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“malcolm harrison”

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  • Social Policies and Social Control

    New Perspectives on the 'Not-So-Big Society'

    Edited by Malcolm Harrison, Teela Sanders ...
    Drawing on a wide array of policy domains and events, this book provides an innovative account of social control and behaviourism within welfare systems and social policies, and the implications for disadvantaged groups.This accessible collection reviews the controls, assumptions and persuasions applied to individuals and households and explores broader themes, including how ‘new behaviourism’ was ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

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    A story of the unspeakable horror of child abuse

    by Susan McKay ...
    In 1995, Sophia McColgan's father was sentenced to prison for the serial rape and abuse of his children over many years. He had first raped Sophia when she was only six. It had taken immense courage on the part of Sophia and her family to bring the murky, hidden world of family child abuse to the public gaze. Then, in 1998, Susan McKay published Sophia's Story, one of the most acclaimed Irish ... Read more

    $6.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Canadian Social Policy, Fifth Edition

    Issues and Perspectives

    Edited by Anne Westhues, Brian Wharf ...
    Social policy shapes the daily lives of every Canadian citizen and should reflect the beliefs of a majority of Canadians on just approaches to the promotion of health, safety, and well-being. Too often, those on the front lines—social workers, nurses, and teachers—observe that policies do not work well for the most vulnerable groups in society. In the first part of this new edition of Canadian ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

  • Do Americans Believe Capitalism and Government are Working?: Religious Left, Religious Right and the Future of the Economic Debate

    by Robert P. Jones ...
    Greed, lack of equal opportunity, poverty and lasting inequality are the reasons more than 4-in-10 (42 percent) Americans say capitalism is not working well, a major new national survey finds. The survey, which explores Americans' views on faith, values and the economy, also finds that only the oldest Americans believe they are better off than their parents' generation. ... Read more

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  • Understanding Your One-Year-Old

    by Sarah Gustavus-Jones ...
    Series series The Tavistock Clinic - Understanding Your Child
    How does the world look to a one-year-old? When your child doesn't have words to explain things to you, how can you begin to understand how she feels? How do you support and understand your very young child as his independence increases and he starts to become a toddler, beginning to learn to dress himself, share toys and play with other children? Acknowledging the crucial role of relationships ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • The New Health Care System: Everything You Need to Know

    by David Nather ...
    A primer in plain English that explains how health insurance will work under the new legislation and how it will affect your care and your choices going forward.Now that "Obamacare" (as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is popularly known) has become the law of the land, millions of Americans will need help figuring out exactly how the new system will work and how it might affect ... Read more

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  • Life Story Therapy with Traumatized Children

    A Model for Practice

    by Richard Rose ...
    Life Story Therapy is an approach designed to enable children to explore, question and understand the past events of their lives. It aims to secure their future through strengthening attachment with their carers and providing the opportunity to develop a healthy sense of self and a feeling of wellbeing.This comprehensive overview lays out the theory underlying life story therapy, including an ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Putting Analysis Into Child and Family Assessment, Third Edition

    Undertaking Assessments of Need

    by Ruth Dalzell, Emma Sawyer ...
    Putting Analysis into Child and Family Assessment bridges theory and practice, and provides clear guidance to improve assessments in child and family social work.It addresses the issues of central concern to child and family social workers, including analytical assessment, outlines how to avoid common pitfalls, provides strong theoretical foundations, and demonstrates how the theory can be ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Encyclopedia of Canadian Social Work

    Edited by Francis J. Turner ...
    All of us, as Canadians, are touched throughout our lives by some aspect of social welfare, either as recipients, donors, or taxpayers. But despite the importance of the social network in our country, there has been no single source of information about this critical component of our society. Even professionals in the field of social work or social services have not had a comprehensive volume ... Read more

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  • Early Intervention

    How Canada's social programs can work better, save lives, and often save money

    by James Hughes ...
    Governments and social agencies tackle the toughest social problems their citizens face -- poverty, homelessness, mental and physical illness, violence, abuse, and more. Yet these problems persist in Canada -- in many cases, they are worsening -- and the costs of the social safety net continue to rise.New approaches have been developed by innovators frustrated by the failure of traditional ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • How to Become a Better Manager in Social Work and Social Care

    Essential Skills for Managing Care

    by Trish Hafford-Letchfield, Trish Hafford-Letchfield, Les Gallop ...
    Series series Essential Skills for Social Work Managers
    Social work and social care managers often find themselves in management positions without having had any formal management training, yet skills and knowledge specific to social care settings are essential for effective practice.This book offers a researched and practical guide to the fundamental skills and knowledge that a manager needs, underpinned by the values and ethics that are inherent to ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Vulnerability and Young People

    Care and Social Control in Policy and Practice

    by Kate Brown ...
    The notion of 'vulnerability' is now a prominent motif in social policy in the UK and beyond, with important implications for those deemed 'vulnerable'. Yet the effects of recalibrating welfare and criminal justice processes on the basis of vulnerability often escape attention. This distinctive book draws together lived experiences of vulnerability with academic and practical applications of the ... Read more

    $44.99 USD