SOCIAL WORK

Drug Use in Australian Society 2nd Edition brings together and outlines all the relevant concepts, theories and practices pertinent to understandin...

COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR REFLECTIVE PRACTICE Social workers are committed to making a difference at individual and structural levels. We listen an...

Sociology: a global introduction represents a uniquely co-ordinated and complete learning resource for sociology students worldwide. International ...

Providing a comprehensive and critical examination of the complex issues involved in the management and organisational contexts of social work prac...

Social Research Methods, Third Edition, Third Edition, guides students through all the steps of the research process, from formulating a question t...

Developing Communities for the Future provides a comprehensive introduction to the theory, processes and practices of community development. It off...

Understanding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, and how best to work with them, is an essential component of all Social Work progr...

  Everyone working in health and social care is at one point or another confronted by violent behaviour and its consequences. Addressing Violence,...

The Road to Social Work and Human Service Practice provides a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of practice in the professions of social wo...

Social Policy in the Post-Welfare State presents an in-depth discussion of recent developments in social policy in Australia. The text continues th...

An introduction to the law for human services, the fourth edition of Integrating Human Service Law, Ethics and Practice offers an overview of the...

  Mental Health Social Work provides students and practitioners in social work, human services and welfare studies with a thorough understanding o...

Textbook which examines issues confronting workers, such as day-to-day survival, consumer accountability, managing change in the workplace, and tra...

This practical text equips students with the fundamental information and skills needed to be effective case managers, covering such central issues ...

This new edition provides a scholarly and readable introduction to all the key qualitative and quantitative research methodologies and methods, ena...

Encompassing new content on the treatment of grief, loss, and bereavement, the updated and revised fifth edition of this gold-standard text continu...

Within an Australian and New Zealand context, the second edition of Ethical Practice for Health Professionals emphasises the inter-professional nat...

A vital part of a social worker's role is to build strong relationships based on confidence and trust, with people across all stages of the life co...

First published in 1974, Social Work Treatment remains the most popular and trusted compendium of theories available to social work students and pr...

Getting Started: An Introduction to Research Methods follows on from the successful introductory text Social Science Research in New Zealand (David...

This book gives voice to the direct practice experience of social workers working in rural and remote contexts using Australia as the primary case-...

  Previous editions of "The Child Surveillance Handbook" have built its reputation as the essential reference guide for GPs, health visitors and ot...

NEW THINKING AND APPROACHES In this volume, the authors present an overview of the innovative work taking place in relation to domestic violence an...