Social Work Catalogue 2023

The Latest Books and Resources for Professionals, Students and Families

A Letter from the Editors

Welcome to JKP’s 2023 social worke catalogue!

This year’s catalogue features some fantastic new books from familiar faces as well as creative publishing by new talents – all designed to help improve practice and promote social justice.

We’re thrilled to be publishing the first book by Social Worker of the Year 2021 Vivian Okeze-Tirado: D.I.V.E.R.S.I.T.Y. Vivian is a social work leader and educator who developed this reflective, easy to use tool to empower you and your colleagues tackle racism and discrimination in practice.

2023 will also see the launch of ‘ The Neil Thompson Practice Collection’ – a series by Neil Thompson featuring refreshed and rejacketed editions of Neil’s essential publications. To paraphrase the words of one reviewer, “This is Neil Thompson doing what he does best! – taking complex concepts and making them manageable and accessible to practitioners.”

From Jan Horwath, we have an indispensable resource for anyone working with children and families: Making Connections with Vulnerable Children and Families. It is packed with direct work activities and approaches pioneered by frontline social workers. Fully illustrated, with downloadable content and with tools for blended practice, it’s a really impressive publicationthink a practical counterpart to Jan’s seminal text The Child’s World.

Finally, as ever, we have a rich selection of direct work materials – watch out for The Adverse Childhood Experiences Card Deck , developed by Dr Warren Larkin.

We hope you’ll find books and resources that will interest you – if you have feedback or idea for our future publishing, do get in touch!

Contacts

Publishing Director, Steve Jones stephen.jones@jkp.com

Commissioning Editor, Elen Griffiths elen.griffiths@jkp.com

Senior Marketing Executive, Harry Taylor harry.taylor@jkp.com

Making Connections with Vulnerable Children and

Families

Creative Tools and Resources for Practice

Jan Horwath, Stevie Wilkinson and Andy Wilkinson

Making Connections with Vulnerable Children and Families is the practical go-to resource for practitioners looking to build effective relationships and engage meaningfully with vulnerable children and their families.

Compiled by Jan Horwath, lead editor of the bestselling child protection handbook

The Child’s World, the text features a wealth of clear, user-friendly, creative materials. The tools draw on evidence-based research and have been developed and tested by frontline practitioners from a range of disciplines working in Rochdale. Each tool includes a practice example as well as detail about aims, method, things to think about and possible adaptations. The tools can be used in a variety of work settings and the downloadable, versatile resources are all designed to support a relational approach to practice.

These tools will help you establish relationships with both children and their primary carers, understand their lived experience and the impact of this on the health and well-being of the child or adolescent. Additional tools are included for use with parents and primary carers to explore parenting capacity and the socio-economic factors that influence family life.

Jan Horwath is Emeritus Professor of Child Welfare at the University of Sheffield and child welfare consultant. She is lead editor of the bestselling child protection handbook The Child’s World, now in its third edition, as well as key texts on child neglect. She has a particular interest in childcentred practice and has developed systems and practice frameworks nationally and internationally, that places the lived experience of the child and their carers at the heart of decision-making

19/10/2023 • £29.99 • ISBN-9781787757950

The Child’s World

The Essential Guide to Assessing Vulnerable Children, Young People and their Families

Edited by Jan Horwath and Dendy Platt

This definitive textbook provides accessible information on best practice for assessing the needs and strengths of vulnerable children and their families. It explores the challenges that practitioners face routinely - with suggestions as to how to address them - as well as the established areas for assessment, of children’s developmental needs, parenting ability and motivation, and socio-economic factors.

This new edition has been extended substantially to include recent practice, policy and theoretical developments, such as understanding the lived experience of children, young people, and family members. It also considers children’s neurological development, assessing parental capacity to change, early help assessments, emerging areas of practice such as child sexual exploitation, and working with asylum-seeking and trafficked children.

Crucially, this updated edition takes a broader approach in offering relevant information to a range of professionals working with vulnerable children. The importance of inter-professional working is emphasised throughout.

“If there is a ‘Highway Code’ for children’s social work then this book is it. Updated to reflect recent developments it retains its timeless and classic quality. An indispensable text for all social work practitioners and teachers.”

Professor Nick Frost Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, U.K.

£26.99 • ISBN-9781785921162 •

“The ASYE’s are using it and as I walk around the teams I see it on their desks! Please pass this on to colleagues, it’s such a comprehensive book and extremely helpful. I have quoted parts of it in some recent practice guidance.”

Shelley Caldwell, PSW, North Somerset Council

Safeguarding Young People

Risk, Rights, Resilience and Relationships

Edited by Dez Holmes

Focusing on young people and adolescence, this book explores the complexity of contemporary adolescent safeguarding. It highlights evidence-informed practice and innovation in this area at the work, serving as an accessible and invaluable resource for all working with and supporting young people facing risk and harm.

Core themes covered by the book are the nature of harms facing some young people, the potential pitfalls of some professional responses, and the current legal framework for safeguarding young people where harm occurs outside the family home. It includes an overview of adolescent development, and argues for a holistic, systemic response that addresses the structural disadvantage facing many young people at risk and incorporates participatory and trauma-informed practice designed to promote resilience. It draws on innovative approaches in local areas, such as Transitional Safeguarding, to make the case for a person-centred, evidence-informed and rights-based approach to safeguarding young people.

As well as being invaluable to practitioners, managers and strategic leaders working in this field, this is also ideally suited to be a text for any social work course or professional development programme on adolescent safeguarding practice.

21/03/2022 • £19.99 • ISBN-9781787753594

Safeguarding Autistic Girls

Strategies for Professionals

Carly Jones MBE

Foreword by Dr Luke Beardon

Working with Domestic Violence and Abuse Across the Lifecourse

Understanding Good Practice

Edited by Ravi K. Thiara and Lorraine Radford

Spanning children’s and adult’s services, this book explores the nature and impact of domestic abuse and violence (DVA) throughout the lifecourse. It highlights evidenceinformed practice and serves as an accessible and invaluable resource for all working with and supporting those dealing with DVA.

Structured around three core themes of coercive control, developmental experiences of violence and the importance of an intersectional understanding of DVA, this book highlights the need for a coordinated ‘whole family’ approach in safeguarding work in this area. Chapters move through different stages of life, addressing topics such as children living with domestic violence, abuse in young people’s relationships, mental illness, substance use and adolescent to parent abuse.

Following significant changes in this field, including the introduction of coercive control as a legal offence and the global impact of COVID on DVA cases, this is a timely and much-needed resource.

£19.99 • ISBN-9781785924040

This honest, to-the-point guide illuminates the experience of young Autistic girls and explores the situations they can easily fall victim to.

Powerful case studies show how easily misunderstandings can arise for Autistic girls and help the reader to identify common patterns of abuse.

Providing professionals with access to safeguarding strategies that are straightforward to implement and highly effective, this is essential reading for everyone who wants to better understand the challenges faced by this vulnerable group, and ensure they have access to the same opportunities to secure a good education and build safe and happy relationships as their peers.

Carly Jones is a British Autism Advocate who has worked for the inclusion of Autistic women and girls since 2008. She regularly speaks on news channels, at universities and in government departments and she was the first British Autistic woman to address the United Nations on Autistic females’ rights. Carly also holds a public appointment as a member of the U.K. community and volunteer services Honours committee, an independent panel member for the Ministry of Justice and acts as an advisor for national media outlets, health departments and Autism charities.

21/12/2021

• £19.99 • ISBN-99781787757592

Learning from Baby P

The politics of blame, fear and denial

Sharon Shoesmith

Sharon Shoesmith

(Director of Children’s Services for Haringey in 2007 at the time of the death of ‘Baby P’

In Learning from Baby P, she carries out a dispassionate analysis of the events which followed Peter Connelly’s death, documenting the responses of the media, politicians and the public. She explores the psychological and emotional responses we share when faced with such horrifying cases of familial child homicide, and how a climate of fear and blame which follows such tragedies can lead to negative consequences for other children at risk of harm, and for the social workers striving to protect them. Learning from Baby P is a thoughtprovoking book which aims to deepen understanding and shed light on the difficult relationship between politics, the media and child protection.

