Social Work(2nd Edition) The Social Organisation of an Invisible Trade (Cadiff Papers in Qualitative Research) by AndrewPithouse Hardcover, 200 Pages, Published 1998 by Ashgate Pub Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-84014-367-6, ISBN: 1-84014-367-3
"This work sets out to shed sociological light upon the realm of day-to-day child care practice. It offers no conclusions other than demonstrating that the invisible world of practice cannot be readily understood or changed unless grasped through an interactionist sociology."
Social Work(1st Edition) The Social Organisation of an Invisible Trade: Second Edition (Routledge Revivals) by AndrewPithouse Hardcover, 206 Pages, Published 2019 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-138-34276-7, ISBN: 1-138-34276-9
"First published in 1998, this book sets out to shed sociological light upon the much under-researched realm of day-to-day child care practice. The text broke new ground when first published in 1987 and there have been few, if any, similar books that adopt an ethnographic approach to statutory child care practice. A second edition would still 'speak' to this rarely analysed occupational world. However, it would enjoy greater resonance wh ..."
"Published in 1998, the aim of this book is to identify and explore key themes and issues around the realm of welfare practice in child and family social work - that is, family centre services and related community-based types of provision. The text addresses the impact and effectiveness of family centres in supporting children, families and communities. Emphasis is placed on community based supportive/preventive family services and thos ..."
"The Integrated Children's System (ICS) was developed to support effective practice with children and families and improve decision making and planning for children in need. This book outlines what the ICS is and how it works, and assesses the effectiveness of a number of pilot studies, offering guidance for others using and implementing the system, which is being rolled out nationally. Part of the Government's long term programme to imp ..."
"The creation of the National Assembly for Wales has altered the democratic landscape in Wales. In assuming many policy and administrative responsibilities previously held by central government, the Assembly promises innovation in governance and there are high expectations that devolution will bring about significant improvements in Welsh life.New Governance - New Democracy? questions whether these expectations are likely to be fulfilled ..."
"The aim of this book is to identify and explore key themes and issues around the realm of welfare practice in child and family social work - that is, family centre services and related community-based types of provision. The text addresses the impact and effectiveness of family centres in supporting children, families and communities. Emphasis is placed on community based supportive/preventive family services and those that provide a cl ..."
"Issues, Research and Evaluation in the UK, USA and Hong Kong Andrew
Pithouse, Sarah Lindsell, Monit Cheung ... Andrew Pithouse lectures in Social
Work at Cardiff University and also chairs the Social Welfare Research Unit
which ..."
Creating Stable Foster Placements Learning from Foster Children and the Families Who Care for Them by AndrewPithouse, Alyson Rees 240 Pages, Published 2014 by Jessica Kingsley Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-85700-865-7, ISBN: 0-85700-865-X
"Playing out with other local children is particularly important in developing
capacities for negotiation and independence. The foster children sometimes '
rated' a placement by the opportunity to play out with other children of a similar
age in the locality. Thus when asked about the things she liked about her foster
home, Suzanne immediately referred to her friends in the neighbourhood and
playing outside: I like living round here ..."
"Enhancing Social Work and Inter-Agency Practice Hedy Cleaver, Harriet Ward,
Jane Scott, Wendy Rose, Andrew Pithouse. Until each social worker has
dedicated access to a computer, it is unlikely that they will regularly and routinely
use it for accessing information. ... Adequate information provision is essential for
the EDT function. Commonly problems arise where EDTs are located outside
council offices or are delegated to other pr ..."
White Collar Crime and Its Victims The Social and Media Construction of Business Fraud (Clarendon Studies in Criminology) by Michael Levi, AndrewPithouse Hardcover, 300 Pages, Published 2006 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-826254-1, ISBN: 0-19-826254-X
"This book draws on interviews and survey data from Britain, the US, Australia, the Third World, and Central and Eastern Europe to present a thoughtful overview of contemporary business fraud. Just how much fraud exists today? How does it affect different sectors of society? And how and why does the news media portray such fraud in a certain way? Levi and Pithouse bring a critical intelligence to these queries."
Social Work The Social Organisation of an Invisible Trade by AndrewPithouse Hardcover, 140 Pages, Published 1987 by Gower Pub Co ISBN-13: 978-0-566-05378-8, ISBN: 0-566-05378-0
"This scoping review looks at the ways in which foster care impacts on outcomes for children and young people, highlighting the importance of supporting users of foster care services to define the outcomes they want in their lives and to ..."
Social Work(1st Edition) The Social Organisation of an Invisible Trade : Second Edition by Pithouse, Andrew 200 Pages, Published 2020 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-138-34277-4, ISBN: 1-138-34277-7