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Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services
As inter-agency working has grown increasingly important within UK
public services, inter-professional education (IPE) has been
perceived as a solution to a number of the practical difficulties
associated with this way of working. Particularly, IPE is regarded
as crucial within areas such as safe guarding children, community
mental health services, older people's services and services for
disabled children where the quality of care needs to be delivered
by seamless multi-professional teams. Written by leading
specialists in the field, this book provides a thorough
introduction to IPE in health and social care, examining the issues
in detail and providing much needed practical advice. The authors
summarise recent trends in policy, establish what we can learn from
research and practice and provides readers with an essential set of
IPE 'do's and don'ts'. It will be a core text for undergraduate and
post-qualifying interprofessional students on health and social
care courses, as well a students of nursing, social work, social
policy and medicine.
Help students build knowledge and prepare for assessment with this
essential classroom resource from Penny Tassoni and Louise Burnham
- the only textbook tailored to the CACHE Level 2 Award in Child
Development and Care. - Clearly defines 'High Priority' concepts
the learner should take away from each section - Shows how each
topic is used in practice through 'Theory in Action' sections -
Explains each of the relevant grading criteria with reference to
CACHE tasks - Written by the highly experienced and expert author
team of Penny Tassoni and Louise Burnham This textbook is relevant
to the following two qualifications: NCFE CACHE Level 2 Award in
Child Development and Care (600/6644/1) NCFE CACHE Level 2
Technical Award in Child Development and Care (603/3293/1)
Dillon J. Carroll's Invisible Wounds examines the effects of
military service, particularly combat, on the psyches and emotional
well-being of Civil War soldiers-Black and white, North and South.
Soldiers faced harsh military discipline, arduous marches, poor
rations, debilitating diseases, and the terror of battle, all of
which took a severe psychological toll. While mental collapses
sometimes occurred during the war, the emotional damage soldiers
incurred more often became apparent in the postwar years, when it
manifested itself in disturbing and self-destructive behavior.
Carroll explores the dynamic between the families of mentally ill
veterans and the superintendents of insane asylums, as well as
between those superintendents and doctors in the nascent field of
neurology, who increasingly believed the central nervous system or
cultural and social factors caused mental illness. Invisible Wounds
is a sweeping reevaluation of the mental damage inflicted by the
nation's most tragic conflict.
Malcolm Torry explores Citizen's Basic Income - an unconditional
income for every individual - moving the reader from a basic
understanding of the concept to an in-depth recognition of its
wide-ranging implications. Torry examines debates around the
desirability, feasibility and implementation of a Citizen's Basic
Income, and how this idea is becoming increasingly widespread. This
Modern Guide presents a comprehensive treatment of Citizen's Basic
Income, first offering insight into the language surrounding it,
and moving through a number of key disciplinary perspectives,
including sociology, politics, economics and law. Each chapter
discusses an academic discipline, looking at relevant aspects of
the debate to understand how the discipline enhances knowledge of
Citizen's Basic Income, and how discussion around the topic can
contribute to the academic discipline. Containing detailed case
studies in each chapter, this book will be helpful to a wide
variety of scholars and students wanting a broader knowledge of
Citizen's Basic Income. It will also be useful to policymakers who
wish to engage in the debate on the potential benefits and
drawbacks of a Citizen's Basic Income.
The Covid-19 pandemic has tragically exposed how today's welfare
state cannot properly protect its citizens. Despite the valiant
efforts of public sector workers, from under-resourced hospitals to
a shortage of housing and affordable social care, the pandemic has
shown how decades of neglect has caused hundreds to die. In this
bold new book, leading policy analyst Ursula Huws shows how we can
create a welfare state that is fair, affordable, and offers
security for all. Huws focuses on some of the key issues of our
time - the gig economy, universal, free healthcare, and social
care, to criticize the current state of welfare provision. Drawing
on a lifetime of research on these topics, she clearly explains why
we need to radically rethink how it could change. With positivity
and rigor, she proposes new and original policy ideas, including
critical discussions of Universal Basic Income and new legislation
for universal workers' rights. She also outlines a 'digital welfare
state' for the 21st century. This would involve a repurposing of
online platform technologies under public control to modernize and
expand public services, and improve accessibility.
Social work plays an important role in reintegrating individuals
into society, educating, raising awareness, implementing social
policy, and realizing legal regulations. The emergence of digital
innovations and the effects of health problems including the
COVID-19 pandemic on individuals and society have led to the
development of innovations, virtual/digital practices, and
applications in this field. The contributions of the recent
pandemic and digital transformation to social work and practices
should be revealed in the context of international standards.
Policies, Protocols, and Practices for Social Work in the Digital
World presents the current best practices, policies, and protocols
within international social work. It focuses on the impact of
digital applications, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and
digital transformation on social work. Covering topics including
burnout, management, social engineering, anti-discrimination
strategies, and women's studies, this book is essential for social
workers, policymakers, government officials, scientists, clinical
professionals, technologists, practitioners, researchers,
academicians, and students.
Transportation and Children's Well-Being applies an ecological
approach, examining the social, psychological and physical impacts
transport has on children at the individual and community level.
Drawing on the latest multidisciplinary research in transport,
behavior, policy, the built environment and sustainability, the
book explains the pathways and mechanisms by which transport
affects the different domains of children's travel. Further, the
book identifies the influences of transportation with respect to
several domains of well-being, highlighting the influences of
residential location on travel by different modes and its impact on
the long-term choices families make. The book concludes with
proposed evidence-based solutions using real-world examples that
support positive influences on well-being and eliminate or reduce
negative solutions.
Military Veteran Reintegration: Approach, Management, and
Assessment of Military Veterans Transitioning to Civilian Life
offers a toolkit for researchers and practitioners on best
practices for easing the reintegration of military veterans
returning to civilian society. It lays out how transition occurs,
identifies factors that promote or impede transition, and
operationalizes outcomes associated with transition success.
Bringing together experts from around the world to address the most
important aspects of military transition, the book looks at what
has been shown to work and what has not, while also offering a
roadmap for best-results moving forward.
In the past few years, one of the most misunderstood concepts is
income disparity. Income inequality issues are now a concern for
the public. However, it was heightened by the recession in 2008-09,
resulting in consequences for the corporate sector, the Occupy Wall
Street movement, Covid-19 pandemic and a myriad of other events.
This book analyzed how income disparity is rising with higher
income distribution margins witnessed among the highest earners.
This book has thirteen chapters, eliminating the introductory
overview chapter, on income disparity, poverty, and economic
well-being. These chapters were authored by academics who publish
articles on these issues on a regular basis. The literature on
these issues is substantial, and research interest in these topics
has a long history. Furthermore, it is fairly unusual for
academics' viewpoints on these subjects to disagree. In light of
this, the subjects of the articles may best be regarded as
representing the contributors' different viewpoints. Graduate
students and professional researchers will also find these guides
an excellent contribution to supplemental teaching in economic
fields, especially labor economics, macroeconomics, and economic
policies.
This review considers the most significant and contemporary
literary contributions to the field of the economics of housing. It
discusses articles that cover the housing markets demand and supply
whilst considering these factors interactions on real estate
valuations, home ownership and wealth decisions. Literature
focusing on the interfaces that occur from the dynamics of
neighbourhoods and housing prices is analysed and the review delves
into how housing markets and their modelling have attracted
particular policy interest, such as rent control. Recent analyses
of housing markets through a lens that emphasizes the importance of
frictions, namely the Diamond-Mortensen-Pissarides (DMP) model is
also extended upon. This review promises to be an informative read
to scholars and academics who are immersed in this fascinating
topic.
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