Sharon Shoesmith has worked with children for almost 40 years in a career which culminated with her role as Director of Children’s Services in the London Borough of Haringey, having previously been one of Her Majesty’s Inspectors. She now works as a researcher, writer and public speaker in areas related to education, social care and public perception. Sharon also works as a volunteer with Macmillan Cancer Care at University College Hospital.

£19.99 • ISBN-9781785920035

Gangs, Guns and Knives

Motivational Interviewing for Working with Children

and

Families

A Practical Guide for Early Intervention and Child Protection

Donald Forrester, David Wilkins and Charlotte Whittaker

Drawing on 20 years of practical experience, research and teaching in the field, this book is a comprehensive guide on the use of Motivational Interviewing (MI) in child protection and family social work.

MI increases the likelihood of behavioural change, working with client resistance to encourage a constructive environment when initiating difficult conversations. This makes it particularly effective for child and family social care. Drawing on over 500 studies spanning 11 local authorities, this book uses recordings of real meetings between social workers and families to explain what MI is, how it can be used in child and family social work and how to improve MI skills.

An invaluable resource for frontline child protection and family social workers, this book will enable to help you to better understand the needs of the people you support and be more effective in providing the right kind of support. 13/07/2021

Activities and Lesson Plans to Raise Awareness with Young People Aged 14-19 about the Risks and Realities of Gang-Related Crime

Vanessa Rogers

This is an essential handbook for youth workers, teachers, social workers and youth justice practitioners working with young people to raise awareness about the risks and realities of gangs and gang-related crime.

Each activity offers a different learning experience including quizzes, worksheets, games and interactive activities. The book explores peer pressure, loyalty and personal responsibility as well the impact that violent crime can have on individuals, family, community and wider society. It also considers the ethical and moral dilemmas of gang life, serious youth violence and crime and the potential consequences of gang membership and carrying a weapon.

Written by a renowned youth worker and trainer, this essential book helps young people to separate myth from fact, build assertiveness and develop the skills to make safe choices.

Vanessa Rogers is a qualified teacher and renowned youth worker with over ten years’ experience both at practitioner and management levels. Prior to becoming a nationally acclaimed youth work consultant, Vanessa managed a wide range of services for young people including a large youth centre and targeted detached projects in Hertfordshire, UK.

18/02/2021

• £19.99

• ISBN-9781787750890

Child Trauma and Attachment in Common Sense and Doodles – Second Edition

A Practical Guide

Miriam Silver

Illustrated by Teg Lansdell

‘Trauma’ refers to negative experiences that cause us to fear for our safety, whilst ‘attachment’ describes meaningful relationships with someone we love or respect. Why, then, is so much of the language surrounding these concepts so obscure, and why is it so challenging to help children who have experienced trauma, and lack healthy attachment bonds? Providing grounded advice accompanied by accessible ‘doodles’ throughout, this guide aims to bring some clarity to the subject.

It explains the differing attachment patterns in children who are adopted, fostered, or have experienced early trauma. The book also provides advice on how to repair attachment difficulties and to build secure, loving relationships.

With new material on cultural diversity and sexual exploitation as well as specific guidance for trafficked and asylum-seeking children, this fully updated new edition provides you with all you need to know.

d r Miriam Silver is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist who specialises in parenting, attachment issues and the impact of early trauma. She has led a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services team providing services for looked after and adopted children as well as conducting court expert witness work in Care proceedings. She holds two academic posts and has conducted research in risk and resilience factors in adoptive matching and the development, mental health and wellbeing of children who no longer live with their biological family. For several years she was chair of the national network of Clinical Psychologists working with Looked After and Adopted Children within the British Psychological Society.

21/09/2023 • £15.99 • ISBN-9781839979132

The Adverse Childhood Experiences Card Deck

Tools to Open Conversations, Identify Support and Promote Resilience with Adolescents and Adults

Dr Warren Larkin

Illustrated by Jon Dorsett

Adverse childhood experiences can include a multitude of stressful and traumatic events during childhood: including exposure to different forms of abuse, neglect, loss or violence, which can have life-long consequences.

Designed by renowned Consultant Clinical Psychologist and International Trainer, Dr Warren Larkin, this card deck features 100 full-colour illustrated cards with a detailed instruction manual to help practitioner and clients to explore adverse experiences, and to identify potential sources of support and to build resilience. Flexible, adaptable and easy to use, these cards will be an essential tool for your work with clients who’ve experienced adversity and trauma.

21/08/2023 • £29.99 • ISBN-9781839971426

Direct Work with Family Groups

Simple, Fun Ideas to Aid Engagement and Assessment and Enable Positive Change

Audrey Tait and Helen Wosu

Direct Work with Family Groups is full of great ideas to aid engagement, assessment and enable positive change through direct work with family groups.

Working with families can be a challenging experience. This book looks at the personal skills needed to engage families, both at home and in the community. It provides guidance on how to assess and manage the needs of individual family members, whilst also being mindful of potential risk factors. With easy to use activities and resources, this book will inspire you to think about creative new ways to plan and carry out your work.

Based on tried and tested techniques, this is a must-have for social workers and social work students, as well as child protection workers, therapists, counsellors and child and family centre workers. It is the perfect complement to Direct Work with Vulnerable Children

£18.99 • ISBN-9781849055543

Conversation Starters for Direct Work with Children and Young People

Guidance and Activities for Talking About Difficult Subjects

Audrey Tait and Becky Dunn

Some children face traumatic or difficult events in their lives, and it’s essential that they are helped to understand such events and given permission to talk. To do this, helping adults need to be equipped and confident to start these conversations.

Conversation Starters for Direct Work with Children and Young People provides guidance and support for any adult who needs to talk to children about difficult issues. The issues covered include domestic abuse and drug use, mental health issues, adoption and fostering, family illness and bereavement, as well as giving evidence in court.

This book combines seasoned practice wisdom with practical examples and activity ideas to enable you to best help the children in your care.

£19.99 • ISBN-9781785922879

Direct Work with Vulnerable Children

Playful Activities and Strategies for Communication

Audrey Tait and Helen Wosu

For many vulnerable children, the idea of talking to an adult about their experiences and feelings can be a daunting prospect. This book demonstrates how the introduction of playfulness when working with neglected or abused children helps to build a trusting relationship by openly engaging with the child’s world.

The practical activities and resources provided have been developed over 20 years of working with vulnerable children and are proven to help reduce feelings of stress and open up the lines of communication between adult and child. The straightforward, accessible style makes them easy to follow and ideal for reference in everyday practice.

15/11/2012 • £17.99 • ISBN-9781849053198

ConversationStarters for Working with Children and Adolescents After Trauma

Simple Cognitive and Arts-Based Activities

Dawn D’Amico, LCSW, PhD

Helping children and adolescents who have experienced trauma to feel safe and confident enough to talk, let alone engage in therapeutic work, can be full of challenges - for children and for adults. With over 80 activities tailored to different styles of communication, this flexible resource provides an activity for every situation. From helping a child identify fun things around them to helping them to learn how to control unwanted thoughts, or to understand how feeling states can move from darkness to light, you will wish that you had known about these techniques sooner. Simply choose whether you would like to focus on helping a child with a coping or positive thinking activity, gather the everyday tools you need, and you are all set. Each of the activities can be used in both individual and group formats, and case studies throughout the book serve as a helpful guide on how the activities work in practice.

21/09/2022 • £17.99 • ISBN-9781787751453 From 5 to 17 years

Riley the Brave’s Big Feelings Activity Book

A Trauma-informed Guide for Counselors, Educators and Parents

Jessica Sinarski

Illustrated by Zachary Kline

Roaring, grumping, knots in tummies...Making sense of big feelings can be tricky. Riley the Brave and his safe big critters are here to help! Enjoy 60+ fun activities and trauma-sensitive strategies to help children understand the brain science behind those big MAD, SAD, and SCARED emotions...and what to do about it! Bright illustrations and familiar characters encourage children as they dig into their prickly porcupine moments, timid turtle moments, and all the feelings in between. An introduction for grown-ups will help you make the most of this treasure trove of games, printable masks, colorful cards, word searches, action plans, and more! Work one-on-one or easily adapt these strength-based activities for group settings. Lesson plans and frequent “Try This!” sections make this the ultimate resource for parents, teachers, counselors, and anyone else supporting children with big feelings.

