Developing Mental Health Services: A foundation training for residential and community-based support workers

Politics & Social Sciences

Liz Peretz

Social Sciences

Russell House Publishing

Break a Leg is a series of life lessons and eternal truths that are learned from the world of live theater. Every chapter is based on a popular theater idiom that everyone has heard, but not necessarily understood. Chapter titles are phrases such as Break a Leg, There's Always Someone Standing in the Wings, Don't Hold Your Applause, The Show Must Go On, and Hit Your Mark. There are 26 lessons that cover the history of each theater axiom and its origins, fascinating stories of famous performers, funny personal tales from the author's own life, biblical correlations, and current research on some of life's biggest lessons.

Break A Leg: And Other Lessons I Learned in Theater

Arts & Photography

Russell, Dr. Paul B.

Performing Arts

Protecting children: Messages from Europe

The challenging material presented in this book is based on action-research in eight European child protection systems. The book offers perspectives and opportunities for the development of systems which balance family support and children protection. Whether these challenges arise from the many changes in the structure and resourcing of services, or from the intrinsic difficulties of the work, "Protecting Children: Messages from Europe" provides the opportunity to learn from the different systems and practices in child welfare and child protection employed in the UK and on the European continent.

Smith, Philip

COOPER

Hetherington, Rachael

Wilford, Gerti

Reports written by people working in social and health care need to be: clear; direct; and easily understood by clients, carers and members of the public. This text is an informative guide for anyone involved in social care, looking openly at information produced by Social Services Departments to show how user-unfriendly they can be, and provides guidance on how to communicate better with their intended audience. By using many examples, this text advises how to: write clearly and concisely; use everyday words and avoid jargon; improve the layout and design; avoid common errors; and punctuate work effectively.

Plain English for social services: A guide to better communication

Hopkins, Graham

Literature & Fiction

Aimed at any worker struggling with the comprehensive assessment of adult sex offenders, this text aims to bridge theory, research and practice wisdom and package them in a coherent and structured way.

Assessing risk in adult males who sexually abuse children: A practitioner's guide

Skinner, John

Calder, Martin

Hampson, Andy

This is a re-working of Working Out of Doors with Young People by the same author. It contains specially commissioned new material on safety and working within the National Curriculum. The author's drawings should make the book appealing to young people and useful to the adults working with them. The activities are designed to ensure that participants have fun while making active use of the outdoors. These activities have been used successfully with a broad range of young people between the ages of 8 and 18, and also in a variety of training courses.

Creative outdoor work with young people

Smith, Alan.

This jargon-free book challenges ideas and behaviour and seeks to make clear how attraction - in particular, sexual attraction - influences decision-making not only in our personal lives, but also in our work with other people.

Myths, risks and sexuality: The role of sexuality in working with people

Making a difference: Practice and planning in working with young people in community safety and crime prevention programmes

People who are working in social care, health care and related fields are increasingly being asked to produce all sorts of different written work. They have to write everything from letters and memos to reports and procedures and publicity. People might spend 50 per cent of their time writing, and yet they are usually left to their own devices as everybody is simply expected to know how to write. Writing is a skill, and this text aims to show the reader how to develop their skills to produce effective written work. It aims to help plan, write and present written work, even if an organization has set formats and styles to follow.

The Write Stuff: A guide to effective writing in social care and related services

Making links across specialisms: Understanding modern social work practice

Shardlow, Steven

Horwath, Jan

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