Social Work

A useful resource for people seeking to understand witchcraft branding as a contemporary form of child abuse. 

Through its exploration of service user and MHSWs’ perspectives the book offers a social perspective on personality disorder and suggests ways of working to empower the person’s response to traumatic experience. 

Positive Social Work will support and help you as a NQSW to understand your role within the context of a developing Social Work service. It will ensure that you are equipped with the knowledge and skills to do the job as best you can.

This book offers a simple, constructive and fully referenced guide to planning and reflecting on career development in social work, using a portfolio-based approach.

A comprehensive social worker's guide to working with children with disabilities.

The book examines the experiences of people with mental health problems across all stages of the Criminal Justice System. 

This book explains the unique insights that child observation can bring to practice with children and families and helps the reader develop their own skills in this approach.

Key extracts from Modern Mental Health: : Critical Perspectives on Psychiatric Practice which present a range of ersonal experiences.

This book offers a critical multidisciplinary analysis of case studies of social work interventions from a psychosocial and relationship-based perspective.

An up-to-date guide to the effective use of social media in social work education

A book that brings up to date theory and understanding of child development in the early years into the workplace.

The book will enable social work professionals to develop a critical understanding of substance use policy, theory and practice which they can use in practice.