21/07/2023 • £19.99 • ISBN-9781839973017 • From 3 years to 7 years

Riley the Brave’s Sensational Senses

Help for Sensory and Emotional Challenges

Riley the Brave is a little bear with big feelings. He really wants to have fun at the fair, but sometimes he struggles just making it to school, especially on the STINKY, BUMPY, NOISY bus!

It is hard for Riley to focus and have fun when he is feeling so many confusing sensations! He has porcupine moments and grumps at his friends, or turtle moments when he just wants to be alone. He even had a tiger moment, roaring at his teacher. With all these big feelings, how can he ever go to the fair?

Riley the Brave’s Sensational Senses teaches children about their senses through a playful story with real-life strategies for emotion regulation.

20/10/2022 • £12.99 • ISBN-9781839973123 • From 3 years to 7 years

Riley the Brave - The Little Cub with Big Feelings!

Help for Cubs Who Have Had A Tough Start in Life

Jessica Sinarski

Help your little one unlock their inner courage!

Riley is joined by all of his animal friends who care for him as he faces his difficult feelings. Along the way, Riley learns how sometimes, being tough or loud isn’t the bravest thing to be - sometimes it’s asking for help, or being brave enough to let someone into your heart.

Written for any child who is looking to unlock their inner courage, and particularly those healing from difficult life experiences or trauma, this book creates a safe space for conversations about complex thoughts and feelings.

21/10/2020 • £12.99 • ISBN-9781787755161 • From 3 years to 7 years

Riley the Brave Makes it to School

A Story with Tips and Tricks for Tough Transitions

“I’m NOT going to school today!”

Riley the Brave is a little bear with big feelings. Some days he wakes up feeling cheerful and ready to brave the day. He has energy to get dressed, eat breakfast and have some fun!

But some days he wakes up feeling like a grumpy porcupine. His brow is scrunched and he thinks that it is going to be a terrible day. Today, Riley is having one of those days! What can be done to help him?

All children struggle to make it to school some days, and this can be even tougher for children who have had difficult life experiences and extra challenges at school. This book creates a safe space for conversations about big thoughts and feelings, and offers positive tips for families to try.

21/06/2021 • £12.99 • ISBN-9781787755192 • From 3 years to 7 years

The Teen Trauma Journal

Understanding the Past and Embracing Tomorrow!

Dr. Laura Stokes

This therapeutic journal provides you with the tools and coping strategies you need to better look after yourself. Covering topics such as attachment, thinking styles, self-esteem and new relationships, it looks at how early relationships and trauma may have impacted you, and supports you in planning for your future.

Authored by experienced Consultant Clinical Psychologist Laura Stokes, this journal will be a source of support and guidance as you navigate life’s ups and downs.

21/03/2023 • £14.99 • ISBN-9781839972225 • From 14 years to 18 years

The Strange and Curious Guide to Trauma

Sally Donovan

Illustrated by Emmi Smid

Our book about trauma features buzzy bees stuck in your tummy, yes, and also science and superheroes, carrots and lambs, lollies and, unfortunately for me, baboons...’

Join Ordinary Jo, some people, Courtney Cortisol, Amy Amygdala and friends to be guided through the curious world of trauma. This fully illustrated guide for children aged 8-12 features an array of quirky characters and facts about trauma woven into a therapeutic story. Learn why some carrots grow perfectly straight, others wonky and wobbly - and why that’s ok! Find out all the clever ways our strange and curious bodies keep us safe all the time, and what the different nutty parts of our brain do for us when we are afraid! Discover all this and more to understand your own experiences, body, and even friends better too. (And just in case you don’t remember it all, there is a summary of all the things we have learnt at the end)

21/03/2022 • £12.99

• ISBN-9781787757479 • From 8 years to 12 years

My Life After Trauma Handbook

Surviving and Thriving using Psychological Approaches Bridie Gallagher, Sue Knowles, Reggie Worthington and Jade Baron

Illustrated by Chloe Collett

Adversity is a part of life and many of us have experienced trauma that has left us feeling distressed, scared or alone. This book draws on Bridie and Sue’s background in Clinical Psychology to help you identify what trauma is, the effect it can have on your physical and mental health, and how you can cope.

Containing many ideas and strategies to support you with the impact of trauma, including giving yourself a butterfly hug to calm yourself down or sending an email to someone who lives far away to feel more connected, this is a guide that you can dip in and out of, and return to at different stages in your life after trauma.

Co-written with two young people who were brave enough to share their own stories, you will find that you are not alone, that nothing stays the same, and that there’s always hope.

21/11/2022 • £12.99 • ISBN-9781839971297 • From 12 years to 18 years

Facing Mighty Fears About Making Mistakes

Many children avoid taking on challenges, melting down when the going gets tough. But doing things you aren’t very good it as one of the best ways to keep your brain healthy and strong. That means it’s okay to mess up, and fumble, and fail. In fact, you should do these things. Mistakes are exactly what your brain needs to grow. With fun facts about famous mistakes help children to become more comfortable with imperfection. Includes a note to parents and caregivers and a supplemental Resource Section.

21/07/2023 • £10.99 • ISBN-9781839974670 • From 8 years to 12 years

Facing Mighty Fears About Health

Thinking about our body’s functions can be scary, especially when it morphs into Health Anxiety that gets in the way of everyday life. Facing Mighty Fears About Health teaches 4 steps to manage ‘false alarm’ fears. Fun Facts about the body engage children, while a Note to Parents and Caregivers and supplemental Resource section make this the perfect guide for parents and mental health professionals.

21/04/2022 • £10.99

• ISBN-9781787759275

• From 6 years to 12 years

Facing Mighty Fears About Trying New Things

First time jitters are normal, but when they turn into tears and outright refusal, the world shrinks in problematic ways. Facing Mighty Fears About Trying New Things teaches children to manage uncertainty about new experiences. Fun Facts engage children while a Note to Parents and Caregivers and a supplemental Resource section make this the perfect guide for parents and mental health professionals.

21/04/2022 • £10.99 • ISBN-9781787759510 • From 6 years to 10 years

Facing Mighty Fears About Throwing Up

No one like to throw up, but emetophobia is different, turning disgust into dread. Facing Mighty Fears About Throwing Up presents techniques to help shrink this common fear. Fun Facts about vomit engage children, while a Note to Parents and Caregivers and supplemental Resource section make this the perfect guide for parents and mental health professionals.

13/06/2022 • £10.99 • ISBN-9781787759268 • From 6 years to 12 years

Facing Mighty Fears About Animals

Fear of animals that slither, bite, and sting can get in the way of going places and doing things. Facing Might Fears About Animals teaches children techniques to shrink over-size fears. Fun Facts about bees, dogs, spiders, and snakes engage children, while a Note to Parents and Caregivers and supplemental Resource section make this the perfect guide for parents and mental health professionals.

21/04/2022 • £10.99

• ISBN-9781787759473

• From 6 years to 10 years

Facing Mighty Fears About Baddies and Villains

Many children are afraid of baddies and villains who do, in fact, do hurtful things. But sometimes fear far outstrips danger, and even children who are safe feel apprehensive all the time. Facing Mighty Fears About Baddies and Villains teaches 3 steps to help manage ongoing fears. Fun Facts engage children, while a Note to Parents and Caregivers and supplemental Resource section make this the perfect guide for parents and mental health professionals.

21/03/2023 • £10.99 • ISBN-9781839974632 • From 8 years to 12 years

My Grief Handbook

Why Grief Hurts and How to Cope

David

Trickey, Beck Ferrari and Olivia Clark-Tate

Grief can be complicated and painful. Our memories, relationships, good times and worries are unique, and these all affect how we experience a loss. No two people will experience grief in the same way because all of our relationships are specific to us.

But there are frameworks for understanding our reactions when someone dies. Lots of people have found it helpful to understand these frameworks, as knowing what’s going on with grief can help us find ways to cope with the loss, let go of some of the pain, and find ways to still have a good future.

Based on years of research, this book includes some first-hand experiences from people who have been through grief, to show how the ideas could work in real life. However, this is not another person’s story. It is a guide to understanding your own.

By getting to know how we are processing grief, we can start getting on with itworking alongside it and moving forward.

