This topical series examines areas of particular interest to those in social and community work and related fields. Each book draws together different aspects of the subject, highlighting relevant research and drawing out implications for policy and practice.
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. more »
2009, Paperback: £22.99/ $37.95
ISBN: 978-1-84310-969-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp
Keywords: social policy, social work
Substance misuse and its pervasive problems is a constant challenge for social work, health and related professionals today. With heightened political and policy emphasis on all aspects of substance misuse, it is paramount that professionals remain up-to-date on current issues and their... more »
2009, Paperback: £22.99/ $36.95
ISBN: 978-1-84310-696-8, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 240pp
Keywords: children, offenders, social policy, social work
How is the modern world shaping young people and youth crime? What impact is this having on the latest policies and practice? Are current youth justice services working? With contributions from leading researchers in the field, this book offers an insightful, scholarly and critical analysis of... more »
2009, Paperback: £19.99/ $36.95
ISBN: 978-1-84310-689-0, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 208pp
Keywords: children, children's rights, law, offenders, psychology, safeguarding children, social work, social work law, youthwork
Placing adult day services within the whole spectrum of social provision and support, the contributors to this key text explore their complementary role alongside field social work, health care, domiciliary services and supported accommodation. Focusing on how to meet the diverse needs of... more »
2001, Paperback: £19.99/ $38.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-887-8, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 240pp
Keywords: adults, health care, older people, social work, supported living
Focusing on the enormous organisational and cultural changes that local authority social services have undergone since the 1990 NHS and Community Care Act, this volume provides an overview of the structure and function of social care at practice, management and policy levels. It contains... more »
1999, Paperback: £22.99/ $39.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-752-9, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 200pp
Keywords: community care, social care, social policy, social work
1996, Paperback: £19.99/ $36.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-408-5, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 240pp
1993, Hardback: £29.95/ $62.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-133-6, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 236pp
Keywords: child protection, counselling, depression, domestic abuse, sexual abuse, trauma, violence
The contributors to this volume examine the range and nature of problem behaviours among children and young people and the changing nature of their offending. more »
1996, Paperback: £19.99/ $36.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-291-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 280pp
Keywords: adolescence, challenging behaviour, child protection, children, drugs, emotions, offenders, social care, social work, substance abuse, teenagers, youthwork
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. more »
2007, Paperback: £18.99/ $34.95
ISBN: 978-1-84310-558-9, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 168pp
Keywords: social care, social policy, social work
1996, Paperback: £19.99/ $36.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-290-6, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp
Keyword: older people
1995, Paperback: £19.99/ $42.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-134-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 200pp
Keyword: social work
Developments in Social Work with Offenders explains the organisational and legislative changes that have occurred in social work and probation across the UK in the past 10 years, in the context of the accumulating body of knowledge about what constitutes effective practice in the... more »
2007, Paperback: £22.99/ $45.00
ISBN: 978-1-84310-538-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 368pp
Keywords: offenders, social policy, social work
Effective Ways of Working with Children and their Families examines the latest evidence about the most successful forms of intervention when working with children and their familes. The book covers a wide range of approaches and services, with particular emphasis on those methods... more »
1999, Paperback: £22.99/ $45.00
ISBN: 978-1-85302-619-5, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 304pp
Keywords: children, families
'... this book provides a comprehensive and innovative contribution to the literature in this area. It embraces all aspects of growing up with a disability, and succinctly examines the complexities and realities of life as a disabled child. Each chapter is clear and concise, and takes the... more »
1998, Paperback: £19.99/ $34.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-568-6, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp
Keyword: disability
This volume reviews recent research into the nature and effects of addiction and considers the usefulness of policies which aim to prevent it. The contributors look at topics such as smoking, alcoholism, gambling and injecting drug use, examining treatment and the effectiveness of prevention... more »
1998, Paperback: £22.99/ $44.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-438-2, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp
Keywords: addiction, drugs, offenders, social policy, social work
Written by key figures in the field of social care training and management this much-needed book provides practice guidance for front line managers in social care. Refocusing attention on the management of practice and accountability within services and to service users, the authors provide a... more »
