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  • Systems Complexity in Child Protection and Welfare

    Policy, Leadership, Practice and Evaluation

    by Aisling Gillen, John Canavan, Carmel Devaney, Caroline McGregor ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Social Work
    This book examines systems complexity theory and specifically, system and dynamic characteristics of complexity, with a key focus on self/organisation/emergence/adaptation; path-dependence; and bifurcation.Exploring systems complexity at the heart of child protection and welfare policymaking, leadership, practice, and evaluation and implications for policymakers, leaders, practitioners and ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Understanding System Change in Child Protection and Welfare

    Edited by John Canavan, Carmel Devaney, Caroline McGregor, Aileen Shaw ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Social Work
    This book provides an account of the experience of a multifaceted system-change programme to strengthen the capacity of Ireland’s statutory child protection and welfare agency in the areas of prevention, early intervention and family support.Many jurisdictions globally are involved in system change processes focused on increasing investment in services that seek to prevent children’s entry into ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Social Work’s Histories of Complicity and Resistance

    A Tale of Two Professions

    by Rich Moth, Filipe Duarte, Patrick Selmi, Carolyn Noble, Alan Dettlaff, Victoria Copeland, Caroline McGregor, Michael Lavalette, Nicos Trimikliniotis, Vassilis Tsianos, Melisa Campana-Alabarce, Gianinna Muñoz-Arce, María Inés Martínez Herrero, Linda Harms-Smith, Yasmin Turton, Carola Kuhlmann, Caroline Bald, Akudo Amadiegwu, Pedro Gabriel Silva, Alcina Martins, Bob Pease, Guy Shennan, Claire McGettrick ...
    Social work is often presented as a benevolent and politically neutral profession, avoiding discussion about its sometimes troubling political histories.This book rethinks social work’s legacy and history of both political resistance and complicity with oppressive and punitive practices. Using a comparative approach with international case studies, the book uncovers the role of social workers in ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Support and Protection Across the Lifecourse

    A Practical Approach for Social Workers

    by Caroline McGregor, Pat Dolan ...
    Crossing the traditional divide between social work with children and families and adults, this text applies a lifecourse perspective, within an ecological frame. Based on the principle that practice drives theory, a practical approach for social work is put forward using five interconnected themes:• duality of support and protection• life transitions and life events• intergenerational relations• ... Read more

    $38.69 USD

  • Child Sexual Exploitation: Why Theory Matters

    by Maddy Coy, Pat Dolan, Nick Luxmoore, Emilie Smeaton, Claudia Bernard, Caroline McGregor, Kristine Hickle, John Coleman, Elly Hanson, Carlene Firmin, Jo Phoenix, Helen Beckett ...
    The issue of Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) is firmly in the public spotlight internationally and in the UK, but just how well is it understood?To date, many CSE-related services have been developed in reaction to high profile cases rather than being designed more strategically. This much-needed book breaks new ground by considering how psychosocial, feminist and geo-environmental theories, ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • Mentoring for Young People in Care and Leaving Care

    Theory, Policy and Practice

    by Bernadine Brady, Pat Dolan, Caroline McGregor ...
    Series series Adolescence and Society
    Mentoring for Young People in Care and Leaving Care offers a rich exploration of the theory, research and practice relating to youth mentoring as a means of essential social support. Brady, Dolan and McGregor ground their work on the premise that the informal social support provided through a high-quality mentoring relationship can help young people in care to sustain positive mental health, cope ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

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  • School Improvement

    What's In It For Schools?

    by Alma Harris ...
    Series series What's in it for schools?
    This book aims to demystify the principles and practice of school improvement by demonstrating how successful classroom and school improvement occurs. It outlines the conditions, strategies and approaches that promote sustainable improvement and provides an overview of the main theoretical perspectives in this area.This accessible text will be useful for practitioners working within schools and ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Psychology at Work

    by Dr Peter B Warr ...
    Applied psychology in work settings has made considerable progress in the 30 years since the original version of this book was published. This new collection of essays aims to illustrate both the empirical and practical richness of the field as wellas its theoretical development. The chapters cover psychological processes, the study of groups and workteams, and the nature of complex organizations ... Read more

    $19.09 USD

  • Towards Gender Equality in Law

    An Analysis of State Failures from a Global Perspective

    Edited by Gizem Guney, David Davies, Po-Han Lee ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This Open Access book aims to find out how and why states in various regions and of diverse cultural backgrounds fail in their gender equality laws and policies. In doing this, the book maps out states’ failures in their legal systems and unpacks the clashes between different levels and forms of law—namely domestic laws, local regulations, or the implementation of international law, individually ... Read more

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  • Groupwork Practice in Social Work

    by Sue Orton, Trevor Lindsay ...
    Series series Transforming Social Work Practice Series
    The social work degree requires that students clearly demonstrate competence in working with groups. Many social work students will begin working with families, communities and organisations before they qualify and are regularly assessed on this groupwork practice through assignments and observation. Specialist skills are needed to cope in challenging groups and the authors look at how students ... Read more

    $54.89 USD

  • History of the Social Determinants of Health

    Global Histories, Contemporary Debates

    Edited by Harold J. Cook, Sanjoy Bhattacharya, Anne Hardy ...
    Every subject has its history, including the Social Determinants of Health. It is a subject that investigates differences in human health that occur because of social life, from income and class to family life and neighbourhood. Social determinants can have very large effects on longevity, just as do other determinants, such as the provision of medical care or clean drinking water. A Commission to ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Work Psychology

    Understanding Human Behaviour In The Workplace

    by John Arnold, Iain Coyne, Ray Randall, Fiona Patterson ...
    Gain a clear and authoritative introduction to human behaviour in the workplaceWork Psychology, 7th edition, by Arnold, Coyne, Randall and Patterson is an accessible and fascinating examination of human behaviour in today’s workplace, written by authors who are all experts in their fields. Substantially updated with new chapters from new authors, and new material that reflects current research and ... Read more

    $41.09 USD