else wanted to help.

What is emotional neglect?

Massive Gewalt an Kindern und Jugendlichen in der Heilpädagogischen Abteilung des Landeskrankenhauses Klagenfurt und dem Landesjugendheim Rosental dokumentiert die Arbeit der Opferschutzkommissionen des Landes Kärnten für die Jahre 1950 bis 2000.

Dieses Buch handelt von Versuchen, die Kooperation zwischen Kindertagesstätten und Hilfen zur Erziehung zu verbessern und – in sozialräumlicher Perspektive – zu qualifizieren.

The Individual Service Funds Handbook is the definitive guide to one of the most innovative forms of personal budget in health and social care.

Western culture has 'faith' in the labour market as a test of the worth of each individual.

Few issues have aroused more heated public debate than that of day care for children of working parents.

This book delves deep into the hidden population of former gang members who share their positive and negative experiences of being gang members.

First published in 1989, The Undeserving Poor was a critically acclaimed and enormously influential account of America's enduring debate about poverty.

Der Band stellt aktuelle Diskurse zu Ganztagsbildung mit Blick auf die Kooperation von Jugendhilfe und Schule dar und gibt Impulse zur theoretischen und empirischen Vergewisserung kooperativer Praxis.

Values and their application are a continuing area of concern for those involved in work with children and families.

Adoption and foster care is a new and burgeoning area of historical and interdisciplinary research.

Understanding Family Support provides a definition of family support and a clear perspective on the role that it has in promoting the welfare of children and their families.

Der Band widmet sich der Situation sozial benachteiligter Kinder und Jugendlicher in der Pandemie in Österreich.

This documents the holes in the health care safety net for poor and minority Americans.

The People's Home is a magisterial examination of the development of social rented housing over the last hundred years in six advanced capitalist countries - Britain, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and the USA.

Informed by a wealth of research, this accessible book focuses on a strengths-based approach to promoting children's wellbeing and giving them the best opportunities to succeed.

This is the first-ever book to provide a comprehensive analysis of Chinese social security reforms with a variety of views.

Those who work with children and young people have a responsibility to safeguard and promote their welfare.

This book guides childcare professionals through attachment theory and provides techniques for caring for children with attachment difficulties.

Since the Munro report (2011), a greater emphasis has been placed on the value of child-centred practice in social work with children, young people and families.

In the past few decades, researchers and practitioners have moved away from the idea of fatherhood as a single, monolithic concept.

Based on personal accounts by birthing women and their medical attendants, Brought to Bed reveals how childbirth has changed from colonial times to the late twentieth century.

An unexpected detour can change the course of our lives forever, and, for white American anthropologist Margaret Willson, a stopover in Brazil led to immersion in a kaleidoscopic world of street urchins, capoeiristas, drug dealers, and wise teachers.

This edited volume covers issues related to educational research and practices for early childhood education and care (ECEC), highlighting interprofessional and family-professional collaboration within inclusive education in different cultural contexts.

Die Auseinandersetzung mit dem Konzept der Nachhaltigkeit gewinnt in der Sozialen Arbeit an Bedeutung: Wohlfahrtsverbände positionieren sich zu gesellschaftlichen Fragen von Nachhaltigkeit, Träger und Einrichtungen entwickeln Nachhaltigkeitsleitbilder, Fachkräfte erproben Formate einer nachhaltigen Bildungsarbeit, Studierende fordern mehr Nachhaltigkeit an ihren Hochschulen und die Sozialarbeitswissenschaft diskutiert ihre Bezüge zu einer sozial-ökologischen Transformation, Klimagerechtigkeit und Nachhaltiger Entwicklung.

This one-stop resource explores the leading child welfare issues facing the USA today, as well as the laws, programs, and policy prescriptions that have been implemented or suggested to address pressing child welfare problems.

This important text will provide a critical analysis of contemporary developments in child care policy under New Labour and the resulting policy and practice implications.

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.

Crescere e accompagnare la crescitaQuesto libro è destinato a chiunque abbia la necessità di svilupparsi ulteriormente nella vita e nelle relazioni.

Aiming to provide purpose and direction in a complex field of work, this book offers direct and straightforward guidance on how to improve child protection on the frontline.

An accessible resource to help those in organisational settings ensure that they have taken all possible steps to safeguard the children and young people they are responsible for.

Social Policy Review 16 has been given a new editorial lease of life and has been re-organised to reflect more closely key developments in the UK and internationally.

This book addresses how longitudinal research approaches are used to understand young people's lives.

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After family violence, very young children and babies benefit from child-led therapy, but how do you achieve this?

Is large-scale immigration to Europe incompatible with the continent's generous and encompassing welfare states?

The relationship between welfare and racial inequality has long been understood as a fight between liberal and conservative forces.

The quality of the assessment of children in need has a significant impact on outcomes for the children concerned.

*Shortlisted for the Young Minds Book Prize 2006*Shattered Lives bears witness to the lives of children who have experienced abuse and neglect, and highlights the effects of early traumatic episodes.

Conventional wisdom argues that welfare state builders in the US and Sweden in the 1930s took their cues from labor and labor movements.

Dieses Buch, das auf dem bekannten Motivationsprogramm "Ich schaffs!