Social welfare and social services

Caring for the ill, disabled, very old, or very young requires a labor-intensive commitment that is not only essential to the well-being of individuals and to society as a whole, but also fraught with physical, financial, and psychological risks.

African American Grief is a unique contribution to the field, both as a professional resource for counselors, therapists, social workers, clergy, and nurses, and as a reference volume for thanatologists, academics, and researchers.

What does it mean to grow older as a lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans (LGBT) person?

Offender-focused prosecution concentrates attention to the actions, decisions, choices, and motivations of the offender.

Humanitarian aid workers are trying to make a difference in an increasingly dangerous world.

Disorganized attachment is the most extreme form of insecure attachment.

Alter Mann, was nun?

Fachkräfte der Sozialen Arbeit haben eine Machtposition gegenüber besonders vulnerablen Personen.

This innovative book brings together a wide range of therapeutic approaches, techniques and models to outline recent developments in the practice of supporting children in out-of-home care.

Research skills are as critical to social work practitioners as skills in individual and group counselling, policy analysis, and community development.

Admission and Emergency Assessments: A Handbook for Clinicians provides a conceptual framework and concrete practice examples to conduct effective assessments for mental health crises and psychiatric admissions.

Consensual nonmonogamy (CNM) means that all partners in a relationship consent to expanded monogamy or polyamory.

Welcome to my downside up life!

Every day, children and adolescents worldwide return to the educational setting having sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI).

In People with Dementia Speak Out, twenty-three people from diverse backgrounds share their experiences of living with dementia.

Can justice be achieved in voluntary cases - or is it purely a matter for courts to determine?

This workbook is designed to be used to facilitate discussion and disseminate awareness amongst all professionals (social workers, teachers and health care professionals) who are required by law to report instances of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).

This collection of essays covers a diverse set of topics related to household behavior and welfare.

Almost everywhere across the world, economic inequality has been rising within and across national borders.

Since the publication of the extremely well regarded first edition of this title, the legal regime which forms the basis for INTERPOL has changed significantly due to increasing criticism and calls for reform.

`The first text to systematically address the learning needs of post-qualifying child care social workers.

Many Pentecostal groups have forgotten their legacy of war resistance and doctrinal history opposing killing.

Health spending continues to grow faster than the economy in most OECD countries.

The book discusses the socio-cultural-historical, occupational, educational, employment and discriminatory status of one of the most neglected and marginalised communities: the de-notified tribes or ex-criminal tribes of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

For years anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive practice have been embedded in the social work landscape.

Disability is a thorny and muddled concept - especially in the field of disability studies - and social accounts contest with more traditional biologically based approaches in highly politicized debates.

Mi Rinconcito en el Cielo (My Little Corner of the Sky) tells the remarkable story of Alberto "e;Beto"e; Gonzales, who overcame a childhood of poverty, addiction, bigotry, and violence and went on to change the lives of thousands of children and adults as a mentor and gang prevention specialist.

This book amplifies the different voices and experiences of those facing gender-based violence (GBV) in the Global South.

Many therapists and counselors find themselves struggling to connect the research on the psychology of religion and spirituality to their clinical practice.

An incredible true story of a state ward's harrowing childhood in 1960s New Zealand.

In England, it has been possible since 2013 to convert an office building into residential use without needing planning permission (as has been required since 1948).

This book analyses the role of religion during the COVID- 19 pandemic and vaccination rollout in Zimbabwe.

Presenting up-to-date empirical research on the subject of young people, housing and social policy in contemporary Britain, this book considers the issue of young people's early housing histories in the context of a range of government policy initiatives aimed at the group.

Now in its fifth edition, The Practice of Family Therapy comes at a time when traditional approaches to psychotherapy have given way to multidimensional strategies that best serve the needs of diverse groups who are grappling with the many challenges unique to family therapy practice.

Homiletics is taking a theological turn.

This book offers a comprehensive and critical guide to research and practice in the field of arts education and conflict management.

Throughout human history, the relationships of individuals and groups have been disrupted by what the authors sum up as "e;demonization,"e; the attribution of basic destructive qualities to the other or to forces within the self.

Focusing on the dynamics of irregular immigration in Southern EU Member States, this book analyses how the phenomenon is managed at national and local levels in different legal and political systems.

Understanding the Modern Russian Police represents the culmination of ten years of research and an ongoing partnership between the Volgograd Academy of Russian Internal Affairs Ministry (VA MVD) and the Volgograd branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (VAPA).

Going Local explains how social work students and practitioners can develop approaches to neighbourhood work, to engage communities and neighbourhoods more purposefully and to work with citizens and other mainstream and community service providers to build the capacity of neighbourhoods to tackle social problems on their own.

This book explores concrete examples of different strategies and activities aimed at creating and embedding critically reflective learning and working environments within organisations whose prime function is social care.

This handbook offers a theoretical foundation for the adaptation of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their families.

Saul Alinsky, according to Time Magazine in 1970, was a "e;prophet of power to the people,"e; someone who "e;has possibly antagonized more people .

In recent years the United States and many other international donors have embraced civil society aid as a key tool of democracy promotion.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the emerging interdisciplinary field of critical forensic studies.

Understanding how theory informs social work practice is an area that students can often find challenging.

Complete with exercises, reflections, and specially selected tasks, this workbook is written for those suffering from heartbreak (and their therapists) to support them in navigating and managing the pain of breakups.

Americas wars after the 9/11 attacks were marked by a political obsession with terrorist sanctuaries and safe havens.