Book Search

1. Understanding Child Abuse

   The Partners of Child Sex Offenders Tell Their Stories

   By Terry Philpot

   Understanding Child Abuse is the first book to look at women whose partners are child sex offenders. Much of the book is devoted to the voices of the women themselves, telling their stories and how they feel about the situations in which they found themselves, how they coped, and how they remade...

   Published November 18th 2008 by Routledge
2. Adoption

   Changing Families, Changing Times

   Edited by Anthony Douglas, Terry Philpot

   Adoption: Changing Families, Changing Times draws together contributions from all those with an interest in adoption: adopted people; birth parents and adoptive parents; practitioners and managers in the statutory and voluntary sectors; academics and policy makers. Chapters on research and policy...

   Published November 20th 2002 by Routledge
3. Caring and Coping

   A Guide to Social Services

   By Anthony Douglas, Terry Philpot

   Caring and Coping provides a clear and accessible explanation of the history, politics, management, funding and day-to-day work of the social services in Britain. Social Care now encompasses a wide range of increasingly specialised professions. Caring and Coping aims to improve the practitioner's (...

   Published July 8th 1998 by Routledge
4. Sweet Charity

   The Role and Workings of Voluntary Organizations

   Edited by Chris Hanvey, Terry Philpot

   The world of UK charities has been transformed. Gone are the days when charities gained the majority of their money from rattled tins. Fundraising is a sophisticated art and charities often manage multi-million pound contracts to provide services. Those who manage such organizations are expected to...

   Published November 6th 1996 by Routledge
5. Practising Social Work

   Edited by Christopher Hanvey, Terry Philpot

   Practicing Social Workprovides a systematic exploratiuon of ar ange of social work approaches. Each chapter focuses on a single theme and explains the practice implications of a particular method....

   Published November 24th 1993 by Routledge