This book presents a revolutionary approach to child protection work.

Sins of the Father tells of Shaneda Daly's horrific abuse for over a decade by her own father, and how she managed to take back the power he had taken away so cruelly.

This book will equip social work students with the skills they need to meet the new and perennial challenges to achieving empowering practice with carers and people who use services.

Social and Community Development is an essential introduction to the subject for students, potential practitioners, and activists interested in community action and emancipatory social change.

This latest title in the BASW series sets out the values, theoretical understandings and research base which underpin a social approach to mental health. Exploring therapeutic approaches and recovery practice, this book offers a practical guide to inform all work related to mental distress.

Totally revised to reflect the latest legislation, occupational standards and best practice - so candidates have the up-to-date information they need to succeed.

Best selling author Malcolm Payne analyzes the skills of social care practice, showing how social care is a valuable form of social work and reflects the core values and methods of social work. Incorporating the varying contexts in which social care takes place, this text is stimulating reading for social work students and practitioners.

This book provides a definitive critical introduction to service user views and involvement. It addresses both the theoretical and practical issues of service user involvement, and includes initiatives on the impact and outcomes from involvement.

The social work profession has always been about care and control; but practitioners are generally more comfortable with the care element of their role. Ten contributors explore the complex nature of power and its use both in social work in general and the child care field in particular.

Provides an overview of the social and economic factors, the determinants of population health in modern societies. Providing summaries of the scientific justification for isolating different aspects of social and economic life, this book includes chapters on ethnicity and health, sexual behaviours, the elderly, housing and neighbourhoods.

This book introduces policy and shows how it has changed and evolved over time, how it reflects changes in society, and how it is applied to everyday practice.

The long awaited new edition of this hugely popular text has been heavily revised to reflect the current needs of students on the first year of their social work degree. With ten new chapters and a wealth of expert contributors, this text looks exclusively and in detail at the topics that matter.

Presents readers the skills they need to successfully complete their social work training, and go on to be an effective practitioner. The book takes a holistic and critical approach, not only enabling students and practitioners to understand how to practise social work effectively, but also how to locate this practice within its societal context.

This work argues for the involvement of social work skills, knowledge and values as part of the development of policy and multi-professional practice in community care. It shows how ideas of community and community care are entwined with the development of social work and social services.

A complete guide to understanding dementia in social work.

Domestic violence can affect all areas of social work. In this book, the authors draw on their extensive experience as practitioners and researchers in the field to show how social workers can intervene in everyday practice and facilitate change.

Evidence-based practice - what it might mean, how it can be achieved, whether it should be aspired to - is the subject of much debate and argument in social work. The authors demonstrate why evidence-based practice is important, but also why it is important to think clearly and carefully about its implications for the social work profession.

The child is placed at the heart of the text and it includes substantial chapters examining key pieces of legislation, law, policy frameworks and the overreaching theoretical and research evidence to support good practice and help students gain confidence whilst on placements.

What has the contemporary financial context meant for social policy, social work and the relationship between them? Examining the role of political, economic and societal forces, this lively book uses a full range of supportive features to encourage reflection on the impact of austerity on different social groups, social work and social care.

An understanding of social policy is vital for engaging practically with social work values, and dealing with political and ethical questions about responsibility, rights and our understanding of 'the good society'. This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to social policy, tailored to the needs of a social work audience.

How important is the notion of community to skilled social work? This book explores how the concept relates to policy, theory and professional practice. With analysis of contemporary social problems throughout a variety of community settings, this book demonstrates how important community-based approaches are to all social workers today.