The authors draw on their extensive early years expertise to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the key issues in the field of early childhood care and education.
Presenting counselling skills to those who require a level of counselling for their chosen profession, this work includes topics such as trust, confidentiality, listening and responding, and how to combine counselling with a professional role.
Written for social work students, this handbook describes more than 50 key social work skills. Using case studies and examples, the author demonstrates their creative application in evidence-based practice.
This textbook explores what enables good and effective practice in local authority field social work delivered to children, young people and their families. It sets the context for local authority social work practice and then chapter-by-chapter takes the reader carefully through the social work process.
'Groupwork Practice in Social Work' introduces the practicalities of planning, establishing, facilitating and evaluating social work projects, and contains common-sense guidance on setting up, facilitating and closing small helping groups, inter-professional and other groups.
This is an annual selection of commissioned articles focusing on a varied selection of UK and international developments and debates in social policy, and setting current developments in a broader context of key trends and debates.
This book is written specifically for the HNC in Social Care. The six mandatory units and three SVQ units are covered, giving students all they require in one book.
Many philosophers define social justice in terms of equal opportunities and economists have incorporated such notions in a new kind of welfare economics in which personal responsibility plays a key role. This book takes a critical perspective and combines philosophical scrutiny with economic analysis to elaborate on these developments.
The authors explain key concepts in language accessible even to those with no prior knowledge of the subject. They detail the major mental health disorders and the issues and implications surrounding them, include chapters on personality disorder and self-harm and provide practical suggestions and strategies for coping with mental illness.
This challenging and sophisticated book offers a comprehensive overview of the concept of recovery from mental illness, while at the same time providing a critical analysis of it and consideration of its application in the mental health services. Provocative yet accessible, this is an important book for students and practitioners alike.
Meet Jack - an older man with dementia. Jack invites readers to learn about dementia from his perspective, helping them to understand the challenges faced by someone with dementia and the changes it causes to memory, communication and behaviour. This illustrated book is an ideal way to introduce dementia to children and aid family discussions.
Communication problems, frustration and boredom can manifest themselves in physical outbursts, and working in a residential or domiciliary setting can involve responding to challenging behavior towards staff, other residents and sometimes self-harm. "Managing Challenging Behaviour" examines the underlying reasons for the behavior, ways to spot challenges before they occur and strategies to minimize or prevent incidents. This interactive workbook will...
