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Falling house prices in Britain have left over a million householders experiencing the problem of negative equity, with their outstanding mortgages greater than the current value of their homes. This report provides detailed evidence of the characteristics and housing market behaviour of households in negative equity. Drawing on a social survey of 1200 homeowners in Bristol, Luton and Glasgow, it examines the types of homes affected, the effect on family lives, the circumstances that brought the...

What are the key ideas that underpin social work practice? This inspiring Reader brings together some of the most significant ideas which have informed social work practice over the last forty years. Exploring these fundamental ideas, the book includes commentaries that allow the reader to understand the texts on their own terms as well as to be aware of their relations to each other and to the wider social work context. An accessible introduction contextualises the reader, summarising the ma...

Advancing work to effectively study, understand, and serve the fastest growing U.S. ethnic minority population, this volume explicitly emphasizes the racial and ethnic diversity within this heterogeneous cultural group. The focus is on the complex historical roots of contemporary Latino/as, their diversity in skin-color and physiognomy, racial identity, ethnic identity, gender differences, immigration patterns, and acculturation. The work highlights how the complexities inherent in the diverse L...

Getting the Best Out of Supervision in Counselling & Psychotherapy does exactly what it says on the tin! Supervision is an essential part of counselling training and ensuring you know exactly how to get the very most out of supervision is important, whatever their level of study. Exploring how to begin, maintain and end a supervisory learning relationship in the context of existing theory and best practice guidelines, the author will introduce your trainees to:   Models and forms of supervisionT...

Both in the UK and abroad there are many vulnerable children who require one-to-one help from adults. The skills and knowledge needed by these child care workers have been identified in several offical reports, in particular the Social Services Inspectorate's response to the death of Rikki Neave (1997) and two reports in 1998 by the Health Committee and the DHSS. This book is a guide to theory and practice needed by child care workers, and should serve as an aid to their "direct work" with child...

Prentice Hall, the leading criminal justice publisher, and Jeff Bernstein, noted promotional exam consultant and trainer, have teamed up to bring you the first Test Prep Guide to accompany Prentice Hall's best-selling police supervision and administration titles. KEY TOPICS: Written by a promotional exam consultant and trainer that has written promotional exams and helped thousands of police officers achieve high score on their exams./Proven tips and techniques confirmed to help you ace your exa...

This exploration of the experiences of adopting parents and children offers unusual insight into adoption's complexity and its profound impact on family life. Based on the author's research in Germany, where she lived and taught, The Adopted Child has a great deal to say about child rearing and identity, as well as offering insights into similarities and differences in family life and adoption in Germany and the United States. Hoffmann-Reim takes the reader through the decision to adopt, the ad...

This book looks at the changing context of children and young people′s services heralded by the structural, organisational and funding changes put forward in Eileen Munro′s Review of Child Protection. It is strongly grounded in research and theory, and gives specific consideration to how systems theory can help practitioners in understanding families. It highlights the need for every social work practitioner to develop the capacity to undertake unified assessments and interventions in a wide...

This is the fifth edition of the classic text for students of urban and regional planning. It gives an historical overview of the developments and changes in the theory and practice of planning, throughout the entire twentieth century. This extensively revised edition follows the successful format of previous editions:it introduces the establishment of planning as part of the public health reforms of the late nineteenth century and goes on to look at the insights of the great figures who influ...

The National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW) is the first nationally representative study of children who have been reported to authorities as suspected victims of abuse or neglect and the public programs that protect them. Child Protection is the first book that reports the results of NSCAW, interprets the findings, and puts them into a broader policy context. The authors, all experts in child welfare issues, address a range of issues made apparent by the survey results, incl...

Who should get a state funded pension? How much is enough? What will it cost? Can New Zealand afford it?New Zealand's universal superannuation scheme is one of the best in the world. But the population of NZ is ageing, and the proportion of older people is growing. How is our economy going to continue to provide a living income for this group, and meet their healthcare needs, as their numbers increase? Is there the political and social will to keep our current system alive?Social analyst and com...

Beratung kann eine effektive ProblemlAsung fA"r Klienten nicht garantieren a auch wenn sie professionell und methodisch sauber vonstattengeht. Zu viele Faktoren nehmen Einfluss, die beachtet werden sollten. Beratungen finden immer in einer Gemengelage unterschiedlichster EinflA"sse statt: Gesellschaftliche und gesetzliche Rahmungen, institutionelle Regeln, curriculare Aspekte und nicht zuletzt subjektive Einstellungen der Berater wie auch der Klienten haben Auswirkungen auf jeden Beratungsprozes...

Continuing from C.H. Rolph's first volume of memoirs: "London particulars", this volume covers the years from the end of World War I to the present day. It describes his 25 years with the City Police, from which he retired in 1946 with the rank of Chief Inspector; his work as a freelance journalist, followed by 25 years on the editorial staff of the "New Statesman". He also spent some time at the BBC as a broadcaster and script-writer. He lectured on law reform, civil liberty and the freedom of...