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  • Understanding Children′s Social Care

    Politics, Policy and Practice

    by Nigel Parton, Nick Frost ...
    "These two authors are always worth reading for their breadth and originality. Their new book offers a timely and stimulating analysis of modern children′s services"David Berridge, Professor of Child and Family Welfare, University of Bristol"Clear yet thorough; practical yet politically insightful; complicated yet coherent ... this book will appeal to those who want to get an overview of the ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Constructing Clienthood in Social Work and Human Services

    Interaction, Identities and Practices

    by Sue White ...
    This innovative book explores social work, therapy and counselling as a series of encounters - between clients and human services professionals, social workers, their colleagues and other professionals, and more widely between citizens and the state. Providing a variety of social constructionist perspectives on the idea of the 'client', it presents in-depth discussion of the roles, language and ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Errors and Mistakes in Child Protection

    International Discourses, Approaches and Strategies

    by Jaclyn Chambers, Teresa Bertotti, Gilles Séraphin, Hélène Join- Lambert, Christine Gerber, Heinz Kindler, Clarissa Schär, Kay Biesel, Brigitte Müller, Staffan Höjer0, Inger Kjellberg1, Øyvind Tefre2, Marit Skivenes3, Tarja Pösö4, Essi Julin6, Mónica López López7, Tom Van Yperen8, Kirti Zeijlmans9, Fred Powell0, Caroline Shore1, Judith Masson2, Michelle Cottier4, Jill Duerr Berrick5, Nigel Parton6 ...
    This comprehensive international study provides a cross-national analysis of different understandings of errors and mistakes, as well as lessons to avoid and how to handle them in child protection practice, using research and knowledge from 11 countries in Europe and North America.Divided into country-specific chapters, each examines the pathways that lead to mistakes happening, the scale of their ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • The Politics of Child Protection

    Contemporary Developments and Future Directions

    by Nigel Parton ...
    From Every Child Matters and the Munro Review, to changing shifts in thinking from Coalition government; the child protection system has seen dramatic political and policy developments over recent years.This book brings you a critical analysis of these developments from a leading writer and commentator. It begins by exploring the origins of present-day arrangements, locating English policy and ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • Child Protection Systems in the United Kingdom

    A Comparative Analysis

    by Nigel Parton, Anne Stafford, Sharon Vincent, Connie Smith ...
    Child protection systems differ across the four countries of the United Kingdom, and understanding the differences provide important opportunities for learning and improving day-to-day practice.This authoritative book compares UK child protection systems with other systems world-wide as well as scrutinising and comparing the systems in different parts of the UK. Reflecting on the impact of ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Social Work, the Media and Public Relations (Routledge Revivals)

    Edited by Bob Franklin, Nigel Parton ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Over the past few decades, relationships between social workers and the media have become increasingly challenging. Social workers feel aggrieved by media reporting of their profession and believe that journalists lack sufficient knowledge and experience of the social services to report matters adequately and sensitively, whilst some journalists have urged social workers to adopt a more proactive ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Child Protection and Family Support

    Tensions, Contradictions and Possibilities

    by Nigel Parton ...
    Child protection and family support is a major social issue and there is a continuing debate about how policies and practices in relation to child protection integrate with those in family support and child welfare more generally. Prompted in part by the Audit Commission and the publication of the Department of Health Research studies in Child Protection, it is the key issue facing all child ... Read more

    $87.99 USD

  • Social Theory, Social Change and Social Work

    Edited by Nigel Parton ...
    Social Theory, Social Change and Social Work has two inter-related themes. First to account for and analyse current changes in social work and secondly, to assess how far recent developments in social theory can contribute to their interpretation. Representing the work of a range of academics all involved in research and teaching in relation to social work, it considers issues of central ... Read more

    $81.99 USD

  • Reforming Child Protection

    by Bob Lonne, Nigel Parton, Jane Thomson, Maria Harries ...
    Child protection is one of the most high profile and challenging areas of social work, as well as one where children’s lives and family life are seen to be at stake. Vital as child protection work is, this book argues that there is a pressing need for change in the understanding and consequent organization of child protection in many English speaking countries.The authors present compelling ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

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  • A Contemporary History of Social Work

    Learning from the Past

    by Terry Bamford ...
    Drawing on lessons from the recent history of social work to identify how and why it has lost its privilege and influence, this book challenges social work students to understand why social work has failed to maintain its position as a driver of social reform. Bamford looks forward to a new model of practice that places a commitment to put social justice back at the heart of professional practice ... Read more

    $44.09 USD

  • The short guide to social work

    by Robert Adams ...
    Series series Short Guides
    This engaging and accessible text offers a concise overview of social work which will appeal to anyone needing a quick introduction to social work as a discipline. It contains essential information for all prospective and new social work students, the theories and policy and practice frameworks as well as current issues facing social work today. Illustrated with many examples from practice, it ... Read more

    $24.69 USD

  • Effective Safeguarding for Children and Young People

    What next after Munro?

    by Maggie Blyth, Enver Solomon ...
    The number of children entering the child protection system has risen dramatically in the last three years with implications for children's services and partner agencies. This timely volume takes a critical look at the impact of the Munro Review (2011) on child protection and the Government's response. It looks at questions including how effective Local Safeguarding Children Boards are in ... Read more

    $28.79 USD