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Assessing prospective adoptive parents, foster carers, kinship carers and special guardians is an extremely complex task, and one that happens within a pressurized time frame. Currently, assessments draw substantially on...

For fans of Humans Of New York and The Pursuit of Happyness. 'A big-hearted and world-shaking idea' - Nick Cave 'Turn a common, everyday act into something potentially transformative.' -...

The incredible and heart-breaking true stories of victims of a notorious adoption scandal - inspired by No.1 bestselling novel Before We Were Yours From the 1920s to 1950, Georgia Tann...

Even when teenagers appear to be "doing well" at times of divorce, death or crisis in their lives, the truth is they are probably suffering in silence. This straight-talking and...

Infancy: The Basics offers an introduction to the developmental science behind the fascinating world of infant development. This book takes the reader from before birth through the moment infants come...

Children of Parents with Mental Illness is a groundbreaking study into the frequently overlooked impact on children whose parents have a mental illness. By balancing theory with first-hand experiences from...

Women are usually more in touch with their emotions than men and more readily seek help from professional sources when they encounter stress. The response they meet from doctors and...

A comprehensive introduction to the basic psychodynamic themes of trust and dependency, authority and autonomy, and co-operation, this text makes a break from developmental stages, preferring to show the real...

Depression in new mothers is very common, but it is often not simply a case of "the baby blues". Most mothers are suffering from general depressive disorders related to their...

In the last ten years the number of nonprofits and social sector organizations has grown by almost 25 percent, while charitable giving declined 30 percent over the same period. As...

The New York Times bestselling account of a courageous eighteen-year-old from Nashville who gave up every comfort and convenience to become the adoptive mother to thirteen girls in Uganda. What...

A whip-smart black comedy for fans of The New Me and My Year of Rest and Relaxation Named one of the Best Books of the Summer by LitHub, The Millions,...

Every helping professional will encounter grief and loss in practice. This book introduces the key concepts related to gief and loss that are often omitted from professional training programs, preparing...

If you don't know QAnon or if you have a vague knowledge of this QAnon movement and if you truly value the truth, you will want to find out about...

This substantially updated edition of the Business Week bestseller and an Economist Best Book of the year" tells the story of the secretive billionaire-turned-philanthropist, who is determined to give away...

* What is the relevance of the concept of risk to social policy? * Has risk replaced need as the key organizing principle of welfare provision? * Do current trends...

Practitioners working within the people professions have a legal and moral responsibility to promote equality wherever possible. This insightful book from a leading author provides a lucid guide to the...

Is celibacy the only moral alternative to marriage Should the widowed be allowed to form intimate relationships without remarrying Should the church receive people who identify as LGBTQ into its...

This is the history of Centrecare a social welfare agency which came into existence and succeeded against all odds. Against the backdrop of a rapidly changing nation, this book traces...

From the bestselling anxiety expert, Bev Aisbett, comes a proven and practical workbook to help people manage their anxiety, with simple daily strategies for work and for home. A clear,...

What do you do as a therapist, teacher, doctor or manager when your client, student, patient or colleague says "It's like I'm hitting my head against a brick wall," "I've...

"Here was this angel in the court who seemed to appear out of nowhere. In fact she's quite an earthy creature, not some saintly type. She's defi nitely no shrinking...

Aimed at nurses and health professionals training to care for Australia's growing aged population. This book does not attempt to proceed from a pathological interpretation of aging but rather views...

A gripping and emotional suspense about family, legacy and secrets that span generations, from the Sunday Times bestselling author. You may not know the stranger in room six. But they...

With the first cup of tea, you are a stranger. With the second ...a friend. With the third cup of tea, you are family. One day Greg Mortenson set out...

Parenting a child who doesn't know how to be parented is the most difficult job in the world.' Why Can't My Child Behave? provides friendly expert advice on how to...

'The book does provide an excellent resource offering a holistic and flexible approach and a variety of techniques. These provide a useful toolkit of practitioners working closely with young people....

Mikal Gilmore comes from an extraordinary family, a family haunted by death, brooding on violence and fixated by its own legends. His brother was the murderer, Gary Gilmore, shot to...

The Gift of Generations is a comparative study of aging and the social contract in Japan and the United States. By using original, systematically comparable data collected in these countries,...

This innovative and highly practical text provides an introduction to solution and narrative approaches to brief counselling and demonstrates how they may successfully be combined to create solution talk with...

'.a valuable resource book for teachers, child care workers and school administrators on preventing, identifying and handling cases of child abuse and neglect. [It includes] a unique international perspective on...

'Wonderful - I can't recommend it too highly' Helen Macdonald 'One of those rare, enchanted books' Isabella Tree 'Beautiful - it made me cry' Simon Amstell 'I was entranced' Cathy...

Joining the ranks of Evicted and The New Jim Crow , a former caseworker's searing, clear-eyed investigation of the child welfare system-from foster care to incarceration-that exposes the deep-rooted biases...

DISCOVER THE TRUTH BEHIND THE HEADLINES, THE REVELATORY ROYAL BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR From the Sunday Times bestselling author and Royal correspondent, Robert Jobson - with his extensive connections within...

Every winter night the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter brings together society's most privileged and marginalized groups under one roof: Harvard students and the homeless. What makes the shelter unique is...

Dr. Perfas provides an intriguing account of the history, dispersion, and evolution of the therapeutic community (TC). His discussion of the TC's transformations, which he refers to as hybridization, is...

Award-winning investigative journalist Chris Rogers, smuggled himself into state-run orphanages in Romania and found proof that the appalling treatment of abandoned children continues, long after the fall of communism and...

Gain Control of Mental Illness provides a wide overview of all aspects which are part of, and closely associated with, Mental Illness (MI). The medical components and projection of MI,...

When Dr Buddhi moved to Arnhem Land to run a health program for Aboriginal children, he had no idea he would face the challenge of his life. Six months into...

'Hilarious, bitter, poignant and profound, this is the human condition laid brilliantly bare, like an existential soap opera - only with more laughs.' - Philip Hoare, author of Leviathan It...

For several decades, social work and child protection systems have been subject to accelerating cycles of crisis and reform, with each crisis involving intense media and political scrutiny. In understanding...

A collection of one-on-one discussions with 40 of the world's greatest thought and action leaders and prominent philanthropic figures. THE BUSINESS OF PHILANTHROPY features diverse insights into the power of...

"An intimate, revealing and sometimes wrenching family memoir of the journalist and social advocate who is now being considered for canonization" ( The New York Times ), told with illuminating...

This is a fascinating and moving portrait of the people who are suffering in a more divided and less egalitarian Australian society. Based on the author's conversations with hundreds of...