Natasha daniels is a Child Therapist and has worked with young children and their families for over 15 years. She is the author of How to Parent Your Anxious Toddler, Social Skills Activities for Kids, It’s Brave to Be Kind and Anxiety Sucks: A Teen Survival Guide

Lily Fossett is an illustrator based in Bath, UK and a recent graduate of Falmouth University. She has a passion for creating character led children’s illustrations, and uses digital media and textures to produce her work.

19/10/2023 • £12.99 • ISBN-9781839970702 • From 10 years to 14 years

The Grief Rock

A Book to Understand Grief and Love

Natasha Daniels

Illustrated by Lily Fossett

When someone you love dies, the grief rock shows up. Sometimes grief can feel like a heavy weight you are carrying around. It can be difficult to explain how you feel or know how you will cope carrying the grief rock around.

This gentle story explores how grief is filled with all the love we have for someone who was important in our lives.

Perfect to open up the conversation on difficult feelings, the book also includes a short guide for adults with tips on supporting children after a bereavement.

18/05/2023 • £10.99 • ISBN-9781839974403 • From 3 years

The Unofficial Guide to Therapeutic Parenting for Childhood Aggression and Violence

Sally Donovan and Carly Kingswood

“Parenting a distressed child puts us in an extraordinary situation, which demands extraordinary parenting.”

The reasons why distressed children may behave violently can be complex; this book sets out the biological, psychological, and environmental reasons as to why your child may be displaying violent behaviours and helps you develop strategies to reduce the incidence of violence, de-escalate violent situations and repair relationships following incidents.

With the aid of this guide, develop a language to enable children to understand their emotional states in a safe environment. Expertly written by award-winning author, columnist and adoptive parent Sally Donovan and Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapist Carly Kingswood; learn how to care for yourself and the children in your lives.

Sally d onovan OBE, is an award-winning writer and adoptive parent. Her bestselling books include No Matter What: An Adoptive Family’s Story of Love, Hope and Healing and The Unofficial Guide to Adoptive Parenting. She is also author of Billy Bramble and the Great Big Cook Off, a story for children of 8-13 who struggle with their feelings.

Carly Kingswood has years of experience as a child protection social worker, and is also a Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapist, DDP. She currently runs a therapy practice and is an experienced foster carer.

21/08/2023 • £14.99 • ISBN-9781839970108

Raising Kids with Big, Baffling Behaviors

Brain-Body-Sensory Strategies That Really Work

Robyn Gobbel

“All behavior makes sense”

’”It most certainly does not!”, is probably your first reaction.

Parenting coach Robyn Gobbel is here to reveal how all behaviour, no matter how baffling, can be explained and remedied. You just need to look past the behavior and understand what’s going on inside.

Robyn decodes the latest brain science into easy-to-understand principles and metaphors which will help you to become an expert in your child’s behaviour. She reveals simple ways to help you regulate and connect with your child, with brain-, bodyand sensory-based strategies to overcome day-to-day challenges. She also provides you with the knowledge to understand and regulate your own brain so that you don’t flip your lid when your child flips theirs. Let this be your lifeline for parenting or caring for any child with baffling behaviors and hidden challenges..

21/09/2023 • £14.99 • ISBN-9781839974298

The Seven Core Issues in Adoption and Permanency Workbook for Children and Teens

A Trauma-Informed Resource

Allison Davis Maxon

Based on the pioneering Seven Core Issues model, this resource is an accessible and age-appropriate way to support children and teens who have experienced early adversity, to strengthen understanding and healing.

The Seven Core Issues are Loss, Rejection, Shame/Guilt, Grief, Identity, Intimacy and Mastery/Control. This resource combines two separate interactive workbooks - one for children developmentally aged 5-11, the other for children developmentally aged 12+. These can be filled in, photocopied or downloaded and provide a structured way for children and teens to explore their feelings and beliefs using exercises and activities.

An ideal accompaniment to the Seven Core Issues Workbook for Parents of Traumatized Children and Teens

Allison davis Maxon, M.S., LMFT, is an expert in the fields of child welfare and children’s mental health specializing in attachment, developmental trauma, and permanency/adoption. She is the executive director for the National Center on Adoption and Permanency and was the child welfare consultant on the Paramount Pictures movie ‘Instant Family’. Allison was honored in 2017 with the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute ‘Angels in Adoption’ award and is the co-author of Seven Core Issues in Adoption and Permanency.

21/08/2023 • £24.99 • ISBN-9781839975776

The Seven Core Issues Workbook for Parents of Traumatized Children and Teens

A Guide to Help You Explore Feelings and Overcome Emotional Challenges in Your Family

Allison Davis Maxon and Sharon Kaplan Roszia

The Seven Core Issues are Loss, Rejection, Shame/ Guilt, Grief, Identity, Intimacy and Mastery/Control. The workbook gives parents the ability to explore their own issues as well as their child’s through varies experiential exercise and activities. Parents can identify and address their core issues in order to more effectively assist and support the child’s core issues. The workbook and its exercises allow for a variety of diverse groups to use the book with ease, making it the essential tool for all individuals to grow and heal themselves and their families.

18/08/2022 • £24.99 • ISBN-9781787756700

Superparenting!

Boost Your Therapeutic Parenting Through Ten Transformative Steps

Dr Amber Elliott

Tried nagging, shouting, taking away screen time, but with no success?

Dr Amber Elliott explains why children who have experienced early trauma need something different - therapeutic parenting - a kind of everyday ‘superparenting’ which champions empathy over punishment.

Trying to parent children who have trauma-triggered behaviours is tough, and none of us are perfect. Taking this as a starting point, Dr Elliott provides you with a ten-step process to transform your parenting. From developing selfacceptance and ideas for building motivation through to creative ways to think about structure and routine, the book combines principles with practical advice and exercises you can try out at home.

Working together, you and your child can discover the secrets of superparenting and overcome trauma-triggered behaviours!

21/07/2021 • £12.99 • ISBN-9781784503574

The Sunday Times Bestseller

Can’t Not Won’t

A Story About A Child Who Couldn’t Go To School

Eliza Fricker

Eliza Fricker gets it. Her compelling, hard-hitting and irreverently humorous illustrations follow a family through the early days of school avoidance, the process of accessing support and the challenges of coping in the meantime. Can’t Not Won’t illuminates the absurdity and frustrations that often arise when dealing with health, social and educational systems, and will help any parent in the same boat feel seen. This guide acts as a way to communicate these difficult circumstances with others.

Wonderfully relatable, the book also includes written guidance for parents and professionals on what works best when it comes to managing school avoidance.

21/02/2023 • £12.99 • ISBN-9781839975219

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Parenting Rewired

How to Raise a Happy Autistic Child in a Very Neurotypical World

Danielle Punter and Charlotte Chaney

Parenting an autistic child as a neurotypical adult can be challenging but it doesn’t need to feel impossible! This essential guide will help you reshape your approaches to parenting

Packed with lived-experience insight and easy-to-follow advice this transformative guide will change how you view the behaviour of your autistic child and challenge you to rewire your thinking to see the world through the autistic lens. This guide challenges the common misunderstandings surrounding autistic behaviour, such as emotional dysregulation in public settings or meltdowns at mealtimes. Parents and carers will be given a deeper understanding of why your child behaves the way they do and how a change in your parenting approach is key to relax and resolve difficult situations. This book gives you all the tools you need to not only parent your autistic child, but also to understand them.

18/08/2022 • £15.99 • ISBN-9781839970733

The No Worries Guide to Raising Your Anxious Child

A Handbook to Help You and Your Anxious Child Thrive

Karen Lynn Cassiday, PhD

This two-in-one handbook will help you to understand your child’s anxiety and how to ease it, while also showing you how to reconcile your own fears and worries that come with raising an anxious child.

Tips and strategies from evidence-based therapies, such as CBT, ACT and exposure therapy, are paired in this guide with humorous, thoughtful and honest anecdotes of the author’s own life and parenting experiences. Challenging modern cultural pressures to be a ‘perfect parent’ and warning against the trap of over-accommodation, Dr Cassiday gives advice on how to embrace imperfection and uncertainty and to build resilience, compassion and gratitude so that anxiety can take the back seat in your family.

With a focus on acceptance and growth rather than ‘curing’, this book will help you and your child to thrive.

