The number of children who live in kinship care arrangements has been rising. This book prepares social work students and child welfare professionals to engage kinship caregivers and the children who reside with them using a relationship-building approach. Kinship care is one of the most prevalent forms of placement that is used for maltreated children and youths. This valuable resource is the first to provide a systematic and theory-informed approach to preparing caregivers for the vital role...
Writing Contextually Mediated Measurable Behavioral Objectives (MBOs)
by Cr Petersen M Ed
The Healing Journey Through Job Loss (The Healing Journey, #10)
by Phil Rich, Stuart A. Copans, and Kenneth G. Copans
A powerful source of professional renewal Written by professional counselors and a financial planner, this unique journal is designed to help you deal with the difficult emotions that surface when your life has been turned upside down by job loss. Whether you have been recently let go or are long out of work, this workbook helps you understand and work through the effects that job loss can have on your life and your sense of identity, and aids you in embarking on a successful search for rewardi...
Policing Integration (Transnational Crime, Crime Control and Security)
by Chris Giacomantonio
This book critically examines coordination work between police officers and agencies. Police work requires constant interaction between police forces and units within those forces, yet the process by which police work with one another is not well understood by sociologists or practitioners. At the same time, the increasing inter-dependence between police forces raises a wide set of questions about how police should act and how they can be held accountable when locally-based police officers work...
Fire Service Manual 2: Fire Service Operations
Institutional Racism and the Police (Civil Society S., #6)
by John G.D. Grieve, Michael Ignatieff, Mike O'Brien, and Robert Skidelsky
Sir William Macpherson's inquiry into the murder of Stephen Lawrence claimed to find evidence of 'institutional' or 'unwitting' racism in the Metropolitan Police Service. However, the inquiry's findings were controversial. No evidence was produced - at least in the sense in which evidence is understood in a court of law. The definition of racism which Macpherson devised was contentious because it was unprovable, and Macpherson failed to give weight to alternative explanations for the way in whic...
`All readers will be drawn to the style of the book as well as its content. The structure will make sure that it is not just a "one-off", being read as part of a course of study, but a book which is used frequently as a source of reference' - Child Abuse Review `[Child Protection provides] a clear explanation of the Department of Health definitions of child abuse and suggests signs which may arouse suspicion. The exercises interspersed within the text would each provide opportunity for lively d...
This book identifies specific changes to bring U.S. social policy in accord with the Information Age of the 21st century, in contrast to the policy infrastructure of industrial America. Welfare State 3.0: Social Policy after the Pandemic acknowledges the existing social infrastructure, considers viable options, and provides supporting data to suggest social policy reform by four strategies: consolidating programs, harmonizing applications, expanding equity, and conducting experiments. The book...
Analysis of police collision files for pedal cyclist fatalities in London (Published Project Reports, #438)
by M Keigan, R Cuerden, and A Wheeler
Instructor's Manual (Download only) for Introduction to Social Work
by Michelle Martin
Featuring case studies, actual deployments and training procedures, this book documents the growth in protection-seeking by showbusiness, business and sports personalities, and by political and military personnel. It also demonstrates the effect assassinations have had on the security services.
"Fragile families"-unmarried parents who struggle emotionally and financially-are one of the primary targets of the Healthy Marriage Initiative, a federal policy that has funded marriage education programs in nearly every state. These programs, which encourage marriage by teaching relationship skills, are predicated on the hope that married couples can provide a more emotionally and financially stable home for their children. Healthy marriage policy promotes a pro-marriage culture in which two-p...
Addressing Racial Disproportionality and Disparities in Human Services
The issue of racial disproportionality in the child welfare system, particularly as it impacts African American children and families, has long been a concern to practitioners and policymakers. However, disproportionality is not limited to the African American community. Latino, Native American, Asian American, and Pacific Islander populations experience inequities in treatment. From leading voices on culturally-competent care comes a cutting-edge book that examines disproportionalities across a...
Research Methods for Social Workers -- Digital Library eText
by Bonnie Yegidis, Robert Weinbach, and Laura Myers
Instructor's Manual and Test Bank (Download Only) for Working with People
by Joanne Levine