Social Work
Mindful Co-Working
Be Confident, Happy and Productive in Your Working Relationships
Do you worry that you aren't making the most of your co-working relationships? Most of us work with others every day and it's important these relationships run smoothly. Mindful co-working removes the pressure and stress from working relationships by helping workers become more attuned to their colleagues.
Intimate Partner Sexual Violence
A Multidisciplinary Guide to Improving Services and Support for Survivors of Rape and Abuse
A comprehensive guide to Intimate Partner Sexual Violence (IPSV) that covers key issues salient to all professionals including the impact of IPSV, reproductive coercion, the physical and psychological indicators of IPSV, possible consequences of taking a case to court, and best practice service responses.
Team Parenting for Children in Foster Care
A Model for Integrated Therapeutic Care
Team Parenting is a unique model of supporting children in care which involves foster carers and professionals working together to create stable and therapeutic foster placements. This book describes the model's key principles and interventions and includes ideas that will inform and improve foster carers' and professionals' work in any setting.
Inside Kinship Care
Understanding Family Dynamics and Providing Effective Support
This book takes an in-depth look at what goes on 'inside' kinship care. It explores the dynamics and relationships between family members involved in kinship care, and covers issues such as safeguarding, assessment, therapy, permanence and placement breakdown. It is essential reading for social workers, therapists, counsellors and psychologists.
Adopted Like Me
My Book of Adopted Heroes
A children's picture book that tells the stories of famous and inspirational people, all of whom were adopted. Including Bo Diddley, Nelson Mandela and Marilyn Monroe, as well as inventors, athletes, a princess skilled in judo and fencing, and many more.
The Interracial Adoption Option
Creating a Family Across Race
Can I tell you about Adoption?
A guide for friends, family and professionals
Child Protection and Child Welfare
A Global Appraisal of Cultures, Policy and Practice
A comparative international volume on child protection, looking at the culture of child welfare and protection across a broad range of countries. This book evaluates policies and structures already in place, and suggests useful guidelines for good practice for professionals working with children from international communities at risk of harm.