Social welfare and social services

Drawing on in-depth research, including interviews with former and serving detectives, this book explores how homicide investigation in England and Wales has changed since the 1980s and the opportunities and challenges that have arisen as a consequence.

The Handbook of Complex Trauma and Dissociation in Children: Theory, Research, and Clinical Applications is a comprehensive and truly vital text for both experienced professionals and novice clinicians alike.

Originally published in 1983, The Making of Community Work is the outcome of a two-year study of community work in the United Kingdom.

Jugendgewaltdelikte sind als Phänomene im städtischen Raum sehr ungleich verteilt.

While many police officers undertake their work conforming to the highest ethical standards, the fact remains that unethical police conduct continues to be a recurring problem around the world.

In this work, the author addresses a perennial question: how does someone recover from a catastrophic disaster or other personal tragedy?

Heart of the Nation traces America's volunteer tradition-the golden thread of American democracy-and how Presidents from Washington to Obama have called on citizens to serve neighbor and nation.

This book is a unique collection: ordinary Londoners, in their own voices, tell about ordinary London lives.

Knowing Governance sets out to understand governance through the design and making of its models and instruments.

Filled with rich case examples, this book shows how psychotherapists from any orientation can use functional analysis (FA) to better understand their clients and specifically target the changes that clients seek.

Among the developed countries it is not the richest societies which have the best health, but those which have the smallest income differences between rich and poor.

Addressing the changing world of professionalism, this text combines theory, research and practice, using real case studies, to investigate the process of becoming professional.

This book uses the case of the National Health Service to examine the management of ambiguity and change.

This accessible guide addresses the nature of the intrusive and unwanted thoughts that can be common in new parenthood, and offers practical answers and advice on how to tackle these.

Many volunteer workers have questioned their efforts and wondered if their actions truly made a difference.

Die Schriftenreihe "Textausgaben zum Sozialrecht" wird gemeinsam vom Deutschen Verein für öffentliche und private Fürsorge e.

What happens in the trauma's aftermath?

The recent establishment of evidence-based practice (EBP) interventions in the mental health space has enabled social workers to diagnose various mental, emotional, and behavioral issues in clients.

How can social workers and neuro-diverse foster carers collaborate to provide the best support for a child or teen in need?

Introduction to Family Processes: Diverse Families, Common Ties serves to provide an explanation of the complex workings of inner family life.

Frontotemporal Degeneration (FTD) is now recognized as one of the most common forms of dementia in individuals under age 65, second only to Alzheimer's.

Exploring the pressing issues of juvenile delinquency, victimization, and justice in Chinese societies, this book showcases contemporary research on these critical topics.

Gandhi famously argued that society's moral measure was its treatment of the vulnerable.

Handbook of Pediatric Psychological Screening and Assessment in Primary Care provides an overview of the principles of screening, monitoring, and measuring of the treatment outcomes of behavioral health disorders in pediatric primary care.

Since the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) children's rights have assumed a central position in a wide variety of disciplines and policies.

Women, Girls, and Addiction is the first book on the efficacy of treatment approaches and interventions that are tailored to working with addicted women, and the first publication of any kind to provide a feminist approach to understanding addiction from the female perspective.

Instead of seeing the family as a 'monolithic' entity, as though separate from its surroundings, this new approach draws attention to assemblages of various types that in different constellations and through different transactions relate people to each other as families and kin.

This book addresses how the Conservative Party has re-focused its interest in social policy.

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Professional Risk and Working with People provides advice on assessing and managing risks for all those employed to take risks with or on behalf of other people.

Ten years ago, the first edition of this book asked why there was such a low number of women filling leadership roles and outlined what it took for women to succeed in their careers.

First published in 1998, this book is a fully revised and updated edition of Social Work Practice, first published in 1993 as a training manual.

This book presents a framework for the use of Socratic strategies in psychotherapy and counseling.

Neoliberal-driven austerity has changed the role of the state, public service provision and citizenship.

Mealtimes are about much more than just re-fuelling, and the importance of mealtimes in the care of people with dementia cannot be overestimated.

This volume presents key findings from the EU funded Measuring Youth Well-being (MYWeB) project which assessed the feasibility of a European Longitudinal Study for Children and Young People (ELSCYP).

Featuring an evidence- and strengths-based approach to practice methods, this new text teaches students how to apply social work skills in a variety of settings.

This book introduces part of the advances of the aging research conducted by Dr.

This book aims to champion teaching and learning of ecosocial work in educational institutions which offer social work and related programmes.

Seven Chakras of Leadership is a transformative guide for leaders seeking to align their inner energy with their professional impact.

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Crime Scene Management and Evidence Recovery is a must-have for first responders and crime scene investigators alike.

The Gestalt approach is based on the philosophy that the human being is born with the healthy ability to regulate needs and wants in relationship with the environment in which she/he lives.

Around three quarters of people who turn to adoption do so because of infertility and those working in this field need information, guidance and support to assist them in the process of adoption to support the adopters and to deal with any issues that may result from infertility.

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The Strategy of Preventive Medicine, by Geoffrey Rose, first published in 1993 remains a key text for anyone involved in preventive medicine.