The law of NHS continuing healthcare is vital in deciding whether adults in long-term care get full NHS funding, or have to fund themselves. This essential guide through the NHS legal maze provides information for health and social care practitioners, who need to make well-informed, well-judged decisions for the care of patients and service users.

Mary was a shy ten-year-old when her new dad, Sean, came into her life. From the very beginning he seemed to pay her special attention - praise for good behaviour, compliments about her clothes, help with school work. Mary trusted him. Then he started touching her. When she was twelve, he raped her.

This accessible, comprehensive and up to date book looks at the reality of social work in practice. It will be essential reading for all social work students.

Early and accurate recognition of an acutely ill child is essential. Ideal for quick reference, this pocket-sized guide puts all the crucial information at your fingertips.

Multi-professional practice underpins the entire nursing curriculum. This book is a timely introduction to this topic that, unlike its competitors, takes on a discipline-specific approach.

In a fresh approach, using new research gathered on hospital wards, Peter Draper challenges existing definitions of 'quality of life' and suggests practical ways in which nurses can promote the well-being of patients in their care.

One of the key skills in effective health and social care is accurately identifying and assessing the client's needs. This theoretically informed guide will show you how to enhance and apply these pivotal observation skills in a variety of challenging health and social settings with children, families and adults.

Organisational Behaviour for Social Work unites the well-established study of behaviour in organisations with the special, and sometimes unusual, organisational settings of social work practice.

Parental Learning Disability and Children's Needs explores how to effectively assess children in families where one or more parent has a learning disability. These children often have unmet needs because their parents are more likely to be coping with mental and physical illness, domestic violence or substance abuse.

This new edition offers a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to developing people skills. Written in an accessible and engaging style by leading author Neil Thompson, it is an essential read for students and practitioners of social work and all other helping professions.

This book will help health and social care managers develop their coaching skills in order to support their teams.

Provides an overview of the personalisation agenda and looks at the recent legislation in a broad historical and theoretical perspective. This book also provides opportunities for students to consider the changes to the social work role and to evaluate the impact of this for service users and as practitioners.

This practical guide provides techniques and exercises to help practitioners work in a structured and focused way with parents after domestic violence has occurred. It sets out a framework for assessing risks and needs, and covers how to build strengths, set goals, and plan an intervention pathway.

How has policy shaped the role of social workers and other professionals in protecting children and young people? Combining historical detail with sharp critical analysis, leading commentator Nigel Parton presents an overview of the complex field of child protection, from its emergence in the 19th Century to the Munro Review of 2011.

This book provides the underpinning theory and practice ideas on Popular Education for students and practitioners of youth and community development work.

A core textbook for those taking post-qualifying courses in mental health social work and those training to become Approved Mental Health Professionals. Each chapter is mapped against the National Occupational Standards for Social Work.

Brings together contributions from a wide range of practitioners and academics to explore the knowledge, skills and values required of a social worker upon qualification and beyond.

Empowerment has become a well-used term across a variety of work settings. But is it a central part of good practice or an empty word? And what of power? It is a central theme of human services practice but, like empowerment, is often only loosely examined. Part of the "Theory into Practice" series, this title deals with this subject.

A critical analysis of the practical application of law and policy relating to social work with children and families.

A user-friendly guide that will increase student's confidence in their IT skills.

A handbook for practitioners on early intervention and effective ways to support vulnerable families, this book looks at a number of the challenges practitioners face and presents strategies for overcoming the common obstacles. This third edition has been updated to reflect current policy and practice.