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Co-Production and Personalisation in Social Care

Changing Relationships in the Provision of Social Care

Edited by Susan Hunter and Pete Ritchie

Co-Production is a model of practice in which service providers work with service users in the provision of social care services - in effect, a working partnership. This book explores the theory and practice of this developing innovative practice in social work and related fields.

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-558-9, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 168pp, 2007, £18.99, $34.95

Categories: Social Policy, Social Work

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Challenges to the Human Rights of People with Intellectual Disabilities

Challenges to the Human Rights of People with Intellectual Disabilities

Edited by Frances Owen and Dorothy Griffiths

'A book such as this both demonstrates the progress that has been made over recent years, and will also serve to enhance respect for the human rights of persons with intellectual disabilities in the years to come'
- From the Foreword by Orville Endicott

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-590-9, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 288pp, 2008, £27.99, $45.00

Categories: Disability, Disability Law, Intellectual Disabilities, Social Policy, Social Work, Social Work Law

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Educating Difficult Adolescents

Educating Difficult Adolescents

Effective Education for Children in Public Care or with Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties

David Berridge, Cherilyn Dance, Jennifer Beecham and Sarah Field

Educational achievements for children in care are significantly poorer than for the general school population. This book explores why this is and how to enable children in care to succeed in the classroom.

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-681-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp, 2008, £25.00, $49.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Education, Social Policy, Special Education, Working with Children and Families

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Public Services Inspection in the UK

Public Services Inspection in the UK

Edited by Howard Davis and Steve Martin

Public Services Inspection in the UK provides a detailed account of the changing role of inspection in public services management. It outlines the continuing debates about providing inspection that encourages not only accountability but also effective service provision and best practice.

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-527-5, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 160pp, 2008, £18.99, $37.95

Categories: Education, Health Care, Social Policy, Social Work, Working with Offenders

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Quality Matters in Children's Services

Quality Matters in Children's Services

Messages from Research

Mike Stein

Quality Matters in Children's Services brings together authoritative research to explore critical concerns for those working with vulnerable children, young people and their families. Subjects covered include reunification, stability and wellbeing, kinship care, educating vulnerable young people, child protection, domestic violence and parental substance misuse, the participation of disabled young people and advocacy services.

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-926-6, 297mm x 210mm / 11in x 8.5in, 160pp, 2009, £19.99, $36.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Education, Health Care, Social Policy, Working with Children and Families

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Safeguarding Children in Primary Health Care

Safeguarding Children in Primary Health Care

Edited by Julie Taylor and Markus Themessl-Huber

Safeguarding children from harm has, until recently, been driven primarily by social work practitioners. With current shifts in child care and protection practice and policy, combined with an overwhelming message of 'working together', primary health care professionals have an increasingly central part to play. There is a strong argument that cases of suspected child abuse and neglect should warrant the same level of urgent response as any potentially fatal childhood illness.

This book provides an overview of the challenges primary health care professionals now face in recognising and responding to concerns about a child's safety from abuse and neglect. It provides practical accounts and perspectives from a range of frontline practitioners working with children, parents and carers, backed up by theoretical insights from leading academics in the field. Issues explored include: media coverage of child abuse and neglect cases, inter-professional collaboration, competing professional priorities and resources, practical workload decisions and personal experiences and anxieties.

Safeguarding Children in Primary Health Care is a useful training and development resource for all primary health care practitioners, such as paediatricians, community nurses and midwives, community psychiatric nurses, health visitors, dentists, general practitioners and allied health professionals.

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-652-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 272pp, 2009, £19.99, $36.95

Categories: Health Care, Social Policy, Social Work, Working with Children and Families

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Disability and Child Sexual Abuse

Lessons from Survivors' Narratives for Effective Protection, Prevention and Treatment

Martina Higgins and John Swain

Disability and Child Sexual Abuse examines the ways in which society marginalises, institutionalises and places disabled children in situations of unacceptable risk, and how - as evidenced in the survivors' narratives - patterns of service delivery can contribute to the problem.

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-563-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 256pp, November 2009, £22.99, $38.95

Categories: Disability, Social Policy, Working with Children and Families, Working with Offenders

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Group Homes for People with Intellectual Disabilities

Encouraging Inclusion and Participation

Tim Clement and Christine Bigby

Group homes are the dominant form of residential accommodation for people with severe learning or intellectual disabilities, and yet there are significant problems within these living environments. This book seeks to highlight the key issues for both residents and staff, and offers practical...

