Case Work Books

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   Human Growth and Development: An Introduction for Social Workers

   By John Sudbery

   Social workers work with people at all stages of life, tackling a multitude of personal, social, health, welfare, legal and educational issues. As a result, all social work students need to understand human growth and development throughout the lifespan. This introductory text provides a...

   October 2009 | 978-0-415-43995-4 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Violence and Abuse Issues: Cross-Cultural Perspectives for Health and Social Services

   By Lee Ann Hoff

   After centuries of being considered a private matter in most societies, violence and its profound effect on the physical health, mental health, and social well-being of victims and their families, as well as on the assailants themselves, has started to take centre stage as a public issue of...

   June 2009 | 978-0-415-46572-4 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Violence Against Women: Vulnerable Populations

   By Douglas A. Brownridge

   Violence Against Women: Vulnerable Populations investigates under-researched and underserved groups of women who are particularly vulnerable to violent victimization from an intimate male partner. In the past, there has been an understandable reluctance to address this issue to avoid stereotyping...

   January 2009 | 978-0-415-99608-2 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   The Systematic Mistreatment of Children in the Foster Care System: Through the Cracks

   By Lois Weinberg

   The Systematic Mistreatment of Children in the Foster Care System tells the stories of 10 children in the foster care system from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds and the efforts by advocates to find them permanent places to live, appropriate schooling, and other essentials they need to...

   2007 | 978-0-7890-2393-3 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Developing an Empirically Based Practice Initiative: A Case Study in CPS Supervision

   Edited by Jenny L Jones, Paul Sundet

   Developing an Empirically Based Practice Initiative documents practice techniques that were used during a three-year training/demonstration project for child welfare supervisors working in the frontlines of child protection services in the Southeastern United States. This unique book is a guide to...

   2007 | 978-0-7890-3346-8 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Children: Rights and Childhood, 2nd Edition

   By David Archard

   Children: Rights and Childhood is widely regarded as the first book to offer a detailed philosophical examination of children's rights. Drawing on a wide variety of sources from law and literature to politics and psychology, David Archard provides a clear and accessible introduction to a topic that...

   2004 | 978-0-415-30584-6 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   People Under Three: Young Children in Day Care, 2nd Edition

   By Elinor Goldschmied, Mrs Sonia Jackson, Sonia Jackson

   People Under Three translates child development theory and research into everyday practice. Focussing on the group day care of very young children, it is designed specifically for those who look after them day by day, as well as policy makers, administrators and the managers of child care services....

   2003 | 978-0-415-30567-9 | Paperback (Routledge)

8. After Adoption: Direct Contact and Relationships

   By Janette Logan, Carole Smith

   Few children nowadays are placed for adoption with no form of contact planned with birth relatives and it has become common professional practice to advocate direct rather than indirect contact. Practice has outstripped evidence in this respect and not enough is known about how contact arrangements...

   2003 | 978-0-415-28221-5 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Safeguarding Children and Young People

   By Stella Coleman, Corinne May-Chahal

   What does the novice practitioner or the experienced practitioner moving into child care work from another sector need to know to practice effectively? What skills do they need to call on?In this valuable addition to The Social Work Skills Series, Stella Coleman and Corinne May-Chahal bring...

   2003 | 978-0-415-27548-4 | Paperback (Routledge)
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    A Guide to Interviewing Children: Essential Skills for Counsellors, Police Lawyers and Social Workers

    By Claire Wilson, Martine Powell

    Children may be witnesses to crimes or accidents, or suspected victims of abuse or neglect, or they may be involved in some form of legal action such as custody cases. In these situations, they may need to be interviewed formally, and if this is not done properly, incorrect or inadequate...

    2001 | 978-0-415-25250-8 | Paperback (Routledge)