Social Work

A guide to enable social work practice educators to be more creative in the teaching, supervision and assessment of students.

Essential reading for those who want to develop greater knowledge and awareness of the history, culture and lifestyles of GRT people.

This book shines a light on the personal stories of people with lived experiences and the important and valuable role that social workers have played in disaster response.

A treat for the mind, body and spirit for anyone who values their health and well-being.

Over 30 guided relaxation scripts to quieten the mind, release tension and create peace.

This book enables the reader to adopt a mindful social work approach for care of self and the effective support of others within a social work professional framework. 

This book places the expertise of people with lived experiences front and centre of the narrative on social exclusion, marginalisation and social stigma in the UK.

Richard Keegan-Bull, through his own words, provides a unique opportunity for us to understand better what it is like to live as a man with a learning disability.

A collection of (fictitious) stories told from the residential child care worker role to help demonstrate how they work with dilemmas, weigh up options and make decisions in the moment.  

 A history of critical psychiatry that also acts as a call for a new approach to mental health services.

Social workers and health professionals are often placed in situations where they are verbally or physically threatened by service users and others. This book will help them recognise potential risk in situations, when to avoid involvement, and how best to manage the risks. 

This book is an essential introduction and guide for a critical engagement with social problems. In short, What's your (social) problem and what are you going to do about it?

This book offers an alternative and thought-provoking perspective to the conventional and orthodox understanding of mental health and how to help those suffering with mental illness. It will appeal to social workers in mental health contexts as well as students on post qualifying courses and the Masters Degree in Social Work.