2003, Paperback: £19.99/ $36.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-886-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 192pp
Keywords: social care, social work
Based on key research into assessment, treatment and recidivism, this book offers practical guidance on improving intervention techniques with sex offenders. The contributors explore the monitoring and surveillance strategies and cognitive-behavioural techniques currently used both in prison... more »
2004, Paperback: £18.99/ $32.95
ISBN: 978-1-84310-197-0, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 256pp
Keywords: counselling, offenders, probation, sexual abuse, social care, social policy, social work
Examining the theory and practice of work with people with mental health problems, this volume considers the current state of policy and organisation and the changes that have taken place over the last decade in the field. The book charts the move away from separate, specialist services, and... more »
1998, Paperback: £22.99/ $38.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-302-6, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 256pp
Keywords: counselling, mental health, mental illness, psychoanalysis, psychology, psychotherapy, social policy, social work
1995, Paperback: £19.99/ $42.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-267-8, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 180pp
Keywords: community care, social care, social policy, social work
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... more »
2008, Paperback: £18.99/ $37.95
ISBN: 978-1-84310-527-5, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 160pp
Keywords: education, health care, offenders, social policy, social work
In the wake of the profound changes in policy and practice around caring over the past ten years, this volume takes a fresh look at the social and legal status of carers. Demonstrating the scope and diversity of 'caring', the contributors highlight the positive aspects of caring and... more »
2002, Paperback: £19.99/ $39.95
ISBN: 978-1-84310-118-5, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 208pp
Keywords: carers, disability, social policy
'This book will be of great interest to practitioners in Probation and Youth Offending Teams, Victim Support, Police and others who are involved in the delivery of services to victims if crime.' more »
2001, Paperback: £19.99/ $36.95
ISBN: 978-1-84310-023-2, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 208pp
Keywords: law, offenders, restorative justice, social work
Residential Child Care draws on the latest research to offer guidance for developing best practice, policy and improved outcomes for children and young people. more »
2007, Paperback: £18.99/ $34.95
ISBN: 978-1-84310-526-8, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 248pp
Keywords: child protection, children, residential care, social policy, social work
Risk Assessment in Social Care and Social Work outlines the theoretical issues behind the decisions, processes and organisations involved in risk assessment. Written by leading academics and experienced practitioners, it considers implications for future policy, drawing on the full... more »
1999, Paperback: £22.99/ $38.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-689-8, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 272pp
Keywords: risk assessment, social care, social policy, social work
`The book is a series of chapters written be a variety of authors but, unlike many, has a strong linkage which points to good briefing and editing. The arguments, in the main, do flow from one author to another and the excellent way in which they all set out clearly what they intend to do at... more »
1998, Paperback: / $39.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-437-5, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 176pp
Keywords: housing, social care, social work
Evidence-based practice - what it might mean, how it can be achieved, whether it should be aspired to - is the subject of much debate and argument in social work. Covering areas of social work practice that are well established and those in which evidence is just beginning to become available,... more »
2004, Paperback: £18.99/ $32.95
ISBN: 978-1-84310-156-7, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 192pp
Keywords: social care, social policy, social work, social work law
1994, Paperback: £15.99/ $31.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-178-7, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 208pp
Keywords: disability, social work
One claim made for the policy of care in the community was that it would rescue people with intellectual disabilities from social marginality. To what extent has this promise been fulfilled and their lives transformed? David May presents the lives of people from this group as a series of... more »
2000, Paperback: £19.99/ $38.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-863-2, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 240pp
Keywords: intellectual disabilities, transitions
Presenting research that will underpin effective practice with women who offend, this unique and thought-provoking text aims to help professionals meet the needs of this group as well as providing a theoretical resource for policy makers and academics. The authors, coming from a variety of... more »
2004, Paperback: £24.99/ $44.95
ISBN: 978-1-84310-154-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 304pp
Keywords: families, offenders, probation, psychology, social work, trauma, violence
Working with Offenders considers the implications for policy and practice of research which has focused upon a range of social work activities - such as assessment, intensive probation programmes, community service, reparation and mediation, social work with prisoners and work with... more »
1995, Paperback: £19.99/ $36.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-249-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 240pp
Keywords: counselling, offenders, probation, sexual abuse, social work
