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Paperback. Disability Politics and Community Care encourages health and welfare professionals and policy makers to start working much more closely with disabled people themselves. He presents practical suggestions for the changes necessary for the proposed reorganisation of service provision which will re-define direct work with disabled people. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKS; MBN; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 237 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853026522
- ISBN
- 9781853026522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.29
€ 53.29
Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812281347
- ISBN
- 9780812281347
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.18
€ 63.18
Hardback. The British Welfare State initially seemed to promise welfare for all, but excluded millions of disabled people. This book examines attempts in the subsequent three decades to reverse this exclusion. It also provides the first major analysis of the Disablement Income Group and the Thalidomide campaign. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; JFFG; JKSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 172. .
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447316428
- ISBN
- 9781447316428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.16
€ 164.16
Paperback. Burke demonstrates the normality of disability - that children are children whatever their label - and the need for a sensitive professional understanding of the impact of both physical and learning disabilities on family members, in order to improve their quality of life. Num Pages: 168 pages, tables. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 121 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843103967
- ISBN
- 9781843103967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.09
€ 45.09
Paperback. The ability to build a trusting relationship is essential when working with vulnerable children. Through the use of numerous engaging games and activities developed over 20 years of working with abused and neglected children, this book shows how these lines of communication can be opened up through effective engagement with the child's world. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13 b&w line drawings. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JKSB1; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849053198
- ISBN
- 9781849053198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.20
€ 28.20
Paperback. Easy to use, tried and tested techniques to aid direct work with vulnerable families for child protection and related professionals. This must-have guide is full of creative ideas to engage the whole family and effect positive change through direct work. Series: Direct Work with Vulnerable Families. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849055543
- ISBN
- 9781849055543
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.87
€ 29.87
Paperback. Using a case-based approach to connect the classroom and the practice environment, this text incorporates a broad set of themes that include advocacy, social justice, global focus, ethics, theory, and critical thinking. It helps readers to develop the basic skills of engagement, assessment, intervention, and reflective practice, and more. Series: Social Work in the New Century. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JKSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 189 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781483379241
- ISBN
- 9781483379241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 219.20
€ 219.20
Paperback. This third edition of the leading textbook on personalisation considers key policy changes since 2009 and new research into the extension and outcomes of personal budgets. It is essential reading for students, practitioners and policy makers in social work and community care services. . Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 172. .
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Revised, Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447326762
- ISBN
- 9781447326762
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 30.58
€ 30.99
€ 30.58
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev Upd
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847423177
- ISBN
- 9781847423177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.00
€ 27.00
Hardback. Is Canada becoming a more polarized society? Or is it a kind-hearted nation that takes care of its disadvantaged? Editor(s): Green, David A.; Kesselman, Jonathan R. Series: Equality | Security | Community. Num Pages: 480 pages, 60 figures, 55 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFC; JKS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 835.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774812078
- ISBN
- 9780774812078
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.28
€ 116.28
Hardback. Num Pages: 150 pages, 2 black & white tables, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFF; JKSB1; JKSN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781138843950
- ISBN
- 9781138843950
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.55€ 54.85
€ 152.55
€ 54.85
Electronic book text. This book argues that Internet diffusion and use in the Middle East enables meaningful micro-changes in citizens lives, even in states where no Arab Spring revolution occurred. Using ethnographic evidence and taking a comparative perspective, it presents a grass roots look at how new media use fits into the practice of everyday life. Num Pages: 160 pages, 18 black and white illustrations, 14 black and white tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; JKS; JPH; JPQB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474422574
- ISBN
- 9781474422574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Hardback. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; JKS; JPH; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474422550
- ISBN
- 9781474422550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.46
€ 171.46
Paperback. Covers aspects of criminal justice and the criminal justice system. This dictionary contains entries which include summary definition, main text and key texts and sources. It takes account of emerging occupational and Skills for Justice criteria. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: CBD; JKSW1; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 172 x 25. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843922872
- ISBN
- 9781843922872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.89
€ 60.89
Hardcover. Defines more than 1,200 terms and concepts that have been found useful in research and theory on the nonprofit sector. The entries reflect the importance of associations, citizen participation, philanthropy, voluntary action, nonprofit management, volunteer administration, leisure, and political activities of nonprofits. Series: Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; JKSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253347831
- ISBN
- 9780253347831
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.77
€ 40.99
€ 40.77
Paperback. This dictionary analyses and explains numerous symbols and images, with an emphasis on their use in counselling. The subjects in the dictionary all have relevance to symbols and symbolic language, and all of them have an imagery content. This book is intended to help the reader understand the wealth of symbols and symbolic language existing today. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSN2; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 430
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853023514
- ISBN
- 9781853023514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.54
€ 56.54
paperback. Provides definitions of more than 1000 terms used in the field of counselling. As well as covering theory and practice, this book also includes client concerns and problems which may be helped by counselling, issues of professional and ethical interest to practitioners and clients, and words used in everyday language. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; JKSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861563828
- ISBN
- 9781861563828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.25
€ 52.25
paperback. Distress can be thought of as 'psychopathology', a thing to be diagnosed, treated and cured. This mindset leads professionals to develop manualised forms of 'treatment' for specific 'disorders' which can leave clients feeling depersonalised and unheard. Authors explore human distress and consider ways in which therapy can create meaning and hope. Editor(s): Milton, Martin. Num Pages: 146 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSN2; MMJT. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 280. Very good copy showing minor age and wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- PCCS Books U.K.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0026009
- ISBN
- 9781906254377
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Looks at such topics as factors influencing work and retirement decisions at older ages, changes in life satisfaction associated with retirement, and the shift in responsibility for managing retirement assets from professional money managers of traditional pension plans to individual account holders of 401(k)s. Editor(s): Wise, David A. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Num Pages: 432 pages, 109 line drawings, 96 tables. BIC Classification: JKSG; KCP; KCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226903354
- ISBN
- 9780226903354
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.79
€ 158.79
Paperback. Developments in Social Work with Offenders explains the organisational and legislative changes that have occurred in social work and probation across the UK in the past 10 years, in the context of the accumulating body of knowledge about what constitutes effective practice in the assessment, supervision and management of offenders in the community. Series: Research Highlights in Social Work. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JKSN; JKVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843105381
- ISBN
- 9781843105381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.00
€ 54.00