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-645-6, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 288pp, October 2009, £25.00, $39.95

Categories: Disability, Health, Social Work and Social Care, Intellectual Disabilities, Social Policy, Social Work

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Leadership in Social Care

Leadership in Social Care

Edited by Zoë van Zwanenberg

Social care needs excellent leaders now more than ever. Effective leaders aim high, listen to what the service users want and need, inspire their staff and continually question what they are doing and why.

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-969-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp, October 2009, £19.99, $36.95

Categories: Social Policy, Social Work

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Mental Health, Service User Involvement and Recovery

Edited by Jenny Weinstein

As the momentum for personalisation and recovery approaches grows, service users are increasingly participating as partners in all aspects of health and social care delivery, policy-making and professional training. This book provides an overview of service user involvement in mental health,...

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-688-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp, November 2009, £19.99, $35.95

Categories: Health Care, Mental Health, Psychiatry and Psychology, Social Policy

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Violence Against Women in South Asian Communities

Issues for Policy and Practice

Edited by Ravi K Thiara and Aisha K Gill

While forced marriage and 'honour-based' violence attract media attention, little is known about the issues and experiences of South Asian women and children who are affected by gendered violence.
This book explores the key theoretical and empirical issues involved in gendered violence,...

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-670-8, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 256pp, October 2009, £25.00, $44.95

Categories: Social Policy, Social Work, Working with Children and Families, Working with Offenders

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Challenges to the Human Rights of People with Intellectual Disabilities

Edited by Frances Owen and Dorothy Griffiths

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-590-9, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 288pp, 2008, £27.99, $45.00

Categories: Disability, Disability Law, Intellectual Disabilities, Social Policy, Social Work, Social Work Law

Child Welfare Services for Minority Ethnic Families

The Research Reviewed

June Thoburn, Ashok Chand and Joanne Procter
Introduction by Beverley Prevatt Goldstein

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-269-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 256pp, 2004, £19.95, $37.95

Categories: Social Policy, Working with Children and Families

Co-Production and Personalisation in Social Care

Changing Relationships in the Provision of Social Care

Edited by Susan Hunter and Pete Ritchie

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-558-9, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 168pp, 2007, £18.99, $34.95

Categories: Social Policy, Social Work

Constructive Work with Offenders

Edited by Kevin Gorman, Marilyn Gregory, Michelle Hayles and Nigel Parton

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-345-5, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp, 2006, £18.99, $33.95

Categories: Social Policy, Social Work, Working with Offenders

Costs and Consequences of Placing Children in Care

Harriet Ward, Lisa Holmes and Jean Soper

Hardback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-273-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 288pp, 2008, £39.99, $79.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Social Policy, Social Work, Working with Children and Families

Costs and Outcomes in Children's Social Care

Messages from Research

Jennifer Beecham and Ian Sinclair

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-496-4, 297mm x 210mm / 11in x 8.5in, 144pp, 2006, £18.99, $36.95

Categories: Social Policy, Social Work, Working with Children and Families

Culture and Child Protection

Reflexive Responses

Marie Connolly, Yvonne Crichton-Hill and Tony Ward

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-270-0, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 144pp, 2005, £16.99, $29.95

Categories: Children's Rights, Social Policy, Social Work

Deinstitutionalization and People with Intellectual Disabilities

In and Out of Institutions

Edited by Kelley Johnson and Rannveig Traustadottir

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-101-7, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 296pp, 2005, £19.95, $36.95

Categories: Intellectual Disabilities, Social Policy, Social Work

Deportation is Freedom!

The Orwellian World of Immigration Controls

Steve Cohen

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-294-6, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp, 2005, £13.99, $24.95

Categories: Social Policy, Social Work, Social Work Law

The Developing World of the Child

Edited by Jane Aldgate, David Jones, Wendy Rose and Carole Jeffery

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-244-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 352pp, 2005, £18.99, $32.95

Categories: Social Policy, Social Work, Working with Children and Families

Developments in Social Work with Offenders

Edited by Gill McIvor and Peter Raynor

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-538-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 360pp, 2007, £22.99, $45.00

Categories: Social Policy, Social Work, Working with Offenders

Disability and Child Sexual Abuse

Lessons from Survivors' Narratives for Effective Protection, Prevention and Treatment

Martina Higgins and John Swain

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-563-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 256pp, November 2009, £22.99, $38.95

Categories: Disability, Social Policy, Working with Children and Families, Working with Offenders

Educating Difficult Adolescents

Effective Education for Children in Public Care or with Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties

David Berridge, Cherilyn Dance, Jennifer Beecham and Sarah Field

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-681-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp, 2008, £25.00, $49.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Education, Social Policy, Special Education, Working with Children and Families

