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The social worker can be of significant help in the treatment of the transsexual client through informed use of skills and creation of a network of resources

This practical resource for work with vulnerable adolescents shows ways of promoting resilience and encouraging pro-social behaviour. Discussing concerns associated with adolescence such as peer pressure and moral responsibility and family and peer relationships, the authors suggest ways for practitioners to engage with and support young people who may have social or family problems. Focusing on different areas in which resilience can be cultivated, this practical guide offers an applied perspective on procedures of need assessment and intervention. Grounded in theory and developed through wor

Helping practitioners in their work with vulnerable children of a school-going age, this workbook explores ways of nurturing resilience in different aspects of everyday life. Focusing on specific areas such as home life, talents and interests, friendships and social competencies, the authors show how to make thorough assessments and intervene in constructive ways. They discuss nurturing factors relevant to children across the school years age range, such as moral reasoning and empathy, awareness of other people's intentions and the ability to see situations from different perspectives. The aut

Cover -- Contents -- Preface to the fourth edition -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: setting the scene -- CHAPTER 1 Social work and disability: old and new directions -- Old directions -- New directions -- Explaining disability -- The social model and its implications for social work -- Further resources -- CHAPTER 2 Impairment, disability and research -- Introduction -- Relevance of medical control -- Medical knowledge and the social work task -- Identifying impairment -- Origin of impairment -- Classifying impairment -- Prevention of disability -- Impairment and disability -- The need to investigate disability -- Functional definitions of disability/disability research -- National surveys -- Definitions of disability in the design of questionnaires -- Further resources -- CHAPTER 3 Relationships and families -- Families and households -- Relationships -- Further resources -- CHAPTER 4 Independent living and personal assistance -- Introduction -- Centres for Independent Living -- Personal assistants and direct payments -- Assessment -- Other social services provision -- Residential accommodation for disabled people: a discredited provision -- Further resources -- CHAPTER 5 Independent living: the wider social policy and legal context -- Introduction -- Employment -- Equality and human rights -- Housing -- Disabled children and education -- The rights of disabled people: Ways forward? -- Further resources -- CHAPTER 6 Independent living: vulnerability and safeguarding -- Introduction -- Lessons from the past and meaning for today -- Institutional abuse -- Hate crime -- Abuse of disabled children -- Risk -- Further resources -- CHAPTER 7 Conclusion: future directions -- Theoretical and professional developments -- Organisational issues and structural developments -- Some strategies for social work -- Further resources -- References -- Index.

This clear and practical workbook shows the importance of encouraging resilience in pre-school children who live in challenging circumstances. Focusing on assessment of need, Brigid Daniel and Sally Wassell show how to evaluate resilience using checklists and background information. They explain that children in their early years gain resilience from a range of experiences, including attachment relationships, opportunities to develop self-esteem and learning to understand others and behaving in a positive way towards them. With this in mind, they set out ways of encouraging pro-social behaviou

Defining volunteerism -- Why people volunteer -- Volunteerism and human behavior theory -- Jane Addams : social worker and volunteer -- Insecurity and ignorance : social work's historical relationship to volunteerism -- The impact of religion on social work's relationship with volunteers -- The context-specific optimal partnership model (CSOP) -- Putting the context-specific optimal partnership model in action -- Finding volunteers for partnerships -- Changing the context