Social Work
Assessing Adoptive and Foster Parents
Improving Analysis and Understanding of Parenting Capacity
Combining theory and practice guidance for professionals, this is the authoritative guide to assessing foster or adoptive parents.
Improving Access to Further and Higher Education for Young People in Public Care
European Policy and Practice
Across Europe young people in care are around five times less likely to attend tertiary education than those who have not been in care. Drawing extensively on a substantial three-year long research project led by the authors, this book provides a comprehensive account of this shocking discrepancy and discusses ways to address the imbalance.
Social Work with Troubled Families
A Critical Introduction
An introduction to the Troubled Families Programme (TFP) which explores the fundamentals of the approach in social work. It looks at its origins, implications and effectiveness as well as early intervention and family support in a broader context.
Tackling Disability Discrimination and Disability Hate Crime
A Multidisciplinary Guide
A comprehensive multidisciplinary guide to disability discrimination and disability hate crime which explains what it is and how best to respond.
The Forgiveness Project
Stories for a Vengeful Age
Stories of forgiveness and reconciliation.
Leading Good Care
The Task, Heart and Art of Managing Social Care
Written for the hard-pressed manager of social care, Leading Good Care cuts through the obstructions of red tape and procedures to focus on task, role and practice. Managers will discover in this book understanding, inspiration, confidence and the authority to lead their service.