Family Support as Reflective Practice

Edited by Pat Dolan, John Canavan and John Pinkerton

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-320-2, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 304pp, 2006, £19.99, $36.95

Categories: Social Policy, Social Work, Working with Children and Families

Gazing into the Oracle

The Delphi Method and its Application to Social Policy and Public Health

Edited by Michael Adler and Erio Ziglio

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-104-6, 216mm x 138mm / 8.5in x 5.5in, 264pp, 1996, £27.99, $49.95

Category: Social Policy

Group Homes for People with Intellectual Disabilities

Encouraging Inclusion and Participation

Tim Clement and Christine Bigby

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-645-6, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 288pp, October 2009, £25.00, $39.95

Categories: Disability, Health, Social Work and Social Care, Intellectual Disabilities, Social Policy, Social Work

Handbook for Practice Learning in Social Work and Social Care

Knowledge and Theory
2nd edition

Edited by Joyce Lishman

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-186-4, 246mm x 173mm / 10in x 7in, 408pp, 2007, £19.99, $45.00

Categories: Social Policy, Social Work, Working with Children and Families, Working with Offenders, Working with Older People

Intimate and Personal Care with People with Learning Disabilities

Edited by Steven Carnaby and Paul Cambridge

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-130-7, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp, 2006, £19.99, $29.95

Categories: Intellectual Disabilities, Social Policy, Social Work

Kinship Care

Fostering Effective Family and Friends Placements

Elaine Farmer and Sue Moyers

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-631-9, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 256pp, 2008, £25.00, $45.00

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Social Policy, Social Work, Working with Children and Families

Leadership in Social Care

Edited by Zoë van Zwanenberg

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-969-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp, October 2009, £19.99, $36.95

Categories: Social Policy, Social Work

Leaving Care

Throughcare and Aftercare in Scotland

Jo Dixon and Mike Stein

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-202-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 192pp, 2005, £19.99, $36.95

Categories: Social Policy, Social Work, Working with Children and Families

Lone Mothers in European Welfare Regimes

Shifting Policy Logics

Edited by Jane Lewis

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-461-0, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp, 1997, £22.99, $44.95

Category: Social Policy

Managing Children's Homes

Developing Effective Leadership in Small Organisations

Leslie Hicks, Ian Gibbs, Helen Weatherly and Sarah Byford

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-542-8, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp, 2007, £25.00, $49.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Social Policy, Social Work, Working with Children and Families

Mental Health, Service User Involvement and Recovery

Edited by Jenny Weinstein

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-688-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp, November 2009, £19.99, $35.95

Categories: Health Care, Mental Health, Psychiatry and Psychology, Social Policy

Morals, Rights and Practice in the Human Services

Effective and Fair Decision-Making in Health, Social Care and Criminal Justice

Marie Connolly and Tony Ward

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-486-5, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 200pp, 2007, £19.99, $39.95

Categories: Children's Rights, Social Policy, Social Work, Social Work Law

Mothering Through Domestic Violence

Lorraine Radford and Marianne Hester

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-473-5, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 176pp, 2006, £19.99, $36.95

Categories: Social Policy, Social Work, Working with Children and Families

Parenting in Poor Environments

Stress, Support and Coping

Deborah Ghate and Neal Hazel

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-069-0, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 320pp, 2002, £22.99, $44.95

Categories: Social Policy, Working with Children and Families

Partnerships in Social Care

A Handbook for Developing Effective Services

Keith Fletcher

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-380-6, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 144pp, 2006, £17.99, $35.95

Categories: Health, Social Work and Social Care, Social Policy, Social Work

Person Centred Planning and Care Management with People with Learning Disabilities

Edited by Paul Cambridge and Steven Carnaby

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-131-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 240pp, 2005, £19.95, $36.95

Categories: Intellectual Disabilities, Social Policy, Social Work

Planning and Support for People with Intellectual Disabilities

Issues for Case Managers and Other Professionals

Edited by Christine Bigby, Chris Fyffe and Elizabeth Ozanne

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-354-7, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 312pp, 2007, £22.99, $45.00

Categories: Disability, Intellectual Disabilities, Social Policy, Social Work

Professional Risk and Working with People

Decision-Making in Health, Social Care and Criminal Justice

David Carson and Andy Bain

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-389-9, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 256pp, 2008, £19.99, $39.95

Categories: Mental Health, Social Policy, Social Work, Social Work Law, Working with Offenders

