Includes advice and techniques, as well as exercises and worksheets for use with both abusing and non-abusing parents. Borrowing from different areas of parenting work to meet the varying needs of both abusing and non-abusing parents, this book offers guidance on risk assessment and provides a framework for assessing parents' needs.

Self-harm and suicidal behaviours are increasingly common in young people, but are often hidden. This title aims to show parents, carers and professionals how they can support young people through these difficult times, as well as how to find specialist professional help.

A revised edition of an insightful text which highlights the ability of all practitioners to undertake healing work to promote the future wellbeing of abused children. Offering a wide range of resources including personal accounts and supportive pedagogy, it provides a practical blueprint for sensitive and effective work in this challenging field

A text book for students on foundation degrees which are structured around the Common Core of Skills and Knowledge for the Children's Workforce.

We are responsible for 75 per cent of how we're treated at work. And that success - or failure - depends on how we handle ourselves in conversation with our colleagues, whether in one-on-one interactions or large meetings. This title brings a sensitivity to the often unspoken world of office politics and the spoken conversations that shape it.

For readers who want to make huge improvements in the lives of children at risk of abuse and neglect

Describes how to expand on negotiation strategies and develop language skills to enhance success in negotiation. This book includes real-life examples that reveal how to detect subtleties in manner and speech that negotiation novices fail to notice. It shows how to influence and redirect the conversation to address what you need.

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