It is essential that social work students have a clear grasp of the history and the evolution of social work practice and this classic text explores the fundamental questions: What is social work? How has social work been defined over the years? What does social work look like now? And what is to come?

Crime and Everyday Life, Sixth Edition, offers a bold approach to crime theory and crime reduction. The text shows how crime opportunity is a necessary condition for illegal acts to occur.

More objects and devices are connected to digital networks than ever before. Things - from your phone to your car, from the heating to the lights in your house - have gathered the ability to sense their environments and create information about what is happening. Things have become media, able to both generate and communicate information.

This has become known as 'the internet of things'. In this accessible introduction, Graham Meikle and Mercedes Bunz observe its promises of convenience and ...

Designed for both students and newly-qualified social workers, this dip in and out of guide introduces students to over 60 key skills in a concise and no-nonsense way. Test your knowledge and how to apply skills in practice with Skills in Action, Stop, Reflect and Top Tips boxes.

Providing trainees, practitioners and researchers with a comprehensive introduction to the latest findings in the field, this book sets out, in a jargon-free way, the evidence for the effectiveness of therapy and the factors associated with positive therapeutic outcomes.

This engaging and thoroughly comprehensive introduction to the content and process of counselling training will be an essential companion for new students throughout their study, whether on basic introductory or postgraduate diploma courses.

A new edition of a successful book from one of the biggest names in the field of the sociology of religion. The first edition is widely adopted and cited throughout the world, and readers will be keen to see this revised and updated version.

The clearest and most straightforward explanations of statistical concepts are combined with lots of practical examples from a variety of disciplines, now with a brand new website with additional resources for students and lecturers.

- Gebaseerd op het wetenschappelijke model van de Big Five;

- theoretische onderbouwing én praktische oefeningen;

- geschikt voor alle onderwijsvormen, incl. zelfstudie.

Persoonlijke kwaliteit geeft studenten inzicht in de kwaliteiten die zij nodig hebben in het door hen geambieerde werkveld. Het boek helpt hen om die kwaliteiten te ontwikkelen. Het gaat hierbij om aspecten die in de verschillende opleidingsprofielen worden genoemd en waar bij sollicitaties naar wordt gevraagd.

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De auteur wil met zijn boek een bijdrage leveren aan de kwalitatieve ontwikkeling binnen supervisie. Hij gaat in op weerstand en wrijving in de begeleiding en laat zien hoe het mogelijk is om slechte patronen te doorbreken. Ook behandelt de auteur de transparantie van de begeleider en toont hij aan dat de begeleider door transparant te zijn heel dicht bij zichzelf en de lerende kan blijven.

Dit is een boek voor professionals die zich verder willen kwalificeren, zoals supervisoren en coaches.