Public Services Inspection in the UK

Edited by Howard Davis and Steve Martin

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-527-5, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 160pp, 2008, £18.99, $37.95

Categories: Education, Health Care, Social Policy, Social Work, Working with Offenders

The Pursuit of Permanence

A Study of the English Child Care System

Ian Sinclair, Claire Baker, Jenny Lee and Ian Gibbs

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-595-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 320pp, 2007, £29.99, $60.00

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Social Policy, Working with Children and Families

Quality Matters in Children's Services

Messages from Research

Mike Stein

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-926-6, 297mm x 210mm / 11in x 8.5in, 160pp, 2009, £19.99, $36.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Education, Health Care, Social Policy, Working with Children and Families

Residential Child Care

Prospects and Challenges

Edited by Andrew Kendrick

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-526-8, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 248pp, 2007, £18.99, $34.95

Categories: Social Policy, Social Work, Working with Children and Families

Risk and Risk Taking in Health and Social Welfare

Michael Titterton

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-482-5, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 160pp, 2004, £19.99, $34.95

Categories: Social Policy, Social Work

Safeguarding and Promoting the Well-being of Children, Families and Communities

Edited by Jane Scott and Harriet Ward

Hardback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-141-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 304pp, 2005, £39.99, $90.00

Categories: Social Policy, Social Work, Working with Children and Families

Safeguarding Children in Primary Health Care

Edited by Julie Taylor and Markus Themessl-Huber

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-652-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 272pp, 2009, £19.99, $36.95

Categories: Health Care, Social Policy, Social Work, Working with Children and Families

Social Capital and Mental Health

Edited by Kwame McKenzie and Trudy Harpham

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-355-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 160pp, 2006, £25.00, $49.95

Categories: Health Care, Mental Health, Psychiatry and Psychology, Social Policy, Social Work

Social Perspectives in Mental Health

Developing Social Models to Understand and Work with Mental Distress

Edited by Jerry Tew

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-220-5, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 240pp, 2004, £19.99, $37.95

Categories: Mental Health, Social Policy

Supporting Children and Families

Lessons from Sure Start for Evidence-Based Practice in Health, Social Care and Education

Edited by Justine Schneider, Mark Avis and Paul Leighton

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-506-0, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 288pp, 2007, £25.00, $49.95

Categories: Education, Health Care, Social Policy, Working with Children and Families

Supporting Parents

Messages from Research

David Quinton

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-210-6, 297mm x 210mm / 11in x 8.5in, 272pp, 2004, £18.99, $34.95

Categories: Social Policy, Working with Children and Families

Victims of Crime and Community Justice

Brian Williams

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-195-6, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 176pp, 2005, £18.99, $32.95

Categories: Social Policy, Social Work, Working with Offenders

Violence Against Women in South Asian Communities

Issues for Policy and Practice

Edited by Ravi K Thiara and Aisha K Gill

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-670-8, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 256pp, October 2009, £25.00, $44.95

Categories: Social Policy, Social Work, Working with Children and Families, Working with Offenders

What Works for Parents with Learning Disabilities?

Sue McGaw and Tony Newman

Paperback, ISBN: 9781904659044, 238 x 170mm, 98pp, 2005, £16.99, $34.95

Categories: Intellectual Disabilities, Parenting, Social Policy, Working with Children and Families

What Works for Young People Leaving Care?

Mike Stein

Paperback, ISBN: 9781904659082, 238 x 170mm, 152pp, 2004, £16.99, $34.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Social Policy, Working with Children and Families

What Works in Adoption and Foster Care?

Clive Sellick, June Thoburn and Terry Philpot

Paperback, ISBN: 9781904659006, 238 x 170mm, 140pp, 2004, £16.99, $34.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Social Policy, Working with Children and Families

What Works in Building Resilience?

Tony Newman

Paperback, ISBN: 9781904659020, 238 x 170mm, 118pp, 2004, £16.99, $34.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Social Policy, Working with Children and Families

What Works in Strategic Partnerships for Children?

Janie Percy-Smith

Paperback, ISBN: 9781904659105, 238 x 170mm, 142pp, 2005, £16.99, $34.95

Categories: Social Policy, Working with Children and Families

Young People in Care and Criminal Behaviour

Claire Taylor

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-169-7, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 208pp, 2005, £19.99, $39.95

Categories: Social Policy, Social Work, Working with Offenders

Young People's Transitions from Care to Adulthood

International Research and Practice

Edited by Mike Stein and Emily R. Munro

Hardback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-610-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 320pp, 2008, £39.99, $85.00

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Social Policy, Social Work, Working with Children and Families


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