Welfare and benefit systems

Now in a revised and updated fourth edition, this trusted text and professional resource provides a developmental framework for clinical practice.

Housing Policy in the UK is a major new textbook that traces the emergence of a 'new comprehensive housing policy' in the wake of the Communities Plan and regionalisation.

Kohli offers a comprehensive overview of what is known about the resettlement of young asylum-seekers, answering social work practitioners' need for a fuller understanding.

The impact of sibling relationships on how people develop has been dramatically under-emphasised in the literature on child development.

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

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.

In Making the Second Ghetto, Arnold Hirsch argues that in the post-depression years Chicago was a "e;pioneer in developing concepts and devices"e; for housing segregation.

American cities are constantly being built and rebuilt, resulting in ever-changing skylines and neighborhoods.

This Element looks at how we can better understand young children''s perspectives by listening to their voices in multiple ways.

Caring for Our Own inverts an enduring question of social welfare politics.

This book is the first to chronicle the story of Housing First (HF), a paradigm-shifting evidence-based approach to ending homelessness that began in New York City in 1992 and rapidly spread to other cities nationally and internationally.

This book is the first to chronicle the story of Housing First (HF), a paradigm-shifting evidence-based approach to ending homelessness that began in New York City in 1992 and rapidly spread to other cities nationally and internationally.

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

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

Same-Sex Marriage and Children is the first book to bring together historical, social science, and legal considerations to comprehensively respond to the objections to same-sex marriage that are based on the need to promote so-called "e;responsible procreation"e; and child welfare.

Same-Sex Marriage and Children is the first book to bring together historical, social science, and legal considerations to comprehensively respond to the objections to same-sex marriage that are based on the need to promote so-called "e;responsible procreation"e; and child welfare.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed by President Obama in March 2010 is a landmark in U.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed by President Obama in March 2010 is a landmark in U.

The information age is upon us and, with it, a new era of human services has emerged.

The information age is upon us and, with it, a new era of human services has emerged.

The number of children living in families with incomes below the federal poverty level increased by 33 percent between 2000 and 2009, resulting in over 15 million children living in poverty.

In this sweeping narrative history from the Great Depression of the 1930s to the Great Recession of today, Caring for America rethinks both the history of the American welfare state from the perspective of care work and chronicles how home care workers eventually became one of the most vibrant forces in the American labor movement.

Social Security is in jeopardy, private pension systems have fallen apart, and workers are trying to save on their own for retirement with the stock market in the worst shape since the Great Depression.

Although practitioners do not often identify an explicit focus on social welfare policy, the analysis (what it is) and evaluation (what it does) of policy is basic to social work practice.

A meticulously researched inside look at child sexual abuse by clergy, this exhaustive, hard-hitting analysis weaves together interviews with abusive priests and church historical and administrative details to propose a new way of thinking about clerical sexual offenders.

Sexual exploitation of children is a major social problem in the United States and around the world.

Social Security is in jeopardy, private pension systems have fallen apart, and workers are trying to save on their own for retirement with the stock market in the worst shape since the Great Depression.

Black women have traditionally represented the canvas on which many debates about poverty and welfare have been drawn.

With its unique human-rights perspective on the study of childhood victimization and an innovative, child-inclusive restorative justice model, this book promises to be a touchstone for practitioners, policymakers, and researchers concerned with children's well-being in the aftermath of crime and violence.

Every industrial nation in the world guarantees its citizens access to essential health care services--every country, that is, except the United States.

Child Protection Systems is a comparative study of the social policies and professional practices that frame societal responses to the problems of child maltreatment in ten countries: USA, Canada, England, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Norway.

In this book, Slobogin and Fondacaro present their vision for a new juvenile justice system, founded on the evidence at hand and promoting the principles of rehabilitation and reintegration into society.

The last decade of the 20th century was marked by a shift in how welfare-states deal with those at the bottom of the income ladder.

This is a lucid, readable discussion of ethical questions in health care as they arise on the business or organizational level: an effort to spell out an ethical perspective for healthcare organizations.

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.

The landmark National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW) study represents the first effort to gather nationally representative data, based on first-hand reports, about the well-being of children and families who encounter the child welfare system.

Supervisors have a pivotal position in the child welfare workforce: they recruit and retainthe best employees, move agencies to best practice frameworks, and create a sustaining positive organizational climate.

This book proposes what, to many professionals in the child welfare field, will appear a radically different explanation for our society's decisions to protect children from harm and for the significant drop in substantiated child abuse numbers.

With the advance of evidence-based practice has come the publication of numerous dense volumes reviewing the theoretical and empirical components of child and adolescent treatment.

For centuries, societies have relied upon residential care settings to provide homes for children, and for much of that period a debate has raged over whether such settings are appropriate places for children to be raised.

Methamphetamine not only destroys the lives of those who become addicted to it, but affects all corners of society, including innocent children.

Challenging behavior, while common, can have a significant negative impact on the lives of children and their families.

In this sweeping narrative history from the Great Depression of the 1930s to the Great Recession of today, Caring for America rethinks both the history of the American welfare state from the perspective of care work and chronicles how home care workers eventually became one of the most vibrant forces in the American labor movement.

Forensic mental health assessment (FMHA) has grown into a specialization informed by research and professional guidelines.

Each year more than 25,000 youth age out of the American foster care system to face uncertain futures as young adults.

More so than in any other form of forensic evaluation, mental health professionals who conduct parenting plan evaluations must have an understanding of the most current evidence in the areas of child development, optimal parenting plans across various populations, behavioral psychology, family violence, and legal issues to inform their opinions.

On average, a quarter of a million children in the United States enter foster care every year.

On average, a quarter of a million children in the United States enter foster care every year.

The 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child has inspired advocates and policy makers across the globe, injecting children's rights terminology into various public and private arenas.

The 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child has inspired advocates and policy makers across the globe, injecting children's rights terminology into various public and private arenas.