Child and Family Social Work

The Anthropology of Child and Youth Care Work presents and illustrates an anthropological model of child and youth care work and explores the associated benefits of such an approach. Author Rivka A. Eisikovits' model enhances workers' on-the-job effectiveness with clients and co-workers and improves..

Play is important for children’s development and there are inherent characteristics that underpin professional play practice across contexts. Providing an overarching concept of play, drawing together the evidence-base across disciplines and linking theory to practice, The Essence of Play is the ide..

Play is important for children’s development and there are inherent characteristics that underpin professional play practice across contexts. Providing an overarching concept of play, drawing together the evidence-base across disciplines and linking theory to practice, The Essence of Play is the ide..

Participation is a vital element of working with children and young people - ensuring that services are meeting their needs as well as promoting citizenship, resilience and general well-being. This book contains 21 participatory evaluation exercises for use with children, young people and families/c..

The Cookbook contains 21 attractive and participatory evaluation exercises for use with children, young people and families/community groups. Attractively and clearly presented, the exercises are very easy to use and come with suggestions for use and instructions on how to create the equipment neede..

This evidence-based book provides a comprehensive description of what parenting support works and how, with clear examples of how this knowledge can inform frontline work with parents...

This evidence-based book provides a comprehensive description of what parenting support works and how, with clear examples of how this knowledge can inform frontline work with parents...

In this groundbreaking study, Linda Cusworth explores the impact of parental employment or unemployment on the educational and emotional well-being of their children using a case study from the British Household Panel Study. The increase in maternal employment and lone parenthood in the last few d..

Understanding the role of law in the care and development of children is the theme of this selection of scholarly articles. Ranging in style from theoretical analysis to empirical data based research, the articles address a range of subjects such as the law's approach in the United States and the Un..

From open and straightforward accounts of residential care workers, The Occupational Experience of Residential Child and Youth Care Workers shows you how care is handled, not how it should be handled. This book introduces you to a social reality, a sometimes very difficult and challenging social rea..

From open and straightforward accounts of residential care workers, The Occupational Experience of Residential Child and Youth Care Workers shows you how care is handled, not how it should be handled. This book introduces you to a social reality, a sometimes very difficult and challenging social rea..

From Distress to Hope: Therapeutic Intervention with Poor Unorganized Families provides social workers, physicians, psychologists, counselors, and family therapists with tested interventions to help disadvantaged families deal with the problems they encounter. You will learn new techniques for inter..