21/09/2021 • £12.99 • ISBN-9781787758889

‘Enjoy this time, you’ll never get

BETSY d E T h IERRY

is a mum of four brilliant sons, a psychotherapist and a qualified primary school teacher. With over 30 years of experience and knowledge within the field, she is a trainer in trauma recovery and the founder of many organizations that aim to help children, young people and families recover from trauma. Her training company ‘Trauma Training, Consultancy and Leadership’ supports professionals who work with traumatized children and families in the over 24 nations.

Find out more here: www.betsytraininguk.co.uk

The Simple Guide to Emotional Neglect

What It Is and How to Help Betsy de Thierry

Illustrated by Emma Reeves

What is emotional neglect? How does it affect children and the adults they become? What can we do to help?

In The Simple Guide to Emotional Neglec t, Betsy de Thierry provides clarity and guidance on the complex subject of emotional neglect, including how it impacts emotional connection and behaviour in the children who experience it. Betsy de Thierry has spent years working with children and adults impacted by emotional neglect from all walks of life, and combines her experience with the latest research evidence to provide you with a concise overview of what emotional neglect looks like, and the issues it can create, including its impact on the developing brain, the development of trauma-based behaviours and challenges to forming emotional connections.

21/07/2023 • £10.99 • ISBN-9781839976766

The Simple Guides to Trauma and Attachment 5-Book Set

Betsy de Thierry

Illustrated by Emma Reeves

Betsy de Thierry’s best-selling Simple Guides tell you what you really need to know about child trauma and attachment. This five-book library covers:

• Attachment disorders

• Child trauma· Collective trauma

• Complex trauma and dissociation

• Shame

Providing easy routes to understanding difficult and complex concepts, these books give you an understanding of what trauma is and most importantly, how to help children and young people who have experienced it.

21/09/2022 • £52 • ISBN-9781839975929

The A-Z of Survival Strategies for Therapeutic Parents

From Chaos to Cake

Sarah Naish

This book is your hot flask of tea or coffee, and a cosy blanket which will keep you warm, safe and well on your journey, ensuring you reach the other side, mentally and physically well.’

This easy-to-follow, dip-in dip-out resource addresses common challenges and feelings experienced by therapeutic parents and offers 80 practical strategies to help you cope and survive. Bestselling parenting author Sarah Naish writes with humour and compassion, sharing her personal and professional experiences covering all of the essentials: self-maintenance, coping with isolation and rejection, scheduling holidays and, of course, the therapeutic importance of cake!

19/05/2022 • £16.99 • ISBN-9781839971730

Therapeutic Parenting Essentials

Moving from Trauma to Trust

Sarah Naish, Sarah Dillon and Jane Mitchell

Sarah Naish shares her own experiences of adopting five siblings. She describes how to use therapeutic parenting - a deeply nurturing parenting style - to overcome common challenges when raising children who have experienced trauma. The book describes a series of difficult episodes for her family, exploring both parent’s and child’s experiences of the same events - with the child’s experience written by a former fostered child - and in doing so reveals the very good reasons why traumatized children behave as they do.

21/10/2019 • £16.99 • ISBN-9781787750319

The Complete Guide to Therapeutic Parenting

A Helpful Guide to the Theory, Research and What it Means for Everyday Life

Jane Mitchell and Sarah Naish

This is the go-to guide for practitioners, parents and carers who want to expand their understanding and skills for therapeutic parenting - a deeply nurturing parenting style particularly effective for children who have experienced trauma or adversity.

19/11/2020 • £19.99 • ISBN-9781787753778

SARA h NAIS h

is author of bestselling parenting guide The A-Z of Therapeutic Parenting. She is an adoptive parent, CEO of The Centre of Excellence in Child Trauma, founder of the National Association of Therapeutic Parents, and SAfER Fostering, director of Inspire Training Group and author.

A-Z of Therapeutic Parenting

Strategies and Solutions

Sarah Naish

Therapeutic parenting is a deeply nurturing parenting style, and is especially effective for children with attachment difficulties, or who experienced childhood trauma. This book provides everything you need to know in order to be able to effectively therapeutically parent.

Providing a model of intervention, The A-Z of Therapeutic Parenting gives parents or caregivers an easy to follow process to use when responding to issues with their children. The following A-Z covers 60 common problems parents face, from acting aggressively to difficulties with sleep, with advice on what might trigger these issues, and how to respond.

Easy to navigate and written in a straightforward style, this book is a ‘must have’ for all therapeutic parents.

“An absolute must have book that every therapeutic parent should own. No more searching the internet for hours on end looking for strategies and solutions to my children’s behaviours. There are all here in this book.”

Emma Edwards, Adoptive parent

16/04/2018 • £16.99 • ISBN-9781785923760

Bestseller

The A-Z of Therapeutic Parenting Professional Companion

Tools for Proactive Practice

Sarah Naish, Sarah Dillon and Jane Mitchell

Designed as a professional complement to Sarah Naish’s bestselling A-Z of Therapeutic Parenting, this is simple to use, and easy to implement! These tools will enable you to create therapeutic, trauma-informed assessments, intervention and support. Based on the latest research, and with photocopiable worksheets, pro formas and charts to use with parents, these tools will help you to build supportive and stable relationships with families and reduce family breakdown.

The resource is structured into three parts:

1. The Trauma Tracker Tool - designed to support the stability of the family and to predict possible incidents by providing an understanding of the presenting behaviours in the context of the child’s history

2 The Developmental Foundation Planner - to help professionals to identify and address unmet developmental needs in a structured way as soon as a child is placed with a family and thereby help reduce instances of family breakdown

3. The Behaviour - Assessment of Impact and Resolution Tool (BAIRT) - which enables practitioners of most levels to engage in a step by step intervention, breaking down the most complex behaviours with a problem solving supportive process.

19/08/2021 • £22.99 • ISBN-9781787756946

Therapeutic Jumbo Cards

Sarah Naish and Sarah Dillon

Illustrated by Kath Grimshaw

This colourful pack of jumbo cards is the ideal resource for anyone who wants a fresh and creative way to explore what therapeutic parenting involves.

Designed to help parents of children who have experienced trauma, as well as the range of professionals who support them, this pack offers simple summaries of the key principles of therapeutic parenting. Each card explains a different element of therapeutic parenting, accompanied by a concise explanation on the back. Over 40 different issues are covered, from dysregulation and fear, to setting boundaries and parenting in the midst of trauma, and the cards are accompanied by a booklet which explains more about therapeutic parenting and how the pack can be used.

11/06/2021 • £24.99 • ISBN-9781787757769

Nine Therapeutic Storybooks for Children Who Have Experienced Trauma

Sarah Naish and Rosie Jefferies

Illustrated by Megan Evans and Amy Farrell

Join William Wobbly, Sophie Spikey, Rosie Rudey and more in this collection of all nine Sarah Naish therapeutic storybooks for children. The collection includes the following titles, each one written specifically for children who have experienced trauma:

Written by a mum who understands, and her daughter (who used to have a lot of difficult feelings), these insightful stories are for all children functioning at age 3-10, and will help the whole family.

18/03/2021 • £80 • ISBN-9781787758445 • From 3-10 years

The Lie That Wasn’t

Big Things Happen When Little Lies Come True…

Sarah Naish

Illustrated by Lily Fossett

Arthur is daydreaming in class when his teacher announces, “Remember it’s Parents’ Evening tonight - don’t forget to give your parents the letter.”

Oh no! Arthur hasn’t been doing his homework and doesn’t want to get in trouble. Time to tell a lie! But then something strange happens - Arthur’s lies start to come true...

Mum is at space camp; dad has a snazzy new car and Mr Lott the teacher is stuck up a tree tangled up with sticky tape! Arthur starts to worry - now if he tells the wrong lie, someone could get hurt.

This entertaining story for children aged 4-8 help children to explore how telling tricky truths is usually better than telling little lies.

21/11/2022 • £10.99 • ISBN-9781839973727 • From 4 years to 8 years

d R. KAREN TREISMAN

is an award-winning specialist clinical psychologist, trainer, and bestselling author, working in London, UK. Karen is also the d irector of Safe hands and Thinking Minds Training and Consultancy services.

Follow Karen on Twitter: @dr_treisman

A Therapeutic Treasure Box for Working with Children and Adolescents with Developmental Trauma

Creative Techniques and Activities

Dr. Karen Treisman

Like a treasure chest, this resource overflows with valuable resources - information, ideas and techniques to inspire and support those working with children who have experienced relational and developmental trauma.

