Dive inside this textbook for an accessible guide to the discipline of public services. Perfect for students, it offers a comprehensive account of core public service topics and explains the fundamental elements of working in the public services. Outlining their role in the welfare state, it explores the policies, providers and legalities shaping the context in which public services operate. Students will study concepts of organisational change, strategy, management, leadership and funding, and engage with timely discussions around contemporary public issues such as equality, sustainability and climate change. Key features to support student learning include: * objectives at the beginning of each chapter; * case studies and examples; * end of chapter summaries; * reflective questions; * further reading recommendations and resources. Bringing together authors with expertise in politics and public policy, social policy and law, this book is essential reading for everybody studying public services.

Dive inside this textbook for an accessible guide to the discipline of public services. Perfect for students, it offers a comprehensive account of core public service topics and explains the fundamental elements of working in the public services. Outlining their role in the welfare state, it explores the policies, providers and legalities shaping the context in which public services operate. Students will study concepts of organisational change, strategy, management, leadership and funding, and engage with timely discussions around contemporary public issues such as equality, sustainability and climate change. Key features to support student learning include: * objectives at the beginning of each chapter; * case studies and examples; * end of chapter summaries; * reflective questions; * further reading recommendations and resources. Bringing together authors with expertise in politics and public policy, social policy and law, this book is essential reading for everybody studying public services.

Child care practice is about balancing the right of parents to bring up their children against the need to protect children from harm and to safeguard their development. What does it mean to be brought up by parents with learning difficulties? Does this affect children's well-being and adjustment in later life? How do children cope with their parents' learning difficulties?

Growing up with Parents with Learning Difficulties provides new evidence and insights derived from original research and life stories to answer the above questions. Of particular value is the application of now-adult children's experience of parental competence as a social attribute rather than an individual skill, critically assessing institutional policies and practices. This book challenges the idea of children having to 'parent their parents' and argues for a shift in emphasis from protecting children to supporting families.

Growing up with Parents with Learning Difficulties provides a fresh approach to a subject rife with prejudice. As such it is of particular interest to professionals and academics in this field.