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Child well-being, which covers everything from family relationships to their material well-being, is now increasingly being talked about in policy and practice nationally and internationally. However, a lack of clarity remains about what the idea really means and how it can help children. more »
2010, Paperback: £24.99/ $39.95
ISBN: 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
A Practical Guide to Fostering Law is an accessible, jargon-free guide to the key elements of the law that concern foster carers and the professionals who work with them.
It aims to help foster carers understand where they fit into the complex web of regulations surrounding childcare and to demystify the jargon and terminology which is often used but rarely explained. The book covers the... more »
2010, Paperback: £19.99/ $34.95
ISBN: 978-1-84905-092-0, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 240pp
Keywords: advocacy, carers, child protection, children, children's rights, families, fostering, law, looked after children, offenders, parenting, probation, safeguarding children, social care, social policy, social work, social work law
Going through a divorce is always tough, but when a child with special needs is involved it can be especially challenging. This book takes a clear and comprehensive look at every aspect of the legal divorce process, and addresses all of the legal issues that divorcing parents of children with special needs face. more »
2010, Paperback: £19.99/ $24.95
ISBN: 978-1-84905-825-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 288pp
Keywords: children, divorce, law, parenting
How do you spot the signs that a young person has been victimised? What do you do if you are approached by a young person who has been affected by crime or bullying? What is the impact of crime and how can you best aid the young person’s recovery? more »
2010, Paperback: £14.99/ $24.95
ISBN: 978-1-84905-098-2, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp
Keywords: adolescence, advocacy, bullying, child protection, child psychology, children, children's rights, communication, counselling, domestic abuse, education, educational training, emotions, families, grief, joint working, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, law, mainstream education, offenders, pastoral care, probation, PSHE, psychotherapy, race, relationships, residential care, resilience, restorative justice, risk assessment, safeguarding children, school phobia, SEAL, self esteem, self harm, sexual abuse, social care, social policy, social work, social work law, special education, supervision, teenagers, therapeutic communities, trauma, violence, youthwork
This short guide cuts through the confusing mass of legislation to provide a concise and jargon-free explanation of current community care practice and the law.
In clear and simple language, it explains the legislation directly relevant to practitioners, including: rules about how people in need get an assessment from local authorities; the assessment of need itself; eligibility for... more »
2010, Paperback: £14.99/ $26.95
ISBN: 978-1-84905-083-8, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 192pp
Keywords: community care, disability, disability law, health care, law, occupational therapy, social care, social work, social work law
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 such key issues. 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
Designed to equip young people with the knowledge and skills they need to be street wise – to understand their rights and responsibilities – this resource challenges young people to engage in relevant moral questions through raising awareness of the criminal process and how it applies to them, so that that they can take a lead in developing better relationships within their communities. more »
2009, Paperback: £29.99/ $44.95
ISBN: 978-1-84310-680-7, 297mm x 210mm / 11in x 8.5in, 176pp
Keywords: children, children's rights, education, law, offenders, pastoral care, relationships, social work law, teenagers, youthwork
'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 more »
2008, Paperback: £27.99/ $45.00
ISBN: 978-1-84310-590-9, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 288pp
Keywords: advocacy, disability, disability law, intellectual disabilities, law, social policy, social work, social work law
Published in association with Save the Children
Priscilla Alderson examines the often overlooked issue of the rights of young children, starting with the question of how the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child applies to the youngest children, from birth to eight years of age. The question of finding a balance between young children's rights to protection, to provision... more »
2008, Paperback: £19.99/ $39.95
ISBN: 978-1-84310-599-2, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 240pp
Keywords: child protection, child psychology, children, children's rights, counselling, education, health care, law, social policy, social work law
This book is an examination of recent developments in the areas of youth justice and child protection. It investigates how well young people and the societies in which they live are served by judicial and service systems. Consideration is given to those in care - in young offenders' institutions, foster families and residential homes - as well as those living with their families. more »
2006, Paperback: £22.99/ $42.95
ISBN: 978-1-84310-279-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 320pp
Keywords: child protection, counselling, law, offenders, safeguarding children, social care, social work, youthwork
This book looks at what happened when the government of Victoria, Australia, enacted special legislation to detain one person with a severe antisocial personality disorder on the grounds of his presumed dangerousness, despite the fact that he did not fit within the ordinary criteria of mental illness or criminality. In doing so, it interfered with the law's protection of civil rights and... more »
2002, Paperback: £25.00/ $45.95
ISBN: 978-1-84310-006-5, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 288pp
Keywords: forensic psychiatry, law, mental illness, 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.'
- VISTA 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
This comprehensive volume assesses the relationship between legal rights and disability and the effect of law, legal process and third party professional intervention on the lives of people with disabilities. Stressing the crucial role played by disabled people themselves in fulfilling the promise of the worldwide rights movement, the chapters examine this relationship across a variety of... more »
2000, Paperback: £19.99/ $39.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-836-6, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 320pp
Keywords: disability law, law, social work law
Violent crimes committed by the mentally disordered attract academic and public attention. They raise issues of moral responsibility and public protection. This study systematically analyses the principles underlying those legal and medical devices which enable the courts to make special arrangements for the mentally disordered. more »
2000, Paperback: £22.99/ $44.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-797-0, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 160pp
Keywords: forensic psychiatry, law, mental health, offenders, psychiatry, psychology
Written to meet the need for concise explanation of the key legal issues in community care, this comprehensive A to Z is the first book to give the reader immediate access to the definitions they are seeking, and clear summaries of many of the recent legal cases. more »
1997, Paperback: £16.99/ $38.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-560-0, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 208pp
Keywords: community care, disability law, law, reference, social care, social work, social work law
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