Drawing on a range of therapeutic models including systemic, psychodynamic, trauma, sensory, neurobiological, neurocognitive, attachment, cognitive behavioural, and creative ideas, Dr Karen Treisman explains how we understand trauma and its impact on children, teens and their families. She details how it can be seen in symptoms such as nightmares, sleeping difficulties, emotional dysregulation, rage, and outbursts.

Theory and strategies are accompanied by a treasure trove of practical, creative, and ready-to-use resources including over 100 illustrated worksheets and handouts, top tips, recommended sample questions, and photographed examples.

21/09/2017 • £32.99 • ISBN-9781785922633

For Ages 5-10 Years

Illustrated by Sarah Peacock

Binnie the Baboon Anxiety and Stress Activity Book

£22.99 • ISBN-

Ollie the Octopus Loss and Bereavement Activity Book

£22.99 • ISBN-9781787757677

Neon the Ninja Meets the Nightmares

£9.99 • ISBN-9781839970207

Cleo the Crocodile Activity Book for Children Who Are Afraid to Get Close

£22.99 • ISBN-

Presley the Pug Relaxation Activity Book

£22.99 • ISBN-

Gilly the Giraffe Self-Esteem Activity Book

£22.99 • ISBN

6-Book Collection

£120 • ISBN-9781839973758

For Ages 5-10 Years

Illustrated by Sarah Peacock

Binnie the Baboon and the Big Worries

A Story to help Kids with Anxiety

£9.99 • ISBN-9781839970269

Ollie the Octopus and the Memory Treasures

A Story to help Kids After Loss or Bereavement

£9.99 • ISBN-9781839970245

Neon the Ninja Activity Book for Children who Struggle with Sleep and Nightmares

£22.99 • ISBN-123456789102

Cleo the Crocodile’s New Home

A Story to help Kids After Trauma

£9.99 • ISBN-9781839970283

Presley the Pug and the Tranquil Teepee

A Story to help Kids Relax and Self-Regulate

£9.99 • ISBN-9781839970320

Gilly the Giraffe Learns to Love Herself

A Story About Self-Esteem

£9.99 • ISBN-9781839970306

A Treasure Box for Creating Trauma-Informed Organizations

A Ready-to-Use Resource for Trauma, Adversity, and Culturally Informed, Infused and Responsive Systems

Packed full of valuable resources showing you how to weave a deep understanding of trauma and adversity into the daily practice and the whole fabric of your organization.

This expert knowledge is presented in a bright and easy to understand way. Every chapter contains a huge array of colour photocopiable worksheets, downloadable materials, practical ideas, reflective questions, and exercises ready to use both individually and organizationally. Covering guidance on policies, recruitment, supervision, language, cultural humility, co-production, team meeting ideas, staff wellbeing and more, this is the ultimate treasure trove for getting your organization truly and meaningfully informed.

£50 • ISBN-9781839973741

•Therapeutic Treasure Decks •

16/04/2021 • £80 • ISBN-9781839971365 Card Decks

Grounding, Soothing, Coping and Regulating Cards

70 cards designed for coping, regulating, grounding and soothing activities for children (6+), teens and adults.

21/08/2018 • £22.99 • ISBN-9781785925290

Sentence Completion and Feeling Cards

Deck of cards offering a creative and flexible way to explore thoughts and emotions with children and adolescents aged 6+.

£22.99 • ISBN-9781785923982

Strength and Self-Esteem Cards

70 cards provide creative ways help build self-esteem and resilience and explore strengths in children aged 6+ and teens.

£22.99 • ISBN-9781787757851

Adult Safeguarding and Homelessness

Understanding Good Practice

Edited by Adi Cooper OBE and Michael Preston-Shoot

This one stop resource highlights evidence-informed practice and serves as an accessible and invaluable resource for all working with individuals experiencing multiple exclusion homelessness and adult safeguarding.

This book brings together the best research evidence, service development knowledge, practice expertise and the voices of people with lived experience to help social workers and practitioners navigate the complex area of safeguarding adults and supporting adults with housingrelated needs. It also is useful for managers and leaders in this field. Chapters range from contextualising the current landscape, evaluations of policy and reports to best practice for working with individuals, working together to safeguard individuals at risk to chapters on Leadership and Strategic Partnerships.

21/02/2022 • £26.99 • ISBN-9781787757875

Safeguarding Adults Under the Care Act 2014

Understanding Good Practice

Edited

OBE

by Adi Cooper

and Emily White

Foreword by Lyn

Romeo

Practice in safeguarding adults is changing, with a shift in approach to ensure it is person-centred and outcome-focused. The Care Act 2014 introduced new safeguarding duties for local authorities, and this book describes what up-to-date practice should look like, and how to provide the best quality care and support for adults who may be at risk of abuse or neglect.

Chapters cover core areas of practice according to Care Act and adult safeguarding principles, identify the fundamental skills and knowledge practitioners working in this area should be able to utilise and introduce the emerging challenging issues in the workplace. As well as being invaluable to practitioners working directly in this field, this is also ideally suited to be a text for any social work course or programme on adult safeguarding practice.

£22.99 • ISBN-9781785920943

TherapeuticTreasureD

Parenting Patchwork Treasure Deck

The

A Creative Tool for Assessments, Interventions, and Strengthening Relationships with Parents, Carers, and Children

£29.99 • ISBN-9781787753082

The Trauma Treasure Deck

A Creative Tool for Assessments, Interventions, and Learning for Work with Adversity and Stress in Children and Adults

£29.99 • ISBN-9781839971372

Working with Domestic Violence and Abuse Across the Lifecourse

Understanding Good Practice

Edited by Ravi K. Thiara and Lorraine Radford

Spanning children’s and adult’s services, this book explores the nature and impact of domestic abuse and violence (DVA) throughout the lifecourse. It highlights evidenceinformed practice and serves as an accessible and invaluable resource for all working with and supporting those dealing with DVA.

Structured around three core themes of coercive control, developmental experiences of violence and the importance of an intersectional understanding of DVA, this book highlights the need for a coordinated ‘whole family’ approach in safeguarding work in this area. Chapters move through different stages of life, addressing topics such as children living with domestic violence, abuse in young people’s relationships, mental illness, substance use and adolescent to parent abuse.Following significant changes in this field, including the introduction of coercive control as a legal offence and the global impact of COVID on DVA cases, this is a timely and much-needed resource.

21/06/2021 • £19.99 • ISBN-9781784507589

Card Deck

Card Deck

The Straightforward Guide to Safeguarding Adults

From Getting the Basics Right to Applying the Care Act and Criminal Investigations

Deborah Barnett

This new manual provides a clear, comprehensive overview of the responsibilities of professionals in relation to safeguarding adults, and how to implement these principles in frontline practice.

The Care Act 2014 sets out a legal framework for how local authorities should protect adults at risk of abuse and neglect. However, the law can be complex and difficult to interpret. This straightforward manual aims to help managers, practitioners and trainers to work through the whole safeguarding process, from the very basics to the complexities of multi-agency collaboration and criminal investigation.

It offers a step-by-step guide to safeguarding adults, including case studies to recognise how to put specific safeguarding principles into practice, tools for assessing risk, and tips for implementing person-centred and strength-based practice.

£19.99 • ISBN-9781785923272

A Practical Guide to Working with Sex Offenders

Diane Wills and Andrew Wills

Many safeguarding practitioners do not specialise in work with sex offenders, but do find themselves working with them and need professional understanding and expertise to do so. This book provides professionals with a clear understanding of current theory and good practice.

Designed as a complement to specialist assessment processes, it covers relevant theory, ranging from current research on to neurobiology and sexual deviance, through to types of offending and offender profiles. It also lays out key areas of good practice, from carrying out assessments, managing risk and making complex decisions through to current legislation and how best to safeguard families.

Taking you from the fundamental principles right through to responding to complex cases, this book is essential reading for all safeguarding professionals.

£22.99 • ISBN-9781785925061

Manual Handling in Health and Social Care, Second

Edition

An A-Z of Law and Practice

Michael Mandelstam

Manual Handling in Health and Social Care is written for all those involved in the manual handling of adults or children - including those carrying it out, assessors, managers and commissioners.

