This text promotes good practice in the care of older people for those intraining and/or working as carers in day care, residential and domiciliary settings. Care of the whole person is emphasized: physical, psychological, social, spiritual and personal care needs are all recognized and put in the context of creative care planning and implementation. Essential knowledge is linked to work-based activities in order to develop the skills required by the effective carer. The book is for those being trained and assessed at NVQ level 3. It is suitable for students of BTEC National social care and health studies courses and City and Guilds Foundation Management for Care scheme. It will also be useful for anyone preparing for a professional care qualification such as the Diploma in Social Work.

Caring for Older People

Smyth, Terry

Cengage Learning Vocational

Manicure, Pedicure and Advanced Nail Techniques

Provides all the information the manicurist/nail technician should ever need in their training and career, from the basic information and techniques involved in manicuring, pedicuring and nail art through to advanced nail extension work of every variety. The book is easy to read an contains up-to-date theory and practice on nail technology. Contains comprehensive sections on hygiene, cosmetic science, use and choice of equipment, anatomy and physiology, nail disorders and diseases, and business management. The book contains clear, step-by-step technique guidance throughout.

Elaine Almond

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Hairdressing - The Foundations is the official Level 2 guide published by Macmillan for the Hairdressing Training Board. The second edition of this best-selling book has been revised to bring it fully up to date and in line with the new NVQ/SVQ Level 2 syllabus. * easy to read, simple to follow * takes the reader step-by-step through each skill area with the aid of colour photographs and drawings * tips, activities and assignments will consolidate learning and understanding * the second edition includes new material on barbering, shaving and face massage, relaxing and straightening, working together, salon resources, health safety and security * includes a wide range of styles from leading hairdressers in the industry

Hairdressing (Hairdressing Training Board/Macmillan)

Leo Palladino

A text to support candidates of the new City and Guilds 7306 competence-based Further and Adult Education Teachers' Certificate (FAETC), RSA teachers' certificates and equivalent teacher and trainer awards. It is written to the revised Training and Development Lead Body (TDLB) standards. Links to these standards are made in the text. The book has a practical, jargon-free, self-help approach, with the aim of helping readers to acquire and demonstrate the skills and understanding needed for their role working with NVQs/SVQs, GNVQs and other competence-based programmes. It also shows how to compile and present evidence of competence in this role in portfolios. The contents follow a logical training cycle: getting started; planning for learning; working with groups; teaching skills; working with individuals; assessing achievement; evaluating achievement. There are many activities, examples and case studies from a wide range of further and adult education teaching and training settings. A first-class companion to David Minton's Teaching Skills in Further and Adult Education, an established bestseller for trainee teachers and trainers.

Competence-based Teaching and Training (City & Guilds/Macmillan Publishing for CAE)

Business & Money

anne-castling

Industries

In one volume, this text gives coverage of the new NVQ/SVQ qualifications in "Food Preparation and Cooking" at levels 1 and 2. It is also suitable for the level 2 work in the first year of modern apprenticeships. This, the second edition of the leading "new approach" text to N/SVQs offers new features including: practice questions aimed at the main method of assessment for this level of student; practical activities, with guidance notes; new recipes added to fit current workplace needs, many suitable for vegetarians; particular emphasis on healthy catering practices, relating to healthy eating and nutrition.

Food Preparation and Cooking

Education & Teaching

roy-hayter

Schools & Teaching

Professional Hairdressing (Hairdressing Training Board/Macmillan)

Martin Green

Lesley Kimber

Hairdressing Training Board

A stunning new book by Mahogany - famous for their highly polished hairdressing techniques with a unique style recognition within the industry. The content of this book illustrates in step-by-step detail the Mahogany approach to Cutting, Colouring and Finishing modern hair. It explains clearly the most important elements needed to give a professional hairdressing service to clients. The book shows how cut and colouring techniques can be expanded on to produce the more avant-garde or used for commercial work on clients. Professionals, students and trainers alike will find this an indispensable practical guide to all aspects of cutting and finishing hair.

Mahogany Guide to Cutting Hair (Hairdressing Training Board/Macmillan)

Martin J. Gannon

Leo; Green Martin Palladino

Play is an essential part of every child's life, and is vital for healthy growth and development. This fully revised edition of "Playwork" is for those who work with children aged 5 to 15, and aims to help them to create opportunities for play and to develop through play. The job of playworker requires a wide range of skills and abilities: responsibility and enthusiasm; awareness of safety combined with a desire for adventure; creativity and the ability to plan and evaluate work; and, above all, an understanding of children and the ability to form relationships which allow them to take responsibility for and pleasure in creating their own play. "Playwork" should help those following a playwork or playcare training course or preparing for assessment for an NVQ/SVQ in playwork at levels 2 and 3 to acquire the necessary underpinning knowledge and put theory into practice through work-based activities. It should also aid those who work in an after-school club, holiday playscheme, playbus, playcentre, adventure playground, family centre, or care for school-age children in the home to develop their skills and evaluate their approach to children and play. The book is suitable for: N/SVQs at levels 2 and 3 and other equivalent training courses, such as those of Kids' Club Network; childcare and education N/SVQs at levels 2 and 3; BTEC and NNEB courses; workers in after-school clubs, holiday playschemes, playbuses, playcentres, adventure playgrounds, and family centres or people who care for school-age children in their own homes.

Playwork (Macmillan Caring)

Politics & Social Sciences

Annie Davy

Politics & Government

<p>An official guide to Level 2 beauty therapy endorsed by both Habia and City &amp; Guilds that matches the required content for Level 2 courses. It contains units for both the general and make-up routes and the full colour, step by step diagrams that encourage students and enhance learning.</p>

Beauty Therapy: The Foundations Level 2 (Habia Series)

Nordmann, Lorraine

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Books by Cengage Learning Vocational

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Caring for Older People

Manicure, Pedicure and Advanced Nail Techniques

Hairdressing (Hairdressing Training Board/Macmillan)

Competence-based Teaching and Training (City & Guilds/Macmillan Publishing for CAE)

Food Preparation and Cooking

Professional Hairdressing (Hairdressing Training Board/Macmillan)

Mahogany Guide to Cutting Hair (Hairdressing Training Board/Macmillan)

Hairdressing (Hairdressing Training Board/Macmillan)

Playwork (Macmillan Caring)

Beauty Therapy: The Foundations Level 2 (Habia Series)