Catalogue
What are they doing here? A Critical Guide to Asylum and Immigration
Peter Fell and Debra Hayes
Asylum is never far from the headlines at the moment. In the media, in Parliament and at 'street' level it is a topic everyone appears to have an opinion about. Much of the content of these discussions is negative and frightening, serving to heighten concerns around the presence of asylum seekers and other migrants.
This book has arisen out of a desire to separate truth from fiction and myth from reality, not least because the consequences of this distorted vision are experienced in the most brutal of ways by those so defined. 'What are they doing here? A Critical Guide to Asylum and Immigration' is aimed at both the specialist professional working with asylum seekers and refugees, and also the numerous non-specialists who increasingly find that they are involved with this group, either professionally or personally. By focusing on specific themes which arise in practice, it should inform and contextualise as well as challenge some deep-seated ideas which permeate current thinking.
Adult Placement
In this book Sue Newton shares her view of the fundamental principles that underpin the basic Adult Placement model in the UK. She shows
how Adult Placement is becoming a growing and important community resource that fits in well with the Government's current thinking on the
future development of social care. The author explains what Adult Placement is, where it has developed from, who would benefit from using
the resource and describes the roles and responsibilities of the people involved in a placement. The placement process is described in
detail including the assessment of the service user and the Adult Placement Carer, and the matching and supporting of the placement.
The basic ethos of the Adult Placement model is explained, showing how person-centred and flexible Adult Placement is, and the reader
is referred on to where more detailed information can be found on particular relevant topics. The book identifies the quality standards
that are required for an Adult Placement service and the role that the National Association of Adult Placement Services (NAAPS)
has played in defining and promoting these standards. The author looks at how the current provision of Adult Placement could be expanded
and developed and what challenges face the resource both here in the UK and in Europe.
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Independent Social Work - A Risky Business?
With chapters contributed by members of BASW's Independents' Forum, this book covers a
range of opinions and styles, combining some very serious issues and remarkable creativity.
This reflects the very wide cross section of social workers who have elected to run their
own businesses and who celebrate the satisfaction they derive from their chosen path,
whilst realistically identifying the many pitfalls that await the unwary practitioner.
The book is deliberately organised in such a way as to demonstrate the variety of skills
along with the qualities and the flair which independent social workers and consultants
bring to their work and is essential reading for anyone contemplating becoming independent.
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International Social Work and the Radical Tradition
At the beginning of the 21st century international social work is faced with a paradox. The spread of neo-liberal
globalisation has created a situation in which social work is beginning to emerge and develop in many countries where
previously it did not exist. Yet this growth of social work internationally is taking place at a time where there is
a widespread acceptance that social work in many Western countries is in crisis, often due to the dominance of
market-based approaches. This suggests that the time is ripe for a re-assessment of that tradition within social
work which, more than any other, has sought to link 'public issues' and 'private troubles' (or, in the contemporary
injunction of the anti-capitalist movement to 'think global, act local'), and to make connections between social
work practice and wider social movements. This is the tradition of radical, or activist, social work. Through a
series of case studies from several different countries including Nicaragua, India, South Africa and Palestine
this book aims to provide such a re-assessment which will be of importance to academics and practitioners who
are keen to consider the nature and processes of social work in a changing world.
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The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003
The Scottish mental health act implemented in 2005 is radical, complex and at times hard to follow. This book is
a guide for mental health professionals to the different legal pathways in both civil and criminal procedures. The
book is written chiefly through the eyes of the mental health officer who has a key role as an independent practitioner
working with a range of medical and legal professionals such as psychiatrists, social workers, tribunal members,
solicitors. The model adopted to understand the act is based on three concepts - consultation, assessment and
notification. These mirror the multi-agency processes required to deliver the Act for care and treatment of
detained patients. The book may also be useful for patients and their named persons as a means of understanding where
the different mental health professionals such as consultant psychiatrists and tribunal members fit into their care
and treatment plans.
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Child Protection and Domestic Violence
Child Protection and Domestic Violence combines a child-centred and woman-centred approach to examining the impact of domestic violence on
children, together with ways in which professionals can most helpfully respond. The book summarises what is known about domestic violence and
its effects on children and outlines key approaches in UK and overseas practice in intervening to protect, support and work directly with
children who are living in, or what have lived in, households where their mother is being abused. The book is a 'must read' for social workers,
community nurses including health visitors and midwives, other health professionals, teachers, youth workers, and everyone who works with
children and/or with families.
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Social Policy for Social Welfare Practice in a Devolved Wales
There is mounting evidence both in terms of legislation, policy and practice that key differences are emerging between Welsh social
policies and those that exist elsewhere in the UK. Devolution in Wales has had profound impacts on policy directions, how we as social
welfare practitioners carry out our work and on wider issues of national identity that affect the social relations of welfare. In this
text leading academics in the field outline the policy framework and political philosophy and values underpinning core areas of welfare
practice. It is argued that Welsh social policy reflects a strong commitment to social democracy by contrast with the neo-liberal agenda
of Westminster and that devolution has produced a more inclusive politics, enabling a much higher level of involvement by local communities
and service users in matters that affect their wellbeing. At the same time, growing divergence across the UK raises questions about
widening inequalities and disparities in service delivery that must be of concern to welfare practitioners. This book arises from the
need for students, practitioners and other policy actors in Wales to be attentive to and involved in the creation of indigenous policy
making and shaping. There is little doubt that policy differences across the UK will widen and the responsibility will grow for social
welfare practitioners to engage proactively and critically with this development in ways that bring real benefits to service users.
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