Good Practice in Adult Mental Health

Edited by Tony Ryan and Jacki Pritchard

This text is a guide to good practice within adult mental health care, providing a comprehensive introduction to mental health and illness. It is designed to aid mental health professionals and workers, agencies, and any individuals coming in to contact with mental illness, in recognising a... more »

2004, Paperback: £22.99/ $36.95
ISBN: 978-1-84310-217-5, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 352pp

Subject: Health, Social Work and Social Care

Keywords: adults, mental health, mental illness

Good Practice in Assessing Risk

Current Knowledge, Issues and Approaches

Edited by Hazel Kemshall and Bernadette Wilkinson

Maintaining a balance between managing and assessing risk and upholding the required high standards of practice in health and social care can be demanding, particularly in the current climate of increased preoccupation with the difficult tensions between rights, protection and risk-taking. more »

2011, Paperback: £19.99/ $34.95
ISBN: 978-1-84905-059-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp

Subject: Health, Social Work and Social Care

Keywords: community care, disability, domestic abuse, forensic psychiatry, health care, looked after children, mental health, nursing, occupational therapy, probation, risk assessment, safeguarding children, sexual abuse, social care, social work

Good Practice in Brain Injury Case Management

Edited by Jackie Parker

Brain injury case management involves the care and support of brain-injured individuals and their families in a range of areas, from personal injury litigation to the planning of treatment and therapy regimes. more »

2006, Paperback: £22.99/ $36.95
ISBN: 978-1-84310-315-8, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp

Subjects: Disability, Health, Social Work and Social Care

Keywords: brain injury, social work

Good Practice in Child Protection

A Manual for Professionals

Edited by Hilary Owen and Jacki Pritchard

Good Practice in Child Protection is a timely practical handbook for use by all professionals who work with child abuse cases as they get to grips with the new legislation on child protection. The contributors come from a wide range of backgrounds, including the social services, medicine, the... more »

1993, Paperback: £25.00/ $39.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-205-0, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 240pp

Subject: Health, Social Work and Social Care

Keyword: child protection

Good Practice in Counselling People Who Have Been Abused

Edited by Zetta Bear

Incorporating the voices of professionals counselling survivors of abuse, and those of the survivors themselves, this book provides the reader with a theoretical understanding of people who have endured abuse situations, as well as practical approaches to counselling them. Focusing on the... more »

1998, Paperback: £22.99/ $38.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-424-5, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 208pp

Subject: Health, Social Work and Social Care

Keywords: counselling, sexual abuse

Good Practice in Risk Assessment and Management 1

Edited by Jacki Pritchard and Hazel Kemshall

Providing a complete guide to good practice for those involved in risk assessment and management, this book is the first to bring together the key issues involved, and examine them in the context of wide range of social care settings. Using examples of practice with different client groups,... more »

1995, Paperback: £22.99/ $36.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-338-5, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp

Subject: Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis

Keywords: forensic psychotherapy, social care, social policy

Good Practice in Risk Assessment and Risk Management 2 volume set

Edited by Hazel Kemshall and Jacki Pritchard

The companion volume to Good Practice in Risk Assessment I looks at further issues in the field of risk assessment. Managers are under increasing pressure to predict risk accurately, and face serious consequences for failure. This new collection explores the arguments and means of assessment... more »

1997, Paperback: £35.00/ $57.50
ISBN: 978-1-85302-552-5, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 640pp

Subjects: Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, Health, Social Work and Social Care

Keywords: forensic psychotherapy, social work

Good Practice in Risk Assessment and Risk Management 2

Key Themes for Protection, Rights and Responsibilities

Edited by Hazel Kemshall and Jacki Pritchard

The companion volume to Good Practice in Risk Assessment 1 looks at further issues in the field of risk assessment. Managers are under increasing pressure to predict risk accurately, and face serious consequences for failure. This new collection explores the arguments and means of assessment... more »

1997, Paperback: £25.00/ $39.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-441-2, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 328pp

Subject: Health, Social Work and Social Care

Keywords: social care, social work

Good Practice in Safeguarding Adults

Working Effectively in Adult Protection

Edited by Jacki Pritchard

Good Practice in Safeguarding Adults provides an up to date and topical overview of developments in policy, guidance, legislation and practice in the area of adult protection. more »

2008, Paperback: £19.99/ $39.95
ISBN: 978-1-84310-699-9, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 272pp

Subjects: Working with Older People, Health, Social Work and Social Care

Keywords: adult protection, adults, older people, social work

Good Practice in Safeguarding Children

Working Effectively in Child Protection

Edited by Liz Hughes and Hilary Owen

Good Practice in Safeguarding Children considers how front-line professionals can keep the best interests of the child at the heart of their work when statutory guidance, the way agencies are integrated and the delivery of services are changing. more »

2009, Paperback: £19.99/ $39.95
ISBN: 978-1-84310-945-7, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 288pp

Subjects: Education, Health, Social Work and Social Care

Keywords: child protection, education, health care, offenders, social work

Good Practice in Supervision

Statutory and Voluntary Organisations

Edited by Jacki Pritchard

Offering a new and much needed approach to supervision practice, Good Practice in Supervision considers the need and format for successful supervision, methods of effective implementation, particular difficulties and problems frequently encountered, and anti-discriminatory practice. Throughout... more »

1994, Paperback: £22.99/ $36.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-279-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp

Subject: Health, Social Work and Social Care

Keyword: social work

Good Practice in the Law and Safeguarding Adults

Criminal Justice and Adult Protection

Edited by Jacki Pritchard

Good Practice in the Law and Safeguarding Adults provides an up-to-date summary of developments in the legislative framework and best practice relevant to the area of adult protection work. more »

2008, Paperback: £19.99/ $39.95
ISBN: 978-1-84310-937-2, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 256pp

Subjects: Working with Older People, Health, Social Work and Social Care

Keywords: adult protection, dementia, health care, offenders, older people, social work, social work law

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... more »

2000, Paperback: £22.99/ $38.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-768-0, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 320pp

Subjects: Working with Older People, Health, Social Work and Social Care

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

Good Practice in Working with Violence

Edited by Hazel Kemshall and Jacki Pritchard

Good Practice with Violence is part of a series of volumes devoted to establishing sound guidelines and models for mental health workers. The concept on which the series is based , and which is well executed in this book, is that good practice should be clearly linked to a research framework.... more »

1999, Paperback: £22.99/ $38.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-641-6, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 280pp

Subjects: Working with Older People, Health, Social Work and Social Care

Keywords: challenging behaviour, counselling, emotions, offenders, psychiatry, psychology, psychotherapy, social policy, social work, violence

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 »

2000, Paperback: £37.99/ $65.00
ISBN: 978-1-85302-883-0, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 599pp

Subject: Health, Social Work and Social Care

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

Good Practice with Vulnerable Adults

Edited by Jacki Pritchard

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2001, Paperback: £25.00/ $49.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-982-0, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 320pp

Subject: Health, Social Work and Social Care

Keywords: child protection, counselling, domestic abuse, intellectual disabilities, mental health, mental illness, older people, safeguarding children, sexual abuse, social care, social work, trauma, violence