Social welfare and social services Books

This is an award-winning story about family, adoption, heritage, and identity. It is also about place and people. Haralambie invites you to accompany her on her search for her biological roots, the hurdles and misdirections, and what happens when she...

The second edition of Essentials of Social Work Management and Leadership helps students not only build critical knowledge but also cultivate the unique skills that will help them develop into competent and successful managers and leaders. Experiential...

Cape Safety, Inc. - Cast of Characters continues the travels and travails of the men and women of a fictitious top-notch safety consulting firm, internationally recognized as the "go-to" safety, industrial hygiene, and disaster specialists...

From their Cape Cod compound, the brightest safety consultants in their profession take you into their world to resolve local as well as global safety, health, and environmental conflicts. Meet characters you wish you knew, maybe even characters you do...

After the assassination of Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma) Gandhi on 30 January 1948, there was a major thrust in favour of voluntary action in India. Six weeks later a few men and women met at Sewagram near Wardha in Maharashtra. They were seeking answers...

Get a unique gift for your beloved to connect and start conversations with them.Baby animal picture book contains high quality 300 DPI baby animal Images on 70 lb paper with names mentioned below for identification.No mention of Dementia or Alzheimer's...

Armut betrifft nicht nur die ökonomische Situation einer Person oder Familie. Sie ist ein mehrdimensionales Problem, das finanzielle, soziale und kulturelle Aspekte umfasst. Der Armuts- und Reichtumsbericht für Deutschland hat ergeben, dass nicht etwa...

Pflegekinder sehen sich in ihrem Leben mit einer Reihe von Herausforderungen konfrontiert. Zu der Kindswohlgefährdung im Elternhaus, die zu der Unterbringung in einer Pflegefamilie geführt hat, kommt nicht selten eine mangelnde Beteiligung des...

The threat of an outbreak of contagious disease in the United States, caused by a terrorist act or a natural occurrence, has prompted public health departments to update and enhance their plans for responding to such events. Although different responses...

Alzheimer's, like a thief in the night, slowly steals the mind until only anempty shell remains. In a little over four decades, over 100 million individualsworldwide will fall victims to Alzheimer's Disease. There is no cure. It is adeath sentence in...

Eine junge, behütet aufgewachsene Frau reist nach Bolivien, in ein ihr unbekanntes Land. Der Plan ist, für ein Jahr in einem sozialen Projekt zu arbeiten.Doch welcher Plan geht schon auf?Sie findet sich stattdessen im größten Abenteuer ihres Lebens...

Hilflose Helfer gelten in der sozialen Arbeit oft als naive Altruisten, die sich redlich, doch erfolglos um eine bessere Welt bemühen. Selbstaufopfernd und gutmütig scheinen sie Menschen zu begleiten und zu unterstützen, die Halt oder Orientierung suchen...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2016 im Fachbereich Soziale Arbeit / Sozialarbeit, Note: 1,3, Ostfalia Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Fachhochschule Braunschweig/Wolfenbüttel , Veranstaltung: Lösungsorientierte Beratung, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract:...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2017 im Fachbereich Soziale Arbeit / Sozialarbeit, Note: 1,0, Duale Hochschule Gera-Eisenach (ehem. Berufsakademie Thürigen in Gera), Veranstaltung: Methodenseminar Beratung, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Solange es Menschen gut...

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2017 im Fachbereich Gesundheit - Pflegewissenschaft - Pflegemanagement, Note: 1,3, Ostfalia Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Fachhochschule Braunschweig/Wolfenbüttel , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Der Allgemeine Soziale...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2016 im Fachbereich Gesundheit - Pflegewissenschaft - Pflegemanagement, Note: 1,3, , Veranstaltung: Strukturwandel sozialer Dienste, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In der Profession der Sozialen Arbeit ist die Methode der...

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2017 im Fachbereich Soziale Arbeit / Sozialarbeit, Note: 1,5, Hochschule Hannover (Fakultät V - Diakonie, Gesundheit und Soziales), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Bachelorarbeit beschäftigt sich mit folgender Frage: Wie...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2016 im Fachbereich Soziale Arbeit / Sozialarbeit, Note: 2,4, Duale Hochschule Gera-Eisenach (ehem. Berufsakademie Thürigen in Gera), Veranstaltung: Soziale Arbeit als Disziplin und Profession, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2018 im Fachbereich Soziale Arbeit / Sozialarbeit, Note: 1,0, Universität Duisburg-Essen (Soziale Arbeit), Veranstaltung: Konzepte sozialraumorientierter Arbeit, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Im Zuge dieser Hausarbeit soll der...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2016 im Fachbereich Pädagogik - Schulwesen, Bildungs- u. Schulpolitik, Note: 1,0, Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Im Folgenden wird der Vermutung nachgegangen, dass Schule und...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2016 im Fachbereich Soziale Arbeit / Sozialarbeit, Note: 1,3, Hochschule Hannover, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit den Schwierigkeiten und Problemen alleinerziehender Mütter und Väter in...

