This book empowers you to take a fresh, effective approach to getting better data from your surveys.

This book covers all the areas of law you need to know: social work with children and families, vulnerable adults and social issues such as welfare and homelessness. Each section concludes with a discussion of how social policy and ethics relate to each area of social work law. This gives real-world context to what you have learnt, alongside thought boxes, exercises and case studies in each chapter to further encourage reflection and put theory into practice.

This book, written for practicing social workers undertaking their ASYE and compulsory CPD, has been designed to help professionals make sound judgments in increasingly complex contexts and under pressure.

This book is for social science students who need to learn the theory of analysis alongside the specifics of the R software package.

With lots of illustrations and interviews with key urban analysts, this book offers a field-defining look at the challenges and opportunities of using new and emerging data to study contemporary and future cities through methods including GIS, Remote Sensing, Big Data and Geodemographics.

This empowering text for human services students covers the skills and behaviors essential for leaders to manage themselves, their teams, and the organization.

From a best-selling social work author, this book is about assessment and intervention, in other words what you actually do as a social worker.

Embarking on a first practice placement can be an anxious experience for social work students. This textbook takes them step-by-step through the process, holding their hand through preparation for practice modules and during the course of the placement itself. Focusing on practicalities, knowledge, values and skills, the authors guide students through the challenges they may face.

Het is belangrijk dat studenten leren om een betrouwbaar antwoord te vinden op (onderzoeks)-vragen. Uiteraard begint dat bij oefenen met onderzoek doen. Wat is onderzoek? biedt een complete en heldere inleiding op kwalitatieve en kwantitatieve onderzoeksmethoden. Wat is onderzoek bevat de theorie en praktijkvoorbeelden waarmee uw studenten hun onderzoek kunnen starten. Het neemt de student aan de hand om stap voor stap de onderzoeksvaardigheden te leren.

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