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“alexander soderholm”

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  • Rethinking Drug Courts: International Experiences of a US Policy Export

    International Experiences of a US Policy Export

    Edited by John Collins, Winifred Agnew-Pauley, Alexander Soderholm ...
    What are drug courts? Do they work? Why are they so popular? Should countries be expanding them or rolling them back? These are some of the questions this volume attempts to answer. Simultaneously popular and problematic, loved and loathed, drug courts have proven an enduring topic for discussion in international drug policy debates. Starting in Miami in the 1980s and being exported ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

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    by Robert Adams ...
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    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

    $25.99 CAD

  • Understanding Social Work Practice in Mental Health

    by Victoria Coppock, R. W. Dunn ...
    ′An excellent introduction to the main themes of social work and mental health. It provides a comprehensive summary of contemporary debates and perspectives around mental health practice. I would recommend this to all social work students.′ - Philip O′Hare, University of Central Lancashire"This book is a timely restatement of the central role of social work in mental health. In this important work ... Read more

    $87.99 CAD

  • Contemporary Social Work Practice: A Handbook For Students

    by Barbra Teater ...
    An introduction to the diverse settings of social work, detailing the relevant policy context, methods and approaches. ... Read more

    $51.99 CAD

  • 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

    $32.99 CAD

  • Working with Vulnerable Adults

    by Bridget Penhale, Jonathan Parker ...
    Series series The Social Work Skills Series
    This text provides an understanding of current professional practice in social and health care, examining abuse of vulnerable adults and the ways in which social policy, welfare services and practitioners may compound or alleviate vulnerability.Working with Vulnerable Adults develops a sound basis for understanding issues of risk, vulnerability and protection and investigates how agency policies ... Read more

    $76.94 CAD

  • Contemporary Issues in the Early Years

    Edited by Gillian Pugh, Bernadette Duffy ...
    If you are a student or practitioner in the early years sector, you need to develop a rounded understanding of key issues in this fast-moving field. This new and updated edition provides a critical examination of the essential issues in early years policy and practice. With contributions from highly regarded practitioners and researchers, this book accessibly balances theory and practical concerns ... Read more

    $72.79 CAD

  • The Care Act 2014

    Wellbeing in Practice

    Edited by Suzy Braye, Michael Preston-Shoot ...
    Series series Transforming Social Work Practice Series
    Exploring exactly how the provisions and principles of the Act are implemented in practice, The Care Act 2014 brings together the work of experts across the fields of social work, social policy and care, law, mental health, mental capacity and safeguarding. Case studies developed through the chapters will help you to understand how the Act relates to social work practice, alongside evidence from ... Read more

    $68.79 CAD

  • Practical Child Law for Social Workers

    by Clare Seymour, Richard B. Seymour ...
    The English legal system in the area of social work with children and families can be bewildering and complex and it is vital therefore that any textbook on the subject uses case law, case studies and research to critically-engage social workers and students alike. This book does just that - by examining, and putting into clear practical context, the current law and policy relating to social work ... Read more

    $78.39 CAD

  • Interprofessional Social Work

    Effective Collaborative Approaches

    by Anne Quinney, Trish Hafford-Letchfield ...
    Series series Transforming Social Work Practice Series
    All Social Work students are required to undertake specific learning and assessment in partnership working and information sharing across professional disciplines and agencies. Increasingly, social workers are also finding that they need to deal with a wide range of other professions as part of their daily work. It is essential therefore that social workers can work effectively and collaboratively ... Read more

    $82.39 CAD

  • New Law and Ethics in Mental Health Advance Directives

    The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Right to Choose

    by Penelope Weller ...
    Series series Explorations in Mental Health
    The recognition of positive rights and the growing impact of human rights principles has recently orchestrated a number of reforms in mental health law, bringing increasing entitlement to an array of health services. In this book, Penelope Weller considers the relationship between human rights and mental health law, and the changing attitudes which have led to the recognition of a right to demand ... Read more

    $101.99 CAD

  • Disabled People, Work and Welfare

    Is Employment Really the Answer?

    Edited by Chris Grover, Linda Piggott ...
    EPUB and EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This is the first book to challenge the concept of paid work for disabled people as a means to ‘independence’ and ‘self determination’. Recent attempts in many countries to increase the employment rates of disabled people have actually led to an erosion of financial support for many workless disabled people and their increasing ... Read more

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