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Safeguarding Adults and the Law
2nd edition
The safeguarding of vulnerable adults continues to increase in importance. Now in its second edition, this book sets this complex area of work within an extensive legal framework, providing many useful pointers for practitioners and students. It comprehensively reflects recent changes to the law, and includes many new case studies. more »
2013, Paperback: £40.00/ $69.95ISBN: 978-1-84905-300-6, 246mm x 173mm / 10in x 7in, 672pp
Keywords: adult protection, adults, advocacy, carers, community care, dementia, disability, elder abuse, law, mental health, older people, residential care, social care, social work, social work law
The Equality Act 2010 in Mental Health
A Guide to Implementation and Issues for Practice
The Equality Act 2010 in Mental Health provides a critical guide to the Act: what it means for mental health services and how it should be implemented. It addresses each of the nine characteristics protected by the Act in turn, examining the research and practice issue associated with each and offering positive guidance. more »
2012, Paperback: £29.99/ $49.95ISBN: 978-1-84905-284-9, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 304pp
Keywords: community care, disability law, ethnicity, health care, law, mental health, mental illness, nursing, psychiatry, psychology, social care, social work, social work law
Safeguarding Children from Abroad
Refugee, Asylum Seeking and Trafficked Children in the UK
This book examines the problems faced by separated children from abroad (refugee, migrant or trafficked children), what their needs are, and how their needs should be met in order to ensure their effective safeguarding. It identifies gaps in services and demonstrates how these gaps can be addressed. Case studies and best practice points feature. more »
2011, Paperback: £21.99/ $34.95ISBN: 978-1-84905-157-6, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 176pp
Keywords: child protection, children's rights, joint working, mental health, residential care, risk assessment, safeguarding children, social care, social policy, social work, social work law, trauma
Child Well-Being
Understanding Children's Lives
This book brings together contributions from international experts in order to define child well-being and to further understand how it can improve children's lives. This edited collection is essential reading for all those involved in understanding children's lives and who have responsibility for improving them. more »
2010, Paperback: £24.99/ $42.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-925-9, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 256pp
Keywords: adolescence, advocacy, attachment, child development, child protection, child psychology, children, children's rights, early intervention, education, families, health care, housing, joint working, law, mental health, parenting, resilience, risk assessment, safeguarding children, social care, social policy, social work, social work law, teenagers, youthwork
The Nearest Relative Handbook
2nd edition
This fully updated second edition explains how the nearest relative is identified, and how in some cases he or she might be displaced. It also contains a wealth of new case examples and illustrative scenarios, providing a succinct discussion of each significant case and incorporating all the very latest changes to the Mental Health Act. more »
2009, Paperback: £19.99/ $34.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-971-6, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 192pp
Keywords: disability law, health care, mental health, social work law
Children with Mental Disorder and the Law
A Guide to Law and Practice
This book provides a guide to the law relating to mental health care for children and young people, and discusses important issues in clinical and social care practice such as parental responsibility, Gillick competency and capacity, emergency intervention and detention, assessment of mental illness and confidentiality in practice. more »
2008, Paperback: £25.00/ $49.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-576-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 248pp
Keywords: Asperger syndrome, autism, child protection, child psychology, children, disability, health care, mental health, offenders, social work, social work law
Professional Risk and Working with People
Decision-Making in Health, Social Care and Criminal Justice
Professional Risk and Working with People provides advice on assessing and managing risks for all those employed to take risks with or on behalf of other people. The authors explore issues of risk assessment and management that provides readers with a broad knowledge of risk practices that can be applied across a range of disciplines. more »
2008, Paperback: £19.99/ $42.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-389-9, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 256pp
Keywords: community care, counselling, health care, mental health, offenders, risk assessment, social care, social policy, social work, social work law
Advance Directives in Mental Health
Theory, Practice and Ethics
Advance directive (AD) is a way of making a person's views known if he or she should become mentally incapable of giving consent, or making informed choices about treatment, in the future. This book advises users on their choices about treatment in the event of future episodes of mental illness, covering all legal and medical aspects of AD. more »
2007, Paperback: £25.00/ $42.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-483-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 216pp
Keywords: adults, carers, disability law, families, health care, mental health, mental illness, nursing, psychiatry, psychology, social care, social policy, social work, social work law
Handbook for Practice Learning in Social Work and Social Care
Knowledge and Theory
2nd edition
This substantially revised, expanded and updated edition of the popular Handbook of Theory for Practice Teachers is a comprehensive summary of the theory, knowledge, research and evidence relating to practice learning in social care, focussing on knowledge-based practice with a focus on improving outcomes. more »
2007, Paperback: £19.99/ $45.00ISBN: 978-1-84310-186-4, 246mm x 173mm / 10in x 7in, 408pp
Keywords: child protection, children, cognitive behavioural therapy, counselling, mental health, offenders, older people, risk assessment, safeguarding children, social care, social policy, social work, social work law
Dealing with Death
A Handbook of Practices, Procedures and Law
2nd edition
Dealing with Death is a comprehensive and authoritative source of information for professionals on the procedures, laws and cultural customs that should be observed when someone dies. This completely updated and expanded second edition takes into account changes in UK law and the impact of the Harold Shipman and Alder Hey enquiries. more »
2006, Paperback: £40.00/ $79.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-381-3, 246mm x 173mm / 10in x 7in, 352pp
Keywords: bereavement, counselling, death, health care, mental health, palliative care, practical theology, social care, social work, social work law, theology
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