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Kanopy Streaming
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2015.
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A lot of people talk about what could be done to make the world a better place. Moira Kelly doesn’t just talk, she acts. She’s run an AIDS clinic for children in Romania, been house mother at an Aboriginal mission, worked in India with Mother Teresa, nursed crack babies in the Bronx, rescued kids from the firing lines in the brutal Balkans conflict and set up schools for the disadvantaged in Bosnia. She brings those in need of surgery from war...
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The only up-to-date, accessibly written short guide to community development, this third edition offers an invaluable and authoritative introduction. Fully updated to reflect changes in policy, practice, economics and culture, it will equip readers with an understanding of the history and theory of community development, as well as practical guidance on how to do it. This is a key text for all students and practitioners working with communities. It...
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For decades, teachers and practitioners have turned to Frederic G. Reamer's Social Work Values and Ethics as the leading introduction to ethical decision making, dilemmas, and professional conduct in practice. A case-driven, concise, and comprehensive textbook for undergraduate and graduate social work programs, this book surveys the most critical issues for social work practitioners. The fifth edition incorporates significant updates to the National...
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"A fictionalized account of the early years of Donaldina Cameron's work with the Occidental Mission Home for Girls in San Francisco, California, which worked to rescue Chinese girls and women from slavery conditions in the late 1800s through the early 1900s"--
Donaldina Cameron arrived at the Occidental Mission Home for Girls in 1895 intending to teach sewing skills to young Chinese women immigrants. She discovers that the job is much more complicated...
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The title reflects two statements of my clients molded into a title, concluding with an offer to join me on my journey of social work. This book is based on real life. Nothing is fictional; nothing is hyped or tamed down. This book shares the joys and sorrows of social work and geriatrics. This book tells how the now deceased coach, professor, and social worker / coworker has affected me. This book tells the real life stories of my late Grandma and...
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In this timely analysis, Rich Moth assesses mental health services in a period of major change. Based on extended fieldwork in community mental health services, he explores the many impacts of policy reform, marketisation and austerity on NHS mental health provision, and positions developments in the contexts of neoliberalism and an increased emphasis on individual responsibility. Firmly rooted in the lived experiences of people using mental health...
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Since its publication more than ten years ago, Social Work Practice has been widely used as a succinct and focused book to prepare human service providers in the key components underpinning direct practice. This second edition builds on the first edition's success at synthesizing the latest theories and practice models; helping and change processes; empirical findings; and practice skills, and demonstrates how these interlinked dimensions contribute...
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Historically, women and men have been assigned to different spaces in their communities. Although several decades of feminist social action have made significant progress to the social, economic and political condition of many women, change has been uneven and there remains considerable advancements to be made globally. This valuable third edition considers women's changing position in the world today, updating some of the perennial challenges that...
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In this seminal book, Krumer-Nevo introduces the Poverty-Aware Paradigm: a radical new framework for social workers and professionals working with and for people in poverty. The author defines the core components of the Poverty-Aware Paradigm, explicates its embeddedness in key theories in poverty, critical social work and psychoanalysis, and links it to diverse facets of social work practice. Providing a revolutionary new way to think about how social...
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Although health and human service professionals traditionally receive extensive training in the emotional and physical aspects of caring for a person, they rarely receive adequate instruction in an area often as essential-spirituality and religious belief. Recognizing the importance of religion to a large share of the population, Religious and Spiritual Aspects of Human Services fills this gap in human services literature. James W. Ellor, F. Ellen...
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Issues relating to alcohol 'misuse' can only properly be understood within their social and environmental contexts. This research and practice based book explores social models of alcohol misuse to offer a sociological approach to its treatment. Through considering the social meaning of women's alcohol use, the book challenges current policy and practice in the field. It raises concerns about the political role of 'treatment' in making women behave,...
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En regard de la responsabilisation et de l'autonomie exigées de la part des jeunes, cet ouvrage veut à la fois tracer les contours des expériences que vivent les jeunes en difficulté dans leur passage à la vie adulte, mais aussi cerner les modalités de régulation de ce passage.
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This topical book engages with a wide range of issues related to social work practice with people who have sexually offended. It addresses the emotional impacts of 'facing the sex offender', the importance of values and ethics in practice, and reviews popular and academic understandings of sex offenders and sex crimes. Its accessible style and use of practice based learning exercises will help readers to reflect on theory, practice and developing...
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En s'intéressant à des problèmes comme la pauvreté, l'insécurité alimentaire, l'obésité, le culte de la performance sexuelle, les solitudes contemporaines, la dépression majeure, les inégalités sociales en santé mentale et le sida, les auteurs, venant de différents horizons universitaires comme le droit, la diplomatie, la criminologie, la médecine, la santé publique, le social policy, la sexologie, la sociologie et le travail social,...
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There is increasing pressure to involve children and young people in the decisions that affect them. Presenting new research on the extent to which parents and children participate in decision making when childcare social workers are involved, particularly in child protection conferences and Child in Care reviews, Diaz argues for a radical shift in existing practices. Including a range of perspectives from children and young people, parents, social...
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Au fil des années, les technologies numériques se sont imposées comme un nouvel intermédiaire entre nous et notre environnement.
Malheureusement, certaines personnes n'ont pu suivre le rythme de leur déploiement et se sont trouvées face à une nouvelle forme d'exclusion d'ordre numérique. Les professionnels et les intervenants du secteur des services sociaux comptent parmi les acteurs pouvant jouer un rle de première importance dans le soutien...
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Le contexte de la réforme de l'État-providence est-il propice à l'innovation? En croisant une grande diversité de regards de part et d'autre de l'Atlantique, ce livre vise à comprendre les opportunités d'intervention ouvertes par les mutations en cours au plan des politiques sociales, à quelles pratiques elles correspondent sur le terrain et comment elles s'articulent aux pratiques héritées de l'essor de l'État-providence.
19) Child Protection in Boarding Schools in Ghana: Contemporary Issues, Challenges and Opportunities
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This invaluable book brings together a much needed analysis of the challenges and benefits of providing social work services in Ghanaian boarding schools. It examines contemporary issues affecting children and young people in boarding schools and outlines principles and strategies for addressing these issues in a holistic manner. The book concludes with suggestions about how boarding school leaders, policy makers and educationalists might develop...
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This book is written by three social work educators with over 70 years' experience of social work practice and education between them. Concerned about the profession of social work in the UK, the authors have devised a new model of social work called 'SHARE'. As the book discusses, one of the key drivers in developing the SHARE model was ensuring that the diversity of voices in social work are heard, including practitioners, service users and carers,...
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