It lays out the current legal requirements in a non-technical way and includes case studies illustrating the law applied in practice, across health, social care and sometimes educational settings. The book applies to England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. An extended introduction sets out challenges, past, present and future, including safety, balancing risk with duties to meet people’s needs, human rights, avoidance of blanket policies, mental capacity, safeguarding, the limited resources of statutory services and single-handed care. It also considers some of the legal implications of increased use of technology (including remote assessment), as well as the “mechanisation” of care and its application to manual handling.

The main part of the book is in the form of an A-Z guide, providing quick access to relevant legislation and common law (negligence) rules applying to personal injury cases. It covers also, extensively, judicial review legal challenges to decisions, when people and their families disagree with manual handing decisions that have been made. In addition, relevant ombudsman cases are included.

The book will be essential reference for staff and managers in health and social care settings, students, legal professionals and all those working to ensure good practice and compliance with the law.

Michael Mandelstam provides independent legal training to local authorities, the NHS and voluntary organisations. In the past, he worked at the Disabled Living Foundation, a national voluntary organisation, and for a few years at the Social Services Inspectorate at the Department of Health. He holds postgraduate qualifications in law, information studies and the history of science and medicine.

21/04/2021 • £27.99 • ISBN-9780857009906

Unseen Lives

The Hidden World of Modern Slavery

Kate Garbers

...a fully grown man utterly broken by what he had experienced, physically and mentally exhausted with physical evidence showing the overt signs of the abuse he had been through.’

This is how Kate Garbers met Riso, a man who had been trafficked and in forced labour for months, with no way out. Modern slavery is far closer than we think. Yet it is largely unseen and unknown to most of us - a crime against humanity hidden in plain sight.

In this revealing exposé, Kate Garbers shares moving stories of survivors she has met and shares insights she has gained through over a decade of anti-slavery work. Survivor stories are complemented by a forensic account of how modern slavery works and the many forms it can take - from forced labour to organ harvesting - and how it is enabled to continue by our current laws and systems.

Unseen Lives also provides a vision of hope for those looking to challenge and dismantle modern slavery, laying out what changes we need to make as individuals and as a society in order to effectively tackle modern slavery and improve the support of survivors.

Kate Garbers has worked in the anti-slavery sector since 2009. She is Founder and former Director of Unseen UK, a charity that provides safety, hope and choice to survivors of human trafficking and modern slavery.

18/11/2021 • £14.99 • ISBN-9781785926365

Pulling Through

Help for Families Navigating Life-Changing Illness

Catherine Jessop

“And at that exact moment, the earth tipped, and we all slid into a parallel universe...”

On Christmas Day 2016, the Jessops were just an ordinary family, but on Boxing Day, one near-death experience swept them all into the bewildering world of hospitals and serious illness, and their lives changed forever.

Pulling Through is a handbook of everything Catherine has learned on their journey. It covers many practicalities, such as explaining hospital tests and scans, jargon-busting medical terms, finance, rehabilitation and more. But it also illuminates the emotional aspect of illness and how massively it affects family and friends. There are chapters on the power of nature, music, counselling, optimism and humour, and how to look after the mental health of both patient and carer.

This is a book of hope, help and reassurance on every aspect of coping with life-changing illness in the family: the good, the bad, the funny, the sad, and the useful. If you, or someone you know, has a life-changing illness, then this book is here to help.

Catherine Jessop is a writer with a background in publishing and marketing, as well as a full-time carer for her husband Alan, who has a permanent brain injury following autoimmune encephalitis. She has also worked in primary schools with children with learning difficulties and special needs. She writes a weekly blog promoting a variety of independent publishers for Compass Independent Publishing Services. She has three children, two stepchildren, four grandchildren and a dog, and lives in West London.

“I recognised so much in Catherine Jessop’s story: the lottery of healthcare, the need to rapidly learn on the job how our health and social care systems work, the mundanity of many of the daily trials - such as hospital parking, the emotional roller-coaster, and the way life splits into ‘before’ and ‘after’. And I cannot recommend Pulling Through highly enough. It covers really tough territory with honesty, insight, humour and a determination to support others who may suddenly find themselves plunged into this ‘after’ world - not only through encephalitis but any number of life-altering illnesses and conditions. Pulling Through is so much more than a guide to what happens next and how to survive it. It is a voice penetrating the chaos and muddle of navigating care with the message ‘I’ve done this. I can help you do it too’.”

Jane Matthews, author of ‘The Carer’s Handbook’, Robinson 2019

• ISBN-9781787753730

Supporting People Bereaved through a Drug or AlcoholRelated Death

Peter Cartwight

This pioneering book provides guidance for those helping bereaved adults through the process of grieving loved ones who died as a result of substance use.

People bereaved in this manner require very specific support through these unique circumstances, and this book contains contributions from a range of leading experts in the field on how to help people bereaved in this way, with examples of good practice. It combines theory, research and practice in a straightforward and untechnical way, clearly describing the complex, severe nature of these bereavements and how to support bereaved people through this complex grieving process. The book also explains bereavement, substance use and how addictive substance use can affect a family, and provides comprehensive case studies that illustrate how to support and counsel.

£24.99 • ISBN-9781785921919

Social Work, Cats and Rocket Science

Stories of Making a Difference in Social Work with Adults

Elaine James, Rob Mitchell and Hannah Morgan. With Mark Harvey and Ian Burges

Forewords by Lyn Romeo and Mark Neary

This book tells stories of just how powerful social work can be. At its heart are stories drawn from frontline practice, ranging from first interviews through to complex decisionmaking.

Along the way, we meet the social worker who assessed a cat (though for all the right reasons). We witness the cost of failing to protect the rights of adults, exemplified in the tragic death of Connor Sparrowhawk. We also see the transformations that can happen when social workers really get it right - as in the case of Peter, whose love of balloons led them to feature in his care plan. These stories from practice are combined with guidance and reflective exercises to offer valuable practice wisdom and learning for new and experienced social workers alike.

By turns funny, wise and moving, this book articulates the personal and professional qualities needed to practise rights-based social work. It reveals the potential of the profession to make a difference to the lives of individuals and to communities.

£20.99 • ISBN-9781785925191

Social Work with Autistic People

Essential Knowledge, Skills and the Law for Working with Children and Adults

Yo Dunn

Forewords by Alex Ruck Keene and Ruth Allen

This book will help social workers and practitioners to find achievable solutions to support autistic people - including those with complex needs - to live fulfilling lives in their communities.

Far too many autistic people are currently in inappropriate institutional placements, putting their basic human rights at risk and experiencing a poor quality of life. Good quality support for autistic people is achievable, even in a social care system under pressure. This book will help practitioners to develop high quality community support to facilitate discharges and prevent admissions, by providing them with effective, practical strategies to communicate with and more effectively support autistic people right across the spectrum.

Common assumptions and beliefs are challenged, including the idea that ‘behaviours’ are an inevitable part of autism, and practical approaches are offered to promote autonomy, respect for human rights and empathy with autistic perspectives as a basis for preventing distressed behaviour. This will enable practitioners to support and empower all autistic people to achieve a good quality of life in their communities.

Yo Dunn is an independent trainer and consultant who works across the public sector, specialising in autism and law. She creates and delivers high level training for social workers on the legal frameworks of social care, safeguarding and autism for a variety of clients, including many English local authorities.

£19.99 • ISBN-9781785920790

Bestseller

NHS Continuing Healthcare

An A-Z of Law, Practice, Funding Decisions and Challenges

Michael Mandelstam

This authoritative guide to the law of continuing healthcare provides clarity on a contentious issue for those in long-term care: which adults are eligible for full NHS funding, as opposed to self-funded social care.

Written by seasoned legal expert Michael Mandelstam, it provides practitioners with clear information on both the letter and spirit of the law, written in an accessible style suitable for a wide range of health and social care practitioners. The book gives all the need-to-knows in a handy A-Z format for quick reference, including key legal rules, guidance and case law.

It contains also an extended analysis, with detailed evidence, of NHS continuing healthcare over the last 30 years up to the present. This is critical in order to understand why the rules are so complex, confusing and sometimes disregarded, and why decisions can seem counter-intuitive, unfair and difficult to challenge.

The book is essential reading to assist the making of decisions that are fair, lawful and transparent.

