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The Social Worker's Guide to Child and Adolescent Mental Health provides a comprehensive guide to working with children and young people who are experiencing mental health problems, and equips the reader with the knowledge and skills to provide the best service to these vulnerable young people. more »
2010, Paperback: £22.99/ $39.95Keywords: ADD, addiction, adolescence, anxiety, Asperger syndrome, attachment, autism, bipolar disorder, child development, child protection, child psychiatry, child psychology, children, children's rights, counselling, depression, drugs, early intervention, ethnicity, families, joint working, mental health, mental illness, obsessive compulsive disorder, risk assessment, safeguarding children, self harm, social care, social policy, social work, substance abuse, teenagers, trauma
This book presents an overview of worldwide research on working children that considers children's own views of employment in favour of adult-constructed arguments about child work. This is a key text for social work practitioners that encourages re-evaluation of the notion of childhood and understands the complex phenomenon of working children. more »
2007, Paperback: £29.99/ $47.95Keywords: child protection, child psychology, children, children's rights, counselling, ethnicity, social work
Culture and Child Protection is a concise exploration of the close links between social service practices and cultural values which offers a culturally sensitive model of child protection practice. The authors demonstrate the ways in which a combination of personal, professional and societal attitudes often influence practice decisions. more »
2005, Paperback: £17.99/ $32.95Keywords: child protection, child psychiatry, child psychology, children, children's rights, counselling, ethnicity, health care, mental health, safeguarding children, social policy, social work
Based on extensive studies into child welfare services, this important book brings together research into what works in service provision for minority ethnic families. Reviewing studies of the nature and adequacy of the services provided, and the outcomes for the children and their families, this book provides guidance for policy and practice. more »
2004, Paperback: £29.99/ $47.95Keywords: child protection, children, ethnicity, families, social care, social policy, social work
The authors consider how ethnicity is defined, and how the field of mental health has developed in the West according to Western concepts of health and well-being, and show how an understanding of the key practice issues and policy and academic debates can enable professionals to develop and fine-tune their cultural competence. more »
2004, Paperback: £21.99/ $34.95Keywords: adolescence, child psychology, children, counselling, ethnicity, mental health, social care, social work, teenagers, trauma
This book is based on the life accounts of 244 children of minority ethnic origin who were placed with predominantly white foster carers and adopters. The book provides a most interesting overview of the decision-making and planning processes that shape the placement in care of children of minority ethnic origin in the UK. more »
2000, Paperback: £24.99/ $38.95Keywords: adoption, challenging behaviour, child protection, child psychology, children, ethnicity, families, fostering, social care, social work
Experts from a variety of disciplines contribute to this substantially revised edition of this popular handbook - new chapters are included on identity work and refugee children. Offering practical guidance based on sound research and practice, the book provides a focus on some of the most difficult and topical aspects of this field of work. more »
2000, Paperback: £22.99/ $39.95Keywords: child protection, children, children's rights, ethnicity, families, parenting, safeguarding children, social care, social work, social work law
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