Social Work

Inner city drug use behavior shifts and changes, leaving past drug treatment programs, drug prevention efforts, health care provisions for drug users, and social service practice unprepared to effectively respond. New Drugs on the Street: Changing Inner City Patterns of Illicit Consumption tackles t..

Inner city drug use behavior shifts and changes, leaving past drug treatment programs, drug prevention efforts, health care provisions for drug users, and social service practice unprepared to effectively respond. New Drugs on the Street: Changing Inner City Patterns of Illicit Consumption tackles t..

The international feminist contributors to this book look through the lens of poststructuralism at how child sexual abuse is differently represented and understood in the populist, academic, clinical, media and legal contexts...

This edited volume brings together innovative contributions from a range of health and social care professionals and research scientists who are interested in introducing new approaches to qualitative research into the world of health and social care...

Older People and Their Caregivers Across the Spectrum of Care focuses on two major aspects of elderly care: assessment and caregiving. This book examines assessment techniques and models used by social workers and other health care professionals to determine the type and extent of care necessary to ..

Organization, Policy, and Practice in the Human Services is perhaps the first such text to bring together in a systematic fashion the concepts of organizational theory, policy, and practice. The ideas presented by Neugeboren on these issues make a significant contribution in preparing tomorrow's soc..

Parent-Youth Relations: Cultural and Cross-Cultural Perspectives explores in depth the most fundamental human relationship—between parent and child—in different societies around the world. International experts provide a comprehensive collection of original research and theory on how par..

Partnership working is recognised as the most effective way of improving social care and the government’s aim is to provide a seamless service of care. In this comprehensive discussion of partnership working, Anthony Douglas – chief executive of CAFCASS and a former director of social services – loo..

Performance Evaluation in the Human Services is a practical, specific book for managers on how to conduct performance evaluations. The book moves beyond the traditional rating scale and focuses on a new model involving the employee in the evaluation process. It stresses the need for evaluation scale..

The authors of this comprehensive text discuss the root causes of disruptive behaviour, tackle assessment issues and develop effective intervention strategies that will be of practical use to teachers and other educators...

This book offers reflections on how liberation might be experienced by clients as a result of the therapeutic relationship...

This book presents a wealth of information to help people working in social care and advice agencies build the knowledge and skills they need for effective welfare rights work, and to develop a welfare rights service._x000D_..