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Social welfare & social services

Paperback. The social support someone receives or has access to plays a vital role in their mental health and wellbeing. This accessible book examines the nature of social support and how it can be enhanced, focusing on relationships between service users and supporters. This is an important book for mental health professionals, social workers and students. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JKSM; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849055185
ISBN
9781849055185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.82

Hardback. This edited collection offers an international perspective on the challenges of designing and undertaking outcome-based evaluation of child and family services. It introduces the key ideas and issues currently being debated in the evaluation of these services and provides examples of evaluation from policy and practice. Editor(s): Maluccio, Anthony N.; Canali, Cinzia; Vecchiato, Tiziano; Lightburn, Anita; Aldgate, Jane; Rose, Wendy; Whittaker, James K. Series Editor(s): Ward, Harriet. Series: Child Welfare Outcomes. Num Pages: 240 pages, 13 figures, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849058193
ISBN
9781849058193
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.24

Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFE3; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 256 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1220.
Publisher
TSO United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Publication date
2010
Edition
Lslf
Condition
New
SKU
V9780113228614
ISBN
9780113228614
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.12

This service-oriented guide supplies vital tools, informed tips, and provocative ideas for professionals, students, and policy makers involved in gerontology and geriatrics. Num Pages: 152 pages, 15, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSG; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801897184
ISBN
9780801897184
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.85

Paperback. Focusing on the basic skills that facilitate communication in therapy (empathy, respect, authenticity and confrontation) and methods of using them, this book aims to enable therapists and counselors to empathize in a caring way, become receptive in a warm, respectful and nonjudgmental way, and share feelings with clients in a natural, open manner. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSN2; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 650.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780787948061
ISBN
9780787948061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 37 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFSG; JFSP1; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 6. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
RAND United States
Number of pages
37
Condition
New
SKU
V9780833032041
ISBN
9780833032041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.33

paperback. Series: Families, Law, and Society. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK; JKSB1; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9781479860296
ISBN
9781479860296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.83

Paperback. From action-packed moments chasing down criminals to more tender occasions, like gaining the trust of a murder victim's family, to making crucial legal history, and unearthing huge national scandals, this is an account of modern day policing, its successes and failings included. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BM; JKSW1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 33. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Ebury Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785030086
ISBN
9781785030086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. Political and public debate recently has centred on issues of community, family and culture. Presenting traditional and non-traditional approaches, the essays in this text challenge and refine thinking on issues of contemporary social and political importance. Editor(s): Snow, Nancy E. Series: Studies in Social, Political and Legal Philosophy. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JHM; JKS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 164 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847681457
ISBN
9780847681457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.56

Paperback. Serious child protection failures haunt health and welfare agencies around the world. Based on interviews with protective workers and rigorous examination of their cases, this ground breaking book draws links between the traumatised and isolated child protection worker and the traumatised and isolated re-abused child. Series: Wiley Series in Child Care & Protection. Num Pages: 234 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JFFE; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471998853
ISBN
9780471998853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.53

Paperback. Suggests that understanding the impact of the illness lies not in identifying deficiencies, but in appreciating how family members carry on with their lives in the face of the disease's intrusion. This book focuses on the lives of those who live in the shadow of chronic illness: the parents and well siblings of children who have cystic fibrosis. Num Pages: 328 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JHBK; JKSB; JM; VFJB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691050799
ISBN
9780691050799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. In this text international experts and members of the MSF analyse the way issues surrounding the role of aid organizations in "just" wars have crystallized over the five years spanning the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st. Num Pages: 288 pages, 11 maps, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSN1; JKSR; JPSN; JPV; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co (Publishers)Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850657378
ISBN
9781850657378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 0 halftones, 0 color illus., 0 line drawings, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; JFSL1; JKSF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231148504
ISBN
9780231148504
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.73
€ 76.74

Hardcover. Series: Contributions to the Study of Childhood & Youth. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313229442
ISBN
9780313229442
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.55

Paperback. Presents lessons learnt from managing major incidents at regional and state levels. It is not an academic work. Rather, it is a collection of stories from professionals on the ground and others who subsequently reviewed the events and gained significant knowledge and understanding through that process. Editor(s): MacCarter, Kent; Ellis, Stuart. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1MB; JKSW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 170. Weight in Grams: 587.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
CSIRO Publishing Australia
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781486306176
ISBN
9781486306176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.91

Paperback. Offers an integrated answer that address inclusion, equality and diversity in childcare settings. This book explains how to turn good intentions into effective anti-discriminatory practice when working with children of various ages. It includes examples from a selection of childcare settings that show how to put the principles into practice. Editor(s): Griffin, Sue. Series: Professional Development. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 262 x 194 x 11. Weight in Grams: 638.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780435402402
ISBN
9780435402402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.50

Paperback. This book is the first to bring together people from the worlds of architecture, social science and housing studies to look at the future of living environments for an ageing society. It uniquely moves beyond the issues of accommodation and care to look at the wider picture of how housing can reflect the social inclusion of people as they age. Editor(s): Peace, Sheila; Holland, Caroline. Num Pages: 280 pages, 3tabs. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 373.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861342638
ISBN
9781861342638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 37.78

Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSN; KJM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 171 x 13. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Bristol University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447300250
ISBN
9781447300250
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.01

Hardback. 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. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JKSN; KJM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 172 x 18. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bristol University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447300267
ISBN
9781447300267
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.73

Paperback. The authors discuss participative approaches to research and provide an up-to-date account of inclusive practice with individuals with learning disabilities. Drawing on evidence from two major studies, they explain how lessons learnt from inclusive research in the learning disability field are applicable to others working with marginalized groups. Num Pages: 256 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843100614
ISBN
9781843100614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.76

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