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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “andrew pithouse”
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  • Social Work: The Social Organisation of an Invisible Trade

    Second Edition

    by Andrew Pithouse ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1998, this book sets out to shed sociological light upon the much under-researched realm of day-to-day child care practice. The text broke new ground when first published in 1987 and there have been few, if any, similar books that adopt an ethnographic approach to statutory child care practice. A second edition would still 'speak' to this rarely analysed occupational world. ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Creating Stable Foster Placements

    Learning from Foster Children and the Families Who Care For Them

    by Alyson Rees, Andrew Pithouse ...
    Andy Pithouse and Alyson Rees use original research to identify key ingredients needed to help create successful foster placements and help prevent placement breakdown.In this study the lives and activities of 10 foster families who provide lasting and effective care are examined. The families' everyday world of meanings, negotiations, activities, settings, rituals and relationships that help to ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Family Support and Family Centre Services

    Issues, Research and Evaluation in the UK, USA and Hong Kong

    by Andrew Pithouse, Sarah Lindsell, Monit Cheung ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Published in 1998, the aim of this book is to identify and explore key themes and issues around the realm of welfare practice in child and family social work - that is, family centre services and related community-based types of provision. The text addresses the impact and effectiveness of family centres in supporting children, families and communities. Emphasis is placed on community based ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Good Practice in Assessing Risk

    Current Knowledge, Issues and Approaches

    by Jon Glasby, Martin C. Calder, Kerry Baker, Karen Broadhurst, Jennie Fleming, Thilo Boeck, Georgia Barnett, Andrew Pithouse, Amanda Robinson, Sue Peckover, Gillian Kelly, Rosemary Littlechild, Tony Maden, Ruth Mann, Chris Hall, Sue White, David Wastell, Jason Wood, Mike Titterton ...
    Series series Good Practice in Health, Social Care and Criminal Justice
    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.Good Practice in Assessing Risk is a comprehensive guide to good practice for those working with risk, ... Read more

    $36.09 USD

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  • The Ballad of Abu Ghraib

    by Philip Gourevitch, Errol Morris ...
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  • Why Can't My Child Behave?

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  • A Social Laboratory for Modern France

    The Musée Social and the Rise of the Welfare State

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