Helen Plum Library

"Dr. Jessica Pryce knows the child welfare system firsthand and, in this long overdue book, breaks it down from the inside out, sharing her professional journey and offering the crucial perspectives of caseworkers and Black women impacted by the system. It is a groundbreaking and eye-opening confrontation of the inherent and systemic racism deeply entrenched within the child welfare system. Pryce started her social work career with an internship where...

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,...

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...

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.

This book bridges the gap between theory and implementation to illustrate how resiliency enhancement enables social workers to put the strengths perspective successfully into practice for their clients. Contributors to this volume show how social workers can use interventions to enhance those resiliency factors.

Broken-heartedness is caused by lovelessness which in turn becomes a breeding ground for violence and injustice. Broken-heartedness is the child hurt by abuse and unfairness. It is the farmed animal afraid and alone in an abattoir. It is the mental health patient restrained and secluded. It is professional carers being unsafe in trauma-causing workplaces. It is the destroyed forest and the death of a river. Broken-heartedness is the planetary epidemic...

Based on original research, this book offers students an insight into the nature and challenges of writing in social work practice, enabling them to improve their writing skills. It explores the ways in which both students and qualified social workers can be more effective in their writing through an awareness of the purpose, context and audience. It makes explicit the connections and differences between learning to write in university and communicating...

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.

Practice research partnerships in social work can make a significant difference to social work service delivery. This comprehensive, accessibly written resource, is designed to help students and practitioners to actively engage with research through their frontline work. Through clear practice scenarios, critical questions and examples from research the text guides researchers, students, educators, practice managers, funders and practitioners to creatively...

Based on the authors' twenty-five year experience of consultancy in the public services, this book develops an empowering approach to thinking about and doing consultancy with public services. It challenges the traditional view that the consultants are brought in as experts and instead examines ways of using consultancy to empower staff, patients, service users and members of the public, so that they can take part in developing, changing, innovating...