Social welfare and social services

Action research is a form of research closely linked to practice which can readily be undertaken by practitioners and service users.

Ethnography has a long history in the humanities and social sciences and has provided the base line in the field of police studies for over 60 years.

For the past three decades, the federal government has targeted the poorest areas of American cities with a succession of antipoverty initiatives, yet these urban neighborhoods continue to decline.

It's no secret that tens of thousands of Chinese children have been adopted by American parents and that Western aid organizations have invested in helping orphans in China-but why have Chinese authorities allowed this exchange, and what does it reveal about processes of globalization?

Current debates around participation and marginalization dominate the agenda of many European political forums.

Youth Justice in Context examines the influence of legislative, organizational, policy and practice issues in shaping what constitutes compliance and how non-compliance is responded to when supervising young offenders in the community.

Die Beziehungsgestaltung ist die Basis für die Zusammenarbeit zwischen Adressierten und Fachkräften Sozialer Arbeit.

This brief reference surveys the national policy of three representative African countries on the legal guardianship of children who are without parents or families.

For effective use, this book should be purchased alongside the storybook.

The second edition of this book incorporates the latest theory, research, and best practices for understanding, treating, and preventing substance abuse among adolescents.

Winner of the 2020 Gradiva AwardThe Psychoanalytic Zero: A Decolonizing Study of Therapeutic Dialogues is written from the unique perspective of a Western-trained Asian psychoanalyst and applies principles of Eastern philosophy to understand the psychoanalytic relationship, psychoanalytic processes, and their uses-and limitations-for alleviating human suffering.

Social protection systems are intended to support households in financial difficulties, a role that has been underlined during the recent Great Recession in many countries around the world.

How can therapists integrate theories and practices from across the psychological therapies?

Briefs of Leading Cases in Corrections, Sixth Edition, offers extensive updates on the leading Supreme Court cases impacting corrections in the United States-prisons and jails, probation, parole, the death penalty, juvenile justice, and sexual assault offender laws.

Providing an overview of the myriad ways that we are touched by death and dying, both as an individual and as a member of society, this book will help readers understand our relationship with death.

Therapy: The Basics is an introductory book to psychotherapy and its different theoretical approaches.

This book provides targeted advice to Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) in the mental health professions on how to navigate, resist, and transform institutions and policies that were not designed for them.

Based on a flagship research project for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation's Immigration and Inclusion programme, this book argues that social cohesion is achieved through people (new arrivals as well as the long-term settled) being able to resolve the conflicts and tensions within their day-to-day lives in ways that they find positive and viable.

Ökologische Denkmuster als Paradigma für Soziale Arbeit.

Right-wing nationalist populism poses direct attacks on social tolerance, human rights discourse, political debates, the survival of the welfare state and its universal services, impacting on the roles of social work.

Psychology is the science that will determine who wins and who loses the wars of the 21st century, just as physics ultimately led the United States to victory in World War II.

Skilful communication and warm connection are needed today more than ever before.

Auseinandersetzungen mit Raum nehmen in den Sozial- und Erziehungswissenschaften inzwischen eine prominente Rolle ein.

Informed by original ground-breaking research, this book "e;shifts the lens"e; of study, identifying how Indigenous Australian values and principles have influenced and contributed to an evolving non-Indigenous mainstream Australian culture.

Professional Counseling Excellence through Leadership and Advocacy provides readers with the knowledge, skills, and qualities to succeed as leaders and advocates throughout their careers.

The only practical guide for helping social work students create high-quality applied capstone research projects from start to finishThis mentor-in-a-book provides social work students with invaluable information on designing, implementing, and presenting first-rate applied research projects focused on improving social work programs and services.

Fully updated with key advances in theory, methods, and research, the second edition of this landmark work features an expanded conceptual framework and a more global perspective on threats to human development, including climate change, war, poverty, racial injustice, and pandemics.

This book's purpose is to highlight the development challenges and successes of implementing the Youth Climate Change Adaptation Development Framework in Sierra Leone, West Africa.

This Element explains the diverse welfare systems developed by Southeast Asian countries in terms of competing social and political forces.

This book emphasizes the integral connections between imagination, creativity, and spirituality and their role in healing.

With the field of geriatric mental health growing rapidly in the next decade as the Baby Boomers age, this timely guide brings together a notable team of international contributors to provide guidance for caregivers, families, and those who counsel them on managing caregiving challenges for aging family members.

This new updated and extended edition of First World, Third World examines the failures of aid to eliminate poverty.

Buddhist concepts and practices have become increasingly popular and integrated into professional psychology.

Islamophobic hate crimes have increased significantly following the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and 7/7.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of the history, definition, causes, effects, impacts and implications of climate change on young people globally, with a focus on Small Island Communities (SIDS) in particular.

This handbook explores the multifaceted ethical dimensions of mindfulness, from early Buddhist sources to present-day Western interpretations of mindfulness.

Mental Health Counselors at Work features the assessment of mental health workers, who are non-traditionally trained, as well as the implications for work force utilization of this study.

Since the dawn of the republic, faith in social equality, religious freedom, and the right to engage in civic activism have constituted our national creed.

What is your level of understanding of the many moral, ideological, and political issues that student affairs educators regularly encounter?

Moral Agendas for Children's Welfare examines the roles played by politics, religion, ethics, aesthetics, law and science in identifying children's needs and rights and critically analyses existing child welfare policies.

This book looks at the historical and contemporary impact of minority immigrant and ethnic communities on the built and social environment in Australian cities, rural and regional areas.

Beyond Clinical Dehumanisation Toward the Other in Community Mental Health Care offers a rare and intimate portrayal of the moral process of a mental health clinician that interrogates the intractable problem of systemic dehumanisation in community mental health care and looks to the notion of "e;wonder"e; and the visionary relational ethics of Emmanuel Levinas for a possible cure.

Shortlisted for the SLSA-Hart Socio-Legal Book Prize 2011Governing, Independence and Expertise tells the story of the not-for-profit housing sector in England, focusing on its representative body, the National Housing Federation.

In diesem Grundlagenband zur Familienwissenschaft beschäftigen sich Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler mit dem Thema Familie aus der Sicht ihrer jeweiligen Disziplin und führen in die zentralen Konzepte und Begriffe der Familienwissenschaft ein.

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