Social welfare and social services

There have long been doubts within social work about the viability of reconciling participatory practice with the statutory power that comes hand-in-hand with child protection work.

This book makes the case for the welfare state.

Soziale Stadtentwicklung und Gemeinwesenarbeit hat sich als Handlungsfeld Sozialer Arbeit längst etabliert.

This book provides a study of the rise of private sector providers in the welfare state.

This handbook is the first volume to provide a comprehensive look at personality development.

This practice-focussed resource shows dementia care professionals how to harness resilience in their daily practice when working with people living with dementia.

Research on sexual violence has been a growing area of academic study since the 1970s.

Program evaluations are more relevant when conducted by the people directly involved in the programs and members of the communities they serve.

This book delves into the critical question of how counseling can help individuals navigate and resolve these struggles.

There is a tremendous need for community development practice in the Asia-Pacific region due to its size and prevailing diverse socio-economic, political and cultural needs and issues.

Encompassing theory, research, and practice, this tenth edition provides an introduction to conflict communication and conflict management.

How can you make the most of retirement?

This accessible book offers effective protocol for engaging in better sexual decision-making in clinical practice.

This book, written in an accessible way by leading experts in the field, offers a comprehensive exploration of arts integration in coaching through the lenses of positive and health psychology.

Dieses Buch widmet sich den Strukturmerkmalen und professionellen Erfordernissen Aufsuchender Sozialer Arbeit.

This book is a comprehensive introduction to the profession for school counselors in training, providing special focus on the topics most relevant to the school counselor's role, and offers specific strategies for practical application and implementation.

At a time of significant transformations in Chinese society, this book addresses the key issue of social welfare and the reform of the welfare system in 21st century China.

Reconfiguring Stigma in Studies of Sex for Sale is about the production and effects of stigma in sex work or prostitution with contributions from four continents and different disciplines that taken together explore how such stigma is conditioned by differences in time, place, citizenship, gender, sexuality, class and race.

Deciding Children's Futures addresses the thorny task of how to assess parents and children who belong to struggling families where there are issues of neglect or significant harm, and when separating parents are contesting arrangements for the care of their children.

The subject of minority children's learning has long been the concern of civic leaders, parents, scholars, and educators.

This broad and accessible text examines one of the most crucial issues facing western governments today: how to raise sufficient funds to meet the rising aspirations of their electorate for more and better welfare services.

Warum erzeugt Gewalt wieder Gewalt?

Currently, many children are unable to access emotional support services, and other members of a child's support network are required to provide this emotional guidance and support.

Process Facilitation in Psychoanalysis, Psychotherapy and Social Work elaborates a differential theory of therapeutic engagement with full reference not only to psychoanalysis and to psychotherapy but also - surprisingly - to social work.

Family Poverty in Diverse Contexts addresses the context of poverty in the United States and focuses on poverty issues that family members must confront as they move through the life course.

Cultivating Mindfulness to Raise Children Who Thrive introduces an expanded view of human development and health, which begins before conception and moves through pregnancy, early childhood and adulthood.

This book is a hands-on guide for facilitating treatment of anxiety and depression during pregnancy and the postpartum period.

One of the perennial political/philosophical questions concerns whether it is ever justifiable for a third party to paternalistically restrict an adult's freedom to ensure their own, or society's, best interests are protected.

Disability Management is perceived and understood to be an important approach to reducing the negative impact, for workers and the company, of absence due to illness and accidents, and to assisting those with disabilities to enter or re-enter the workplace.

Counseling for Eating Disorders in Women focuses on women whose eating patterns have generated side-effects on other aspects of their lives such as work, health and family.

This textbook introduces students to the various arguments for and against the prohibition of recreational drugs.

Sind Haus- und Palliativärztinnen und -ärzte ausreichend vorbereitet auf die Versorgung alter Patientinnen und Patienten mit geistiger Behinderung am Lebensende?

Bringing together a distinguished cast of contributors, the book provides an authoritative and definitive analysis of the theory, practice and development impact of corruption in Africa.

Since devolution in 1999, social policy within Scotland has burgeoned.

Based on an interdisciplinary conference held at the University of Cambridge in May 2012, Legitimacy and Criminal Justice: An International Exploration brings together internationally renowned scholars from a range of disciplines including criminology, international relations, sociology and political science to examine the meaning of legitimacy and advance its theoretical understanding within the context of criminal justice.

Combining an accessible presentation of the underlying theory of transfer of learning which explains how to put theory into practice, this is a text which is relevant to 'teaching for transfer' in any professional or vocational context.

Research has consistently shown that there is a link between caregiver substance use and child maltreatment, but less attention has been given to child trauma exposure.

In diesem Buch werden auf der Basis von Fallbeschreibungen und der Schilderung typischer handlungsrelevanter Situationen das methodische Vorgehen und Bearbeitungsvorschläge für die Schulsozialarbeit dargestellt.

This handbook brings together the international research focussing on prisoners' families and the impact of imprisonment on them.

The topics of the books are: Social Policy in Indian Development; Health and Social Work; Dalit Women: Issues, Factors and Concerns; Female Labour Participation in Rural and Urban India; Communalism, Caste and Reservations; Social Exclusion of Scheduled Caste Children; Social Movements for Class and Caste; Children and Drug Abuse; Social Work for Dalit Education

Fundiert, praxisorientiert und verständlich: Von der Geschichte der Psychiatrie bis zu den psychiatrischen Therapieformen – Psychiatrie für Pflegeberufe bietet Ihnen das gesamte Grundlagenwissen zu diesem Fachgebiet.

Counseling psychologists have always been vitally involved in promoting good health and preventing mental, physical, and social disorders.

Are dual relationships always detrimental?

The Lives of Foster Carers analyzes the contradictions, conflicts, and ambiguities experienced by foster carers arising from the inter-penetrations of public bureaucracy and private family life.

This book explores the experiences of Muslims in the United States as they interact with the health care system during serious illness and end-of-life care.

Homework is a central feature of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), given its educational emphasis.

This is the authoritative textbook on family mediation.