Takes students through a step-by-step approach into the Care Act 2014 by bringing key legislation into the focus of social work law.

Now in its Sixth Edition, this book remains the most comprehensive and authoritative on the penal system, providing students with an incisive, critical account of the punitive, managerial and humanitarian approaches to criminal justice.

Offering an interdisciplinary approach to child advocacy, this book nurtures key skills through a proven six-step process that has been used to train child advocates and create social change around the world.

Comprising theories from the various schools of thought classified as person centered, this book covers the historical development, theory, process, evaluation and application of the various methods falling under this approach. ?

This book links sociological concepts, debates and theories relating to key areas such as poverty, social exclusion, education, social class and social justice to develop understanding of how sociological perspectives will impact upon social work placements and practice.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This tenth-anniversary edition of the game-changing #1 New York Times bestseller features a new foreword and new tools to make the work your own.

For over a decade, Brené Brown has found a special place in our hearts as a gifted mapmaker and a fellow traveler. She is both a social scientist and a kitchen-table friend whom you can always count on to tell the truth, make you laugh, and, on occasion, cry with you. And what’s now become a movement all started with...

An essential guide to collaborative working for social work students.

This book provides social work students with all the advice and instruction needed to understand and complete successful research projects.