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Social welfare & social services
Paperback. Rather than focusing on specific groups, this book takes a "pancultural" perspective that focuses on the common experiences of refugees and immigrants. The author focuses on empirically-based practice approaches; assessment and intervention techniques that have been scientifically validated. Based on this approach the book presents the "best practice" for each problem area. Num Pages: 504 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFD; JFFN; JKSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231115834
- ISBN
- 9780231115834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.68
€ 53.99
€ 38.68
Paperback. In the much-anticipated follow-up to Sunday Times bestseller Trapped, foster carer Rosie Lewis tells the heartbreaking true story of 13-year-old Zadie. When the young teenage girl runs away from home and is discovered hiding on the city streets by the police, it is clear that all is not as it should be. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFFE1; JKSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 232. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0007597
- ISBN
- 9780007541805
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. To fill this void, Frank and Glied suggest that institutional resources be applied systematically and routinely to examine and address how federal and state programs affect the well-being of people with mental illness. Num Pages: 206 pages, 13, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JKSM; JPQB; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801884436
- ISBN
- 9780801884436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.42
€ 39.42
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447306948
- ISBN
- 9781447306948
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.93
€ 93.93
paperback. This book renews the collective compact that created our public services in the 1940s using voices from service users and service providers. Sections explore long-term conditions, service redesign, information technology, leadership, co-production and quality. Editor(s): Davies, Celia; Walmsley, Jan; Hales, Mike. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JKS; JPP; MBP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 172 x 11. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447306931
- ISBN
- 9781447306931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 36.06
€ 37.99
€ 36.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: JKSG; VFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 149 x 10. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Centre For Policy on Ageing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780904139914
- ISBN
- 9780904139914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.66
€ 14.66
Hardback. This volume examines how organizations advocating on behalf of youth maneuver between grassroots social movements pressing for reform and the established systems of power and authority to improve conditions for youth in urban communities. Num Pages: 232 pages, 9 tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JKS; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804762106
- ISBN
- 9780804762106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.95
€ 116.95
Paperback. This volume examines how organizations advocating on behalf of youth maneuver between grassroots social movements pressing for reform and the established systems of power and authority to improve conditions for youth in urban communities. Num Pages: 232 pages, 9 tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JKS; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804762113
- ISBN
- 9780804762113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.87
€ 29.99
€ 26.87
Hardback. Discusses the many organizations in Britain and the USA which are neither legally part of the state nor permitted to distribute any profits they earn. These "intermediate organizations" include charities, churches, famine relief agencies, non-state universities and social clubs. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JKSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 631.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745605814
- ISBN
- 9780745605814
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.88
€ 76.88
Hardcover. Offers students a comparative analytical framework for ways of thinking about fatherhood and new insights into why some welfare states have 'father-friendly' social policies and why others don't. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719091896
- ISBN
- 9780719091896
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.82
€ 152.82
Paperback. Summarizes the major inquiries intochild sexual abuse. It includes 35 reports available since 1973, which are examined and set in their social context. Num Pages: 208 pages, 51 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFE1; JFFE2; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415066792
- ISBN
- 9780415066792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.25
€ 47.25
paperback. Beyond Caring Labour to Provisioning Work offers a powerful new framework for understanding women's work in a holistic sense, acknowledging both their responsibilities in supporting others as well as their employment duties. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 figures. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBL; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442611757
- ISBN
- 9781442611757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.32
€ 38.99
€ 35.32
Paperback. Outlines a practice model which gives expression to the social work perspective on human problems. The approach to practice outlined in this book shows what practical steps social workers can take to involve their clients in the struggle for social change. Series: Practical Social Work Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 209.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333548769
- ISBN
- 9780333548769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.24
€ 45.99
€ 38.24
Paperback. Aims to move services away from responses based on fear and assumptions that we need to manage and control young people who self harm. This book discusses ways in which services can change the focus from managing or 'stopping' self harm to working with young people in more permissive, 'young person centred' and empowering ways. Editor(s): Spandler, Helen; Warner, Sam. Num Pages: 196 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSB1; JMP; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- PCCS Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781898059875
- ISBN
- 9781898059875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.47
€ 35.47
Paperback. Focuses on listening to young children, both from an international perspective and through combining theory, practice and reflection. With contributions and examples from researchers and practitioners in six countries, this book examines critically how listening to young children in early childhood services is understood and practiced. Editor(s): Clark, Alison; Kjorholt, Anne Trine; Moss, Peter. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 172 x 12. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861346124
- ISBN
- 9781861346124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.38
€ 32.99
€ 31.38
Paperback. A major question facing therapists today is how to treat psychosis effectively while maintaining patients' dignity, self-respect and their psychological and social functioning. This book provides important and engaging accounts of the special personal and interpersonal care offered by the Arbours Crisis Centre and kindred facilities. Editor(s): Berke, Joesph H.; Mak-Pearce, George; Fagan, Margaret; Pierides-Muller, Stella; Berke, Joseph. Series: Community, Culture and Change. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JKSN2; MMJ; MQCL5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853028892
- ISBN
- 9781853028892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.15
€ 49.15
Beyond Resistance! Youth Activism and Community Change
. Ed(S): Noguera, Pedro A.; Ginwright, Shawn;...
Paperback. Highlights the detrimental impact of zero tolerance policies on young people's educational experience and well being. This volume offers insights into how to increase the effectiveness of youth development and education programs, and how to create responsive youth policies at the local, state, and federal level. Editor(s): Noguera, Pedro A.; Ginwright, Shawn; Cammarota, Julio. Series: Critical Youth Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages, 10 black & white tables, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415952514
- ISBN
- 9780415952514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.35
€ 63.35
Hardback. This controversial book argues that concepts such as 'successful' and 'active' ageing are potentially dangerous paradigms that reflect and exacerbate inequalities in older populations. Essential reading for anyone seeking to make sense of social constructions of ageing in contemporary societies. Num Pages: 132 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHBA; JKSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 136 x 205 x 13. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447330172
- ISBN
- 9781447330172
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 37.14
€ 38.99
€ 37.14
Beyond the Adoption Order: Challenges, Interventions and Adoption Disr...
Selwyn, Julie, Wijedasa, Dinithi, Meakings, S...
Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: JKSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 210 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF)
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910039236
- ISBN
- 9781910039236
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.61
€ 26.61
Paperback. A lone policewoman disarms a knife-wielding schizophrenic; two officers drag a woman from a railway line seconds before an express train roars past; an undercover cop clings onto the bonnet of a drug-dealer's car as it speeds through a busy town centre. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BTC; JKSW1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472108326
- ISBN
- 9781472108326
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.60
€ 14.99
€ 11.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRCX7; HRLP; JKSN1; KJVX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- InterVarsity Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780830844364
- ISBN
- 9780830844364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.12
€ 15.99
€ 15.12
Paperback. This timely new book addresses the issues relating to risk assessment and risk-driven interventions in criminal justice settings, from both theoretical and practical perspectives. It provides a critique of the risk paradigm and provides practical guidance for students and professionals on establishing a more effective way of working with offenders. Editor(s): Trotter, Chris; McIvor, Gill; McNeill, Fergus. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSN; JKVQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137441324
- ISBN
- 9781137441324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 36.23
€ 42.99
€ 36.23
Paperback. Editor(s): Sharland, Elaine; Warner, Joanne. Series: Beyond the Risk Paradigm. Num Pages: 14 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137441355
- ISBN
- 9781137441355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 36.23
€ 42.99
€ 36.23
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861340030
- ISBN
- 9781861340030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.38
€ 32.99
€ 31.38