Make real progress with the brand-new, updated edition of this introductory guide. Written in easy-to-read language, this guide has a refreshed design, updated tasks and activities, and a focus on matching and signposting the specification. Suitable for all awarding bodies and written by experts, it will reflect the most recent legislation presented in a colourful design with helpful images to ensure the relevant knowledge is easily accessed. - Now includes addidional five optional units - Clear signposting to the qualification specification criteria - Updated legislation included and explained - New tasks and activities

The perfect introduction to Early Years and Child Care for Level 1 students. Be guided through the Level 1 qualifications with this easy-to-read book that uses simple language, colourful pages and lots of photos. Cover all the content necessary in order to finish the course and get through the assessment. Published in partnership with CACHE, this is the ideal textbook for you if you're taking the award, certificate or diploma in CACHE Level 1 Caring for Children. - Written by authors who have achieved considerable success in guiding students through Level 1 qualifications - Specifically designed to be accessible to Level 1 students - Published in partnership with CACHE to ensure all content is covered

Silver medal winner of the 2020 Key Colors Illustrators Competition! "An alphabet book with just the right amount of toothy mayhem." - Publishers Weekly Doris the gharial crocodile has her motherly hands full with twenty-six misbehaved hatchlings. Follow along on a journey through the alphabet as she tries to bring peace back into her home. An amusing book about a crocodile and her cheeky hatchlings, whose names all start with a specific letter of the alphabet. For readers who know their ABCs ages 4 years and up. Key Colors is Clavis' biennial contest for picture book creators. Held in international markets since 1996, the first US edition was inaugurated in 2020. Only a children's book, intended for ages 2-7, can qualify for the award. A professional jury evaluates the artistic, literary, and child-oriented qualities of the works with the winner receiving a monetary prize in addition to being published by Clavis. For many illustrators, this unique award is the start of a successful international career.

Although just 7.9 per cent of looked after children offend in any one year, this is more than twice the rate of children in the community. This study investigates the characteristics and pathways of looked after children and the risk and protective factors that may reduce the likelihood of offending and promote resilience.

For children growing up in foster care, the role of their birth parents is an important factor in the success of their long-term placements. Understanding the experiences of parents is therefore essential in order to develop effective social work practice with parents that can also ensure the best possible outcomes for children. Drawing on detailed and often moving interviews with parents, the book takes a chronological approach, starting with their accounts of family life before their children were taken into care, in particular the impact of drugs, alcohol and domestic violence. It goes on to explore their experiences of court and then how they seek to come to terms with their loss, sustain an identity as a parent and manage a relationship with their children through contact. Parents' views on what they find valuable and helpful in relationships with foster carers and social workers are also discussed. The book then draws on the views of social workers on the opportunities and challenges of supporting parents, while also remaining child-focussed. The authors set out a model of good practice, based on the lessons learnt from the experiences of these parents and social workers. This book will be essential reading for all child and family social workers, fostering social workers, independent reviewing officers, academics and foster carers.