Social Work

A guide to relationship-based practice for social work with adults

For those undertaking a social work degree within higher education, this book provides study support and skills development for both oral and written communication in the context of social work.

An accessible guide for those wanting to help and support children and young people with, or at risk of developing mental health problems.

An essential text for all those undertaking a social work degree within higher education, providing study support and skills development for critical thinking, reading and writing.

You write something in order that it can be read, not in order that it can be written – write reports that achieve and illuminate.

As a practice educator, do you sometimes encounter difficulties in supporting individual students through placement? This book is a handy companion of innovative practice to help you through those times.

An essential text for all those undertaking a social work degree within higher education, providing study support and skills development for academic writing and referencing.

This book analyses informal caring across a variety of contexts, describing the nature of these relationships and the conditions under which they take place, and discusses the ways professionals can support and empower carers.

Essential reading for all those undertaking a social work degree within higher education, providing study support, skills and strategies to ensure success.

A practical intervention framework and guide in Risks & Strengths Assessment in self-neglect for support staff who are working with adults who self-neglect or may be at risk of self-neglecting in the future.

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

How to understand social work theory and apply it to social work practice