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2017 im Fachbereich Soziale Arbeit / Sozialarbeit, Note: 1,1, Universität Siegen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Ziel der Arbeit ist es, die persönlichen Herausforderungen und Belastungen bei der Unterbringung von geflüchteten...

Living with autism in the family can be highly stressful, and the use of short breaks ('respite care') is a major source of social support for many such families. However, little research has been undertaken to understand how the experience of family...

The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of early adolescent girls regarding friendships, peer relations and stress. Ten early adolescent girls (aged 12-13 years) were interviewed using a semi-structured qualitative format. A grounded...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2021 im Fachbereich Pädagogik - Schulpädagogik, Note: 1,0, Fachhochschule Dortmund, Veranstaltung: Einführung in die Schulsozialarbeit, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, durch eine Einführung in die...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2018 im Fachbereich Soziale Arbeit / Sozialarbeit, Note: 1,3, Hochschule der Wirtschaft für Management, Veranstaltung: Theorien der Sozialen Arbeit, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit den...

Rudy was born in 2003, in the slums of Guatemala City, to a woman that didn't want or love him. She discarded him at birth. He was tossed from place to place and physically abused by a bitter stepmother. When Rudy was 7-years-old, a glimmer of hope...

"Learn the traumatic consequences that will lead this officer into the darkest time of his life... A provocative read."-Floy Turner, Best Selling Author of Behind Her Miami Badge Beautiful women, a young detective, and the ultimate betrayal.....

My girls aren’t twins, though they look remarkably alike. They were conceived in the same month but born five months apart. Despite the years of pain we endured living with infertility and struggling to adopt, these girls are the miracle that...

Based on dozens of intensive interviews with parents, clinical psychologists, teachers, therapists, and more, Alina's Story shows the journey of Alina, a little girl adopted from Russia. After living in an orphanage during her early life, Alina is...

Based on dozens of intensive interviews with parents, clinical psychologists, teachers, therapists, and more, An Unlikely Trust is the fictional story of Alina, a young girl adopted from Russia. After a lengthy adoption process, Alina's parents are...

What if you could sit down with 25 successful consultants and ask them what makes their businesses tick?In The Nonprofit Consulting Playbook: Winning Strategies from 25 Leaders in the Field, Susan Schaefer and Linda Lysakowski have compiled a...

The Canadian legal system is broken, and perhaps no other lawyer epitomizes that more than Ottawa lawyer John Summers.What can be said of a lawyer who takes money from an undisclosed source that exploits a disoriented elderly man with diabetes and...

The Complete Leader: Handbook of Essentials for Human Services Leadership gives leaders within human services organizations with lay or professional leadership responsibilities, over 25 essential practices for human services. Special attention is paid to...

Egalitarianism is a cherished Australian value. But in its modern guise of "fairness" it is corrupting political debate. On Fairness reveals how this fuzzy and contested concept leads governments astray. Liberty, rather than state control, provides the...

The premise of this book is that the role of government is to look to the well-being of the people and to maintain and improve the quality of the environment. In other words, government is animal husbandry and ecosystem management - it is applied biology...

Not since the days of highwaymen and footpads had armed robbery been seen in London. Geoffrey Barton explains the political backdrop to the arrival in the UK of armed revolutionaries driven by their own frenzied missions, causing citizens to go in fear...

The Don't Touch Garden explores what it is to be adopted, both for the child and the adoptive parents, through a wide range of poetic styles and complex emotions.An absorbing account of the legacy of being an adopted child. Forthright and tender, this...

In this collections of papers, the reader will find exciting and innovative group work practices with a range of populations, including group work with First Nations girls, abusive men, disadvantaged youth and women with breast cancer who find healing...

This work, by an experienced groupwork practitioner and lecturer, offers a sound general introduction to working with groups. The author covers:group dynamics and the group processthe various groupwork methodologies such as transactional analysis,...

This book describes the NEEDS-ABC Model, developed by the author, and shows the model in use in group, family, couple and individual therapies.An integrated therapeutic approach combines observation and elucidation of client and group process, using...

How did the public education system which now educates 93% of children in the UK begin? How did it evolve so that admission to 25% of state primary and 6% of state secondary schools is still controlled by the Church of England? 'so excellent a Work'...

Featuring chapters written by a diverse group of social work professionals, Rethinking Social Work Education in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned from Social Work Scholars and Leaders explores the profound effects of the pandemic on social...

An eye witness account of the failures of the social services to protect three young children from extreme abuse and neglect and how the eventual involvement of a social worker led to catastrophic consequences for those three children under her authority...

Are you a caregiver for someone diagnosed with dementia or Alzheimer's? This guided journal is for caregivers of loved ones diagnosed with dementia or Alzheimer's. It is a place to capture your thoughts, find relief, and laugh a little. Writing...

A teen without a family. A town with a dark history. A body in the lake.Abandoned by her own parents, forgotten by the foster care system, Bailey’s learned to weather every storm—except the one that rages inside. Is a family of her own too...