Social welfare and social services

This book provides a holistic overview of the complexities of modern technological advances and their implications for crime and security.

This book outlines how undergraduate students engage with civic and community projects and how this can be encouraged by their universities.

In the United States, work is the key to economic success, as well as the major source of health care coverage and retirement security.

Parents who neglect children present considerable challenges to child welfare professionals, and are often resistant to change.

Social Policy is an applied subject; it was developed to meet the needs of people who would be working in the public services.

In the past two decades, Australia has been the site of major police misconduct scandals and inquiries, leading to reform initiatives at the cutting edge of police integrity management practices.

Social Security is a self-financing program that provides monthly cash benefits to retired or disabled workers and their family members and to the family members of deceased workers.

Counselling psychology, a rapidly expanding mental health discipline, is rooted in academic psychology and therefore has unique potential of develop and sustain a powerful model for the integration of research and practice.

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'This is a timely and well crafted text which is to be commended, with strong chapters from knowledgeable and committed authors.

This book provides an applied, interdisciplinary approach to an understanding of the key social determinants of health, essential at a time of increasing inequalities and reductions in existing NHS services and local authority budgets.

The social worker's guide to integrating theory and practice Applying Theory to Generalist Social Work Practice teaches aspiring social workers how to apply theory in real world practice.

How can we determine success in foster placements?

Integral Psychotherapy lays out a conceptual framework for understanding and applying the wide range of psychotherapeutic approaches.

The United States is unique among economically advanced nations in its reliance on employers to provide health benefits voluntarily for workers and their families.

First published in 1999, this book contains the findings of an exploratory study using in-depth interviews on parenting and the dynamics of Hong Kong Chinese stepfamilies.

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Are cultural centers ethnic enclaves of segregation, or safe havens that provide minority students with social support that promotes persistence and retention?

In this follow up to Preventing Mental Illness, Jennifer Newton describes real life examples of good practice in preventive mental health.

Reflection is a critical skill which can enhance the quality of our professional and domestic lives.

Trauma research and clinical practice have taught us much about the widespread problems of child maltreatment, partner violence, and sexual assault.

This second edition of Helping in Child Protective Services: A Competency-Based Casework Handbook is a comprehensive desk reference that serves as both a daily guide for workers and a training tool for supervisors and administrators.

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.

By combining focus groups and interviews with innovative research techniques, such as web-based discussions and Q methodology, this book provides insights into the daily experiences of those using the British transport system.

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of social policy in the German Democratic Republic (GDR, 1949-1990), followed by an analysis of the "e;Social Union"e;, the transformation of social policy in the process of German unification in 1990.

Alle wichtigen und aktuellen Inhalte aus dem Bereich Extremismus und Sicherheitspolitik für die Polizei und die Verfassungsschutzbehörden.

Social work has been late to engage with the environmental movement.

Mind, Brain and the Path to Happiness presents a contemporary account of traditional Buddhist mind training and the pursuit of wellbeing and happiness in the context of the latest research in psychology and the neuroscience of meditation.

In the 1970s, social work in Britain was in crisis.

This book analyses the legitimacy deficits in democratic welfare work using Habermas' theories of communicative action, law and  morality.

Praise for the first edition: 'The content of the book is excellent.

This book discusses complex motivational conditions and strategies on macro, meso, and micro levels promoting reflectivity in interpersonal professional practice.

A burgeoning evidence base supports that arts, play and other creative therapies have potential to help children in foster care, kinship care or adoptive families to recover from complex trauma.

Most adopted children and their families will, sooner or later, encounter the challenges of dealing with unresolved attachment issues or early traumatic experiences.

Pyne traces the impact of fire in Australia, from its influence on vegetation to its use by Aborigines and European settlers.

Learn to initiate the integration of your clients' spirituality as an effective practical intervention.

This book investigates corruption and anti-corruption efforts in Africa, emphasising the regional and thematic differences across the continent, whilst also exploring key patterns and trends.

Gain important insight and a broader perspective on where, why, and how sex workers conduct their businessFor years, the focus of sex work research has been on street-based male and female sex workers and the HIV-related risks they pose to their clients.

"e;Well written and with an accessible and engaging style, practice-based issues are skilfully interwoven throughout each chapter of the book.

Child protection and family support is a major social issue and there is a continuing debate about how policies and practices in relation to child protection integrate with those in family support and child welfare more generally.

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The Baby and the Couple provides an insider's view on how infant communication develops in the context of the family and how parents either work together as a team or struggle in the process.

This book opens the series with a consideration of the social construction of social difference.

The need to support refugees has never been more urgent, but how can everyone working with them provide consistently effective care?

Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT), grounded in the attitudes and principles of Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT), is based on the belief that a parent acting as an agent for change in place of a play therapist has potential for significant and lasting therapeutic gains.

This book bridges together research, theory, and practice to offer future directions for new treatment policy and context-based intervention with children exposed to domestic violence.

Neuro-imaginative gestalting (NIG) is a systemic method, developed for individual therapy by Eva Madelung, that can be used in counselling, self-help and group work.

Find out howand whylegislation has made economic rights more important than human rightsSince 1996, politicians and public officials in the United States have celebrated the success of welfare reform legislation despite little, if any, evidence to support their claims.