Surviving Post-Natal Depression

At Home, No One Hears You Scream

Cara Aiken

Research indicates that at least one in ten new mothers experience post-natal depression, yet there is little help available to sufferers. The book raises awareness of the illness and the destructive effect it can have on individuals and families. It offers positive suggestions and practical advice, based on personal and professional experience. more »

Keywords: counselling, depression, health care, mental health, psychology, psychotherapy, social work

Child Welfare Policy and Practice

Issues and Lessons Emerging from Current Research

Edited by Dorota Iwaniec and Malcolm Hill

This book explores the implications of recent research for all those concerned with child welfare and social work. It addresses the present concerns as expressed by Government bodies and central Government enquiries regarding the services and policies relating to children in need of care and attention. more »

Keywords: carers, child protection, children, children's rights, looked after children, safeguarding children, social care, social policy, social work

Coping with Survivors and Surviving

Julie Skinner

Based on a study exploring the effects of child sexual abuse on children, their mothers and their teachers, Coping with Survivors and Surviving is the first book to consider how the reactions of these different groups are affected by each other. Julie Skinner recommends how welfare services can be improved to support all involved in such cases. more »

Keywords: child protection, sexual abuse

Domestic Violence

Guidelines for Research-Informed Practice

Edited by John P. Vincent and Ernest N. Jouriles

This book describes recently developed intervention programs which have been shown to be effective for reducing the incidence, severity or impact of domestic violence in particular populations. It also features assessment programs that identify risk profiles of potential perpetrators and victims. more »

Keywords: domestic abuse, families, offenders, violence

Narrative Approaches to Working with Adult Male Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse

The Clients', the Counsellor's and the Researcher's Story

Kim Etherington

This book presents first-hand accounts from two male survivors of childhood sexual abuse and from the counsellor who worked with them.It describes the work they separately undertook with a counsellor and discuss a number of issues which include sexuality, spirituality, perception of maleness and relationships. more »

Keywords: children, counselling, sexual abuse, social care, social work, trauma, violence

A Therapeutic Community Approach to Care in the Community

Dialogue and Dwelling

Edited by Sarah Tucker

This book focuses on the practical implications and use of dialogue, language and education in community care. A stimulating contribution to the debate on the future of community care, this book advocates the active engagement of clients in their own lives and promotes the development of a shared sense of responsibility between client and carer. more »

Keywords: social care, social work, therapeutic communities

Spirituality, Healing and Medicine

Return to the Silence

David Aldridge

Aldridge evaluates the existing literature from across the disciplines to ascertain just how effective spiritual healing may be on the patient's well-being. He encourages us to redefine treatment strategies and our understanding of health, and argues that the spiritual elements of experience help the patient to find purpose, meaning and hope. more »

Keywords: health care, practical theology, spirituality, theology

Good Practice with Violence, 2 volume set

Good Practice in Working with Violence and Good Practice in Working with Victims of Violence

Edited by Jacki Pritchard

This is a two-volume set comprising the books Good Practice in Working with Violence and Good Practice in Working with Victims of Violence. more »

Keywords: challenging behaviour, counselling, domestic abuse, offenders, social care, social work, trauma, violence

Meeting the Needs of Ethnic Minority Children - Including Refugee, Black and Mixed Parentage Children

A Handbook for Professionals
2nd edition

Edited by Kedar N Dwivedi

Experts from a variety of disciplines contribute to this substantially revised edition of this popular handbook - new chapters are included on identity work and refugee children. Offering practical guidance based on sound research and practice, the book provides a focus on some of the most difficult and topical aspects of this field of work. more »

Keywords: child protection, children, children's rights, ethnicity, families, parenting, safeguarding children, social care, social work, social work law

Family Support

Direction from Diversity

Edited by John Canavan, Pat Dolan and John Pinkerton

The contributors to this topical volume explore the role of family support in promoting the welfare of children and their families. The book integrates concepts and experiences from an international perspective, different levels of analysis (society, community and family) and different loci of intervention. more »

Keywords: children, families

Good Practice in Working with Victims of Violence

Edited by Hazel Kemshall and Jacki Pritchard

Drawing on the experiences of practitioners from a range of backgrounds, Good Practice in Working with Victims of Violence is a comprehensive study of real or threatened physical violence and its consequences. The book balances this professional expertise with personal accounts of children and adults who have been subjected to violence. more »

Keywords: challenging behaviour, community care, counselling, domestic abuse, elder abuse, emotions, offenders, older people, sexual abuse, social care, social policy, social work, trauma, violence

The Changing Role of Social Care

Edited by Bob Hudson

The Changing Role of Social Care provides an overview of the structure and function of social care at practice, management and policy levels. It contains contributions from leading academics, researchers and practitioners in the UK, and also includes chapters on the experiences across the United Kingdom and abroad. more »

Keywords: community care, social care, social policy, social work

Innovative Education and Training for Care Professionals

A Provider's Guide

Edited by Rachel Pierce and Jenny Weinstein

The editors have brought together academics, researchers and practitioners, to reflect with them - both positively and critically - on a broad range of contemporary educational developments, thus providing a sound analysis to shape future arrangements for quality professional education and training for care professionals. more »

Keywords: carers, counselling, higher education policy, nursing, occupational therapy, social care, social policy, social work

Issues in Foster Care

Policy, Practice and Research

Edited by Greg Kelly and Robbie Gilligan

This book assesses the current state of foster care, the pressures which have shaped it and the challenges it faces. Arguing the importance of fostering within a coherent child care policy, the contributors examine the latest research into the delivery and support of foster care, and explore how these can be improved. more »

Keywords: child protection, children, fostering, residential care, social policy

Residential Child Care

International Perspectives on Links with Families and Peers

Edited by Mono Chakrabarti and Malcolm Hill

Reflecting current political and policy priorities, this book focuses on new developments designed to promote these family and network relationships. The book examines both care policies and individual schemes which involve families and other network members in the planning and care of children looked after in residential units or children's homes. more »

Keywords: child protection, children, residential care, social care, social work

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