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  • Transitional Safeguarding

    by Christine Cocker, Dez Holmes, Adi Cooper ...
    This book powerfully sets out the case for Transitional Safeguarding, a new approach to protection and safeguarding designed to address the needs and behaviours of young people in their mid-teens to mid-twenties who are falling between gaps in current systems, with often devastating results.Addressing these gaps, it outlines how the specific needs of young people can be met through this approach. ... Read more

    $38.69 USD

  • Safeguarding Young People

    Risk, Rights, Resilience and Relationships

    by Lauren Wroe, Jenny Pearce, Jenny Lloyd, Helen Beckett, Carlene Firmin, Rachel Knowles, John Coleman, Ann Hagell, Kristine Hickle, Michelle Lefevre, Nick Marsh, Jahnine Davies, Camille Warrington, Christine Cocker, Adi Cooper, Whitney Clark, Marney Hall ...
    Series series Knowledge in Practice
    Focusing on young people and adolescence, this book explores the complexity of contemporary adolescent safeguarding. It highlights evidence-informed practice and innovation in this area at the work, serving as an accessible and invaluable resource for all working with and supporting young people facing risk and harm.Core themes covered by the book are the nature of harms facing some young people, ... Read more

    $22.09 USD

  • Rethinking Feminist Theories for Social Work Practice

    Edited by Christine Cocker, Trish Hafford-Letchfield ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Feminist social work has clear goals to expose and critically analyse gendered power as a dynamic, historic, and structural concept embedded in our world, and to mobilise and take social action to challenge that power. This is integral to a commitment to the core values of the social work profession, which include a commitment to human rights, social justice and professional integrity. This edited ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Human Growth and Development in Children and Young People

    Theoretical and Practice Perspectives

    by Stephen Cowden, Gurnam Singh, Deborah Hadwin, Atle Ødegård, Siv E N Sæbjørnsen, Elisabeth Willumsen, Louise Oliver, Christine Cocker, Lisa Bunting, Sue Taplin, Richard Heslop, Melanie Watts, Nick Frost, Alison Rodriguez, Wilfred Mcsherry, Jo Finch, Margarete Parrish, Joanna Murray Smith ...
    Unparalleled in its coverage of concepts and themes, this textbook uses insights from across sociology, psychology, criminology and other areas of expertise to show how children and young people negotiate crucial challenges and transitions in their lives.It considers a wide range of theories, issues and practice dimensions and clearly shows how they connect, with fresh insights on topics including ... Read more

    $38.69 USD

  • Social Work with Looked After Children

    by Christine Cocker, Lucille Allain ...
    Series series Transforming Social Work Practice Series
    This practical book looks at the experiences of children in need who live in state care and the social worker′s role in working with them. This is a popular guide to this complex and demanding area of practice. There are chapters on communication and children′s rights, life story work, attachment and culture, ethnicity and faith. Throughout the book there are sections on supporting legislation and ... Read more

    $67.49 USD

  • Rethinking Anti-Discriminatory and Anti-Oppressive Theories for Social Work Practice

    by Christine Cocker, Trish Hafford-Letchfield ...
    For years anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive practice have been embedded in the social work landscape. Thinking beyond the mainstream approaches, this book critically examines some of the core concepts and issues in social work, providing fresh perspectives and opportunities for educators, students and practitioners of social work. ... Read more

    $39.69 USD

  • Inclusive Leadership in Social Work and Social Care

    by Trish Hafford-Letchfield, Sharon Lambley, Gary Spolander, Christine Cocker, Niall Daly ...
    Social work and social care continue to face an unprecedented period of challenge and uncertainty, requiring the development of leadership capabilities at every level of the workforce as well as in the community. This critical and reflexive book looks closely at the pivotal but demanding role that leadership and management play in promoting social work and social care. It focuses particularly on ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • Social Work with Lesbians and Gay Men

    by Helen Cosis Brown, Christine Cocker ...
    Working with lesbians and gay men is a largely neglected area of social work practice. This book provides social workers and other professionals with an overview of a number of key challenges and concerns that play a significant part in the lives of lesbians and gay men. Despite positive changes in legislation, social work can still fail to meet the needs of lesbians and gay men, and remains a ... Read more

    $79.19 USD

  • Advanced Social Work with Children and Families

    Edited by Lucille Allain, Christine Cocker ...
    Series series Post-Qualifying Social Work Practice Series
    Practice and legislation in child and family social work are always changing and have once again come under the spotlight. This text contextualises the bureaucratisation and managerialism of modern social work while also covering the advanced and complex skills necessary for competent social work practice in this area. The recent introduction of a new framework for Post-Qualifying social work ... Read more

    $70.19 USD

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  • Professional Development, Reflection and Enquiry

    by Fiona Patrick, Christine Forde, Margery McMahon, Alastair D McPhee ...
    ′Wow, this book has some inspiring ideas... It comes at a perfect time as schools try to mesh school improvement with performance management, new standards for various career stages and staff development... Well written, with an attractive layout and a consistently clear voice, it draws on wide and up-to-date research and writing from all parts of the United Kingdom... There are no easy answers in ... Read more

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  • Contemporary Issues in the Early Years

    Edited by Gillian Pugh, Bernadette Duffy ...
    If you are a student or practitioner in the early years sector, you need to develop a rounded understanding of key issues in this fast-moving field. This new and updated edition provides a critical examination of the essential issues in early years policy and practice. With contributions from highly regarded practitioners and researchers, this book accessibly balances theory and practical concerns ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • Inclusive Research

    Research Methods

    by Prof. Melanie Nind ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Research Methods
    First published Open Access under a Creative Commons license as What is Inclusive Research?, this title is now also available as part of the Bloomsbury Research Methods series.This book describes and defines inclusive research, outlining how to recognize it, understand it, do it, and know when it is done well. In doing so it addresses the areas of overlap and distinctiveness in relation to ... Read more

    $23.99 USD