Social welfare and social services

Here are the most recent developments in clinical research and theory on the role of the family in understanding and treating chronic mental and physical illnesses.

This book investigates for the first time the parallels between two island appendages of much larger governments - Okinawa, Japan's southernmost island prefecture, in ferment over historic US bases; Jeju embroiled over a new South Korean naval base.

Tools for Effective Therapy with Children and Families provides mental health professionals with step-by-step tools and strategies for effective therapeutic outcomes with children and their families.

Explore a new way of pastoral care that enables caregivers to develop relationships and provide meaningful pastoral care to the children and youth they encounter!

Too often professional staff are thrust into the role of manager without preparation or subsequent guidance over what becoming a manager entails.

Selbstbestimmung ist in der Sozialen Arbeit ein allgegenwärtiger Begriff.

Children and young people in care rarely match the academic achievements of their peers and policy and procedures to address this inequality have not yet remedied the problem.

This book recognizes and legitimizes the significance of pet and animal loss by exploring the various expressions of trauma and grief experienced by those who work with, live with, or own an animal or pet.

An interdisciplinary text that investigates mental capacity and considers how relationships can affect an individual''s ability to make decisions.

This international handbook gives a comprehensive overview of findings from longstanding and contemporary research, theory, and practices in early childhood education in the Northern and Southern hemispheres.

In der Gegenwartsgesellschaft rückt die individuelle Lebensgestaltung und Verantwortung für ein als gelungen erlebtes Leben in den Vordergrund.

This volume adopts a context-informed framework exploring risk, maltreatment, well-being and protection of children in diverse groups in Israel.

This book demonstrates that, when reforming the water sector, policymakers should arrange social policies that mitigate the negative impact of reforms.

Inclusion and Exclusion of Young Adult Migrants in Europe presents analyses of research carried out during the course of the EUMARGINS research project, exploring the inclusion and exclusion of young adult immigrants across a range national contexts, including the Nordic welfare states, old colonial countries, Southern European nations and the Eastern European region.

This book examines the political relationship between government social programs and private social benefits.

This book apprises readers of the present conditions of former and emancipated foster youth, provides evidence-based best practices regarding their experiences, and proposes new policies for ensuring better outcomes for these children upon discharge from foster care.

When Movements Matter accounts for the origins of Social Security as we know it.

Many people want to help bring about changes in their neighborhoods, workplaces, and communities.

First published in 1998, this book is about the consequences of the permanent settlement of former labour migrants in contemporary Germany and Britain and the extent to which these 'new' minorities are regarded as citizens in both societies as well as citizens of the European Union.

For over thirty years, portfolios have been used to help adult learners gain recognition for their prior learning and take greater control of their educational experiences.

Feuerwehren und Rettungsdienste haben häufig öffentliche Träger und unterliegen daher bei Beschaffungsmaßnahmen dem deutschen und europäischen Vergaberecht mit seinen Bedingungen und Vorgaben für Auftraggeber wie für Auftragnehmer.

A detailed look at various ways to conduct research for public scholarshipTraditional research practices have often been critiqued for resulting in a wellspring of research that circulates exclusively within academic circles and garners small readership.

Grief Work in Addictions Counseling is a book for practitioners and students in the field of substance abuse counseling who encounter grief and loss issues with clients recovering from addiction.

In Living and Surviving in Harm's Way, experts investigate the psychological impact of how warriors live and survive in combat duty.

Optimale Prüfungsvorbereitung .

This book examines research using anti-oppressive, arts-based methods to promote social change  in oppressed and marginalized communities.

Michael Ungar's Nurturing Hidden Resilience in Troubled Youth is the first text in its field to examine resilience as a social construct; it offers a comprehensive theory of resilience and a model for the application of this theory to direct practice with high-risk youth in clinical, residential, and community settings.

This practical, evidence-based guide details how professional practitioners and change facilitators can integrate a solution-focused approach into their daily work and practice.

This hands-on guide addresses the present day realities of applying dialectical behavior therapy in a mental health and substance abuse recovery context.

This study addresses the management of victims and victim policy under the Coalition government, in light of an increasing move towards neoliberal and punitive law and order agendas.

The Pocket Field Guide for Disaster Health Professionals: Missioncraft in Disaster Relief is a disaster management toolkit containing briefing checklists, systems profiles, assessment forms, reporting templates, project management worksheets, and other tools required in the field.

Migration, Citizenship and Intercultural Relations reflects on the tensions and contradictions that arise within debates on social inclusion, arguing that both the concept of social inclusion and policy surrounding it need to incorporate visions of citizenship that value ethnic diversity.

Winner of the 2017 British Society of Criminology Book Prize The penal voluntary sector and the relationships between punishment and charity are more topical than ever before.

Clinical Counselling in Medical Settings offers an honest examination of the possibilities and limitations of counselling in a range of medical settings and patient groups.

This book is an up-to-date model based on more than twenty years of work and research with outpatient couples groups.

It is vital that social work students learn to integrate their personal and professional selves if they are to meet the challenges of social work in complex changing environments.

This is the first volume to comprehensively discuss the ethical, regulatory, and social aspects of xenotransplantation research.

Social work has its roots in the struggle of society to deal with poverty and the resultant problems.

This book critically examines how the globalisation of mental health through the dominant medical model has created barriers to understanding and responding to distress with reference to cases from Malawi and Sri Lanka.

An award-winning psychologist and professional photographer join forces in writing this unique creative guide to exploring and understanding your life: who you are, what you value, and what you wish to achieve.

Originally published in 1975 Education and Social Action, examines the possibility and value of effecting links between community service and the curriculum in various sectors of higher education.

Does charitable giving still matter but need to change?

Connects development, learning, and societal conditions with care and motivation for children and young people.

Creative Ways to Learn Ethics is an accessible, easy-to-read guide that compiles a variety of ethics trainings to help professionals stimulate their minds, relieve stress, and increase engagement and memory retention.

This collection examines the relationships between a globalising neoliberal capitalism, a post-GFC environment of recession and austerity, and the moral economies of young people's health and well-being.

Neue kommunale Strategien für ältere Menschen.