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  • Understanding Parent Blame

    Institutional Failure and Complex Trauma

    by Andy Bilson, Vivien Cooper, Kaydence Drayak, Louise Parker Engels, Lucy Fullard, Cathleen Long ...
    Blame the parents. It’s a common reaction to any failure in children’s behaviour or to their safety, and yet so many issues – from education and economic to social care and mental health – arise from the failure of the state to provide adequate support to children and their families.This edited collection brings together academics, practitioners and activists along with contributions from parents ... Read more

    $35.09 USD

  • Social Work Management and Leadership

    Managing Complexity with Creativity

    by John Lawler, Andy Bilson ...
    Management and leadership are increasingly important within the organisation and delivery of social care services and now form part of the post qualification framework for social workers. Yet, whilst there is a relatively broad understanding of management concepts and their application in social care, their foundations often go unchallenged both by students and managers. Furthermore, leadership is ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

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  • Building Better Schools with Evidence-based Policy

    Adaptable Policy for Teachers and School Leaders

    Edited by Kelly-Ann Allen, Andrea Reupert, Lindsay Oades ...
    Building Better Schools with Evidence-based Policy: Adaptable Policy for Teachers and School Leaders provides an extensive set of free-to-use policies for building better schools.The policies included in this book cover a broad range of popular topics for schools that are not readily accessible, and each policy is built on theory, driven by research, and created by experts. Each policy is based on ... Read more

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  • Safeguarding and Child Protection 5th Edition: Linking Theory and Practice

    by Jennie Lindon, Janet Webb ...
    Ensure your students link theory with practice with this updated version of the authoritative and accessible series from Jennie LindonLinking Theory and Practice has helped thousands of students make the right connections between their lectures and the real settings that they go on to work in. This latest edition of Safeguarding and Child Protection provides a useful overview of the subject in ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Inclusive Education for the 21st Century

    Theory, Policy and Practice

    Edited by Linda J. Graham ...
    Thoroughly revised throughout, this bestselling book returns in a new edition to take an even more comprehensive look at the question: How can teachers and schools create genuinely inclusive classrooms that meet the needs of every student? Inclusive Education for the 21st Century provides a rigorous overview of the foundational principles of inclusive education and the barriers to access and ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Tools and Techniques of Leadership and Management

    Meeting the Challenge of Complexity

    by Ralph Stacey ...
    Many of today’s books on the tools and techniques of leadership and management provide descriptions of long lists for use in decision-making, leading, coaching and project management. This book takes a completely different approach. It contests the claims that the tools and techniques are based on evidence and explains why human activities of leading and managing are simply not amenable to ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Social Work with People with Learning Difficulties

    by Paul Williams, Michelle Evans ...
    Series series Transforming Social Work Practice Series
    This book is part of the highly successful Transforming Social Work Practice series and is written specifically to support students on the social work degree. Full of practical activities, case studies and opportunities for students to critically reflect and explore theory and practice.Current practice in the field was driven by the government White Paper ′Valuing People′ (2001) which declared ... Read more

    $56.69 USD

  • A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book about Studying Leadership

    by Brad Jackson, Ken Parry ...
    Series series Very Short, Fairly Interesting & Cheap Books
    An engaging guide through the cacophony of competing perspectives and models of leadership, the new edition includes an expanded discussion of contemporary topics like followership, gender, ethics, authenticity, and leadership and the arts, set against the backdrop of the global financial crisis.Conceived by Chris Grey as an antidote to conventional textbooks, each book in the ‘Very Short, Fairly ... Read more

    $30.59 USD

  • Contemporary Social Work Practice: A Handbook For Students

    by Barbra Teater ...
    An introduction to the diverse settings of social work, detailing the relevant policy context, methods and approaches. ... Read more

    $42.29 USD

  • Understanding Organizational Culture

    by Mats Alvesson ...
    With his usual engaging and inimitable style, Mats Alvesson takes the reader on a riveting journey through the diverse ways in which culture itself can be understood and how these powerfully inform organizational life.′ - Blake E. Ashforth, Arizona State University′Understanding Organizational Culture comunicates complex ideas in a manner that will illuminate for those who are less familiar with ... Read more

    $93.59 USD

  • Social Work with Children and Families

    Developing Advanced Practice

    by Penelope Welbourne ...
    Series series Post-qualifying Social Work
    There is an increasing emphasis on post-qualifying training for social workers, especially in the complex and demanding area of working with children and families. This essential textbook is especially designed for practitioners studying at this level.Accessible and thorough, the text focuses on a mixture of conceptual and organisational topics, skills, law, policy and key practice issues. It ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Transforming Schools

    Creativity, Critical Reflection, Communication, Collaboration

    by Professor Miranda Jefferson, Professor Michael Anderson ...
    Transforming Schools demonstrates how transformation is no longer an option in teaching and learning - it has become a necessity. Changes in the way we work and the challenges of issues such as climate change, poverty and migration mean that teaching and learning need to alter to incorporate capacities that will help us meet those challenges. The 4Cs: Creativity, Critical Reflection, Communication ... Read more

    $34.79 USD