Social Work and Social Policy

This text explores a variety of challenging situations in youth work practice. Presenting a framework for dilemma resolution, narratives from youth workers reflect on dilemmas they have faced and the knowledge and experiences they brought to bear on them, contributing to a practice-based theoretical..

Written by two experienced authors within social work education, this practical workbook presents the interrelated nature of decision-making, and provides a model for understanding what is required in the transition from clinician, to clinical and upper level management...

Written by two experienced authors within social work education, this practical workbook presents the interrelated nature of decision-making, and provides a model for understanding what is required in the transition from clinician, to clinical and upper level management...

Domestic violence is a serious, widespread public, social and health problem that affects the lives of many women, children and men. This comprehensive book provides an overview of what we know – and don’t know – about the perpetrators of domestic violence and what works, and what doesn’t, in promot..

Domestic violence is a serious, widespread public, social and health problem that affects the lives of many women, children and men. This comprehensive book provides an overview of what we know – and don’t know – about the perpetrators of domestic violence and what works, and what doesn’t, in promot..

Educating Professionals offers a comprehensively written account of the recent organizational and conceptual changes in UK practice education. Using case examples, the authors focus on student learning in practice settings: how this is organized, what methods are used and how their abilities are ass..

Educating Professionals offers a comprehensively written account of the recent organizational and conceptual changes in UK practice education. Using case examples, the authors focus on student learning in practice settings: how this is organized, what methods are used and how their abilities are ass..

Many young people in Europe have affected by unemployment and several of the most disadvantaged are migrants or those of a different ethnic origin. This book examines the need for more appropriate interventions aimed at labour market inclusion of youth, bringing together theoretical reflections and ..

This book focuses attention on the question of how communities can take action to prevent gender-based violence and abuse. Using examples of current research and practice, it explores the actions that can be taken in individual sectors of society...

Children and Emotional Abuse is a research-informed learning resource for students in social work about the dynamics and consequences of psychological abuse—especially as it occurs in dysfunctional families and affects children and adolescents. Emotional abuse is still not widely understood or recog..

‘Empowerment’ is a term in widespread use today and one that is often considered to be a self-evident good. Here, McLaughlin explores its rise from the 1990s to the present day and interrogates its uncontroversial status, paying particular attention to social policy, social work and health and socia..

How does climate change affect social work and social development? What actions are needed to integrate the three pillars of economic development, environmental development and social protection? This informative and incisively written edited collection brings together experts from around the world ..