Michael Mandelstam provides independent legal training, advice and consultancy to local authorities, the NHS and voluntary organisations. In the past, he worked at the Disabled Living Foundation, a national voluntary organisation, and for a few years at the Social Services Inspectorate at the Department of Health. He holds postgraduate qualifications in law, information studies and the history of science and medicine.

“This excellent book should be essential reading for the Secretary of State for Health and all health service managers and social workers involved in CHC decision making. It is my hope this book will put the woeful application of CHC decision-making back under the spotlight and into the national conversation.”

Simon Bull C.Q.S.W., Assistant Borough Solicitor, Bracknell Council

£27.99 • ISBN-9781787751620

Care Act 2014

An A-Z of Law and Practice

Michael Mandelstam

The Care Act 2014 represents a major upheaval in adult social care law: the biggest since 1948. This book sets out and explains the provisions of the Care Act 2014 in simple terms, illustrating its practical implications for both social and health care with many legal cases and local ombudsman investigations. It also includes a substantial section on NHS Continuing Health Care and how it relates to the Care Act.

Presented in a handy A - Z format, Michael Mandelstam brings his extensive experience in this field to bear on this new, important piece of legislation. It is essential reading for health and social care managers and practitioners, advocates, lawyers, policy makers and students of social work and social policy.

£39.99 • ISBN-9781849055598

“This book provides a fantastic overview of NHS continuing healthcare and is written to give people the information they need. It is incredibly helpful for people who want to learn more about CHC and equip themselves for the often laborious process of applying for it.”

Alzheimer’s Society

My Black Motherhood

Mental Health, Stigma, Racism and the System

Sandra Igwe

Joyful. Graceful. Blessed. Strong. Anxious. Depressed. Stigmatised. Stereotyped. What happens when motherhood isn’t what you expected - and when you reach out for support, you are met with judgment and prejudice?

Sandra Igwe shares her journey as a young Black mother, coping with sleepless nights, anxiety and loneliness after the birth of her first daughter. Burdened by cultural expectations of the ‘good mother’ and the ‘strong Black woman’ trope, her mental health struggles became an uphill battle.

Black women are at higher risk of developing postnatal depression but are the least likely to be identified as depressed. Sharing the voices of other mothers, Sandra examines how culture, racism, stigma and a lack of trust in services prevent women getting the help they need. Breaking open the conversation on motherhood, race, and mental health, she demands that Black women are listened to, believed, and understood.

21/06/2022 • £12.99 • ISBN-9781839970092

Black Again

Losing and Reclaiming My Racial Identity

LaTonya Summers

“I was driven by the belief that if I wanted to go somewhere I’d need to be something other than Black.” LaTonya Summers was only six years old the first time she unconsciously tried to be “more white”. Recollecting experiences from her childhood in foster care through to her life today as an Assistant Professor and mother, LaTonya examines how her perception of self was affected by internalized racism and led her to adopt white norms - influencing everything from her music and clothing choices to her speech and values. Join LaTonya in her journey of realization - how all those years assimilating, stretching and pressing for whiteness harmed her, and how, in a world that sees her as Black, it’s about time she did too.

Discover how LaTonya has truly “made it” by embracing and endorsing the Afrocentric norms and values that have sustained her and her family better than any white picket fence ever could.

21/09/2023 • £13.99 • ISBN-9781839973192

A Tiny Spark of Hope

Healing Childhood Trauma in Adulthood

Kim S. Golding and Alexia Jones

This is the story of Alexia and her therapist Kim, and their three-year therapy journey to begin Alexia’s path to recovery. Written from both perspectives, it is a powerful and revealing account of a therapist-client relationship. Together, the authors show the manifold challenges that adult survivors of childhood abuse have to overcome, and offer insight to all therapists on how relational interventions can pave a way to healing.

Hell Yeah Self-Care!

A Trauma-Informed Workbook

Alex Iantaffi and Meg-John Barker

Take a moment to pause... Breathe...

And ask yourself, what does self-care mean to you?

Times are very tough-in a world that pushes us to go faster, be the best, and get ahead of others, we often forget to focus on ourselves, leaving us with anxiety, anger, burnout, stress, and trauma. In this creative workbook and journal leading mental health pioneers, Alex Iantaffi and Meg-John Barker, provide you with the tools to begin your self-care journey and develop sustainable self-care routines and rituals that work for you.

21/01/2021 • £19.99 • ISBN-9781787754324

21/01/2021 • £14.99 • ISBN-9781787752467

v I v IAN OKEZE-TIRA d O

is an advanced social worker with West Sussex County Council’s fostering team and a practice educator. Vivian is also the head of VOT Training and Consultancy which teaches and promotes diversity and cultural competence. In 2021, she was awarded Social Worker of the Year and the Social Justice Advocate of the Year in England.

D.I.V.E.R.S.I.T.Y.

A Guide to Working with Diversity and Developing Cultural Sensitivity

Vivian Okeze-Tirado

New

Being culturally competent in practice is an essential skill for any practitioner working with people. Award-winning social worker and diversity trainer Vivian Okeze-Tirado has developed an applied practice model to help you to increase your understanding of diversity and improve your cultural competency:

d: Decide to be a Culturally Sensitive Practitioner

I: Invite people to talk about their cultures, values, beliefs, and experiences

v: Value their history, individuality(,) and differences

E: Explore the client’s realities, show curiosity

R: Reflect upon information and knowledge received

S: Scrutinise yourself

I: Identify strategies to aid your work

T: Train yourself to treat people, children, and families individually

Y: Yield to culturally sensitive practice

Encouraging you to do more than just talk about racism, this simple practice tool provides easily achievable steps and practical guidance to empower you and your colleagues tackle racism and discrimination in practice.

21/03/2023 • £14.99 • ISBN-9781839976322

Things I Got Wrong So You Don’t Have To

48

Lessons to Banish Burnout and Avoid Anxiety for Those Who Put Others First

Pooky Knightsmith

An internationally respected campaigner, Pooky Knightsmith has worked tirelessly to promote good child and adolescent mental health. Her knowledge, ideas and advice come not just from years of research and study, but from hard earned experience with PTSD, anorexia, self-harm and depression.

Part mental health guide, part memoir, this book contains 48 life lessons learned from everyday victories to life-changing events. Pooky shares tips on how to avoid burnout, how small acts of self-care can make a big difference, steps you can take to live with anxiety, and how to nurture key friendships and relationships, amongst many other things. Each lesson ends with space for the reader to reflect, and includes exercises to help take the first steps to incorporating these lessons into their own lives.

Unflinching and utterly authentic, Pooky shares the things she got wrong so that you don’t have to.

21/04/2022 • £14.99

• ISBN-9781839972683

NEIL T h OMPSON

has 45 years of experience in the caring professions as a practitioner, manager, educator, writer and adviser. He has won awards for his work, including a Lifetime Achievement Award from BASW Cymru. He is renowned for his ability to express complex ideas clearly without oversimplifying them and for making theory relevant to practice.

The Learning From Practice Manual

Neil Thompson

Neil Thompson sets out what you really need to know about supporting further learning during placement and practice.

Stripping away the confusion and anxiety about ‘what next?’, this manual goes back to the core theories of how learning works in the first place, and how you can synchronise that with values and reflective practice to help your students and colleagues reach their professional goals. Summaries illustrate and reinforce the guidance, creating a set of easy-to-follow strategies for effective workplace development mentoring.

Accessible explanations guide you through the theory and practice, covering everything from fostering a learning environment to troubleshooting difficulties and encouraging a culture of self-directed learning. Grow your mentoring skills and help your colleagues get to grips with not just what to learn, but how to learn it and make it stick.

21/09/2023 • £21.99 • ISBN-9781839978067

How to Survive in Social Work

Neil Thompson and John McGowan

Social worker. You’re a helping hand, a rock in the tempest, a friendly face through the hard times, and a catalyst for change. But what about you? How do you keep going when the pressure just keeps rising?

In this no-nonsense handbook, Neil Thompson and John McGowan distil years of social work expertise into key strategies to overcome the challenges that come with the profession. Each chapter is full of clear, practical advice on staying resilient in the face of tough situations, whether they’re political, social, or economic. Handy frameworks and expert advice will strengthen your practice and give you a solid structure to build on, helping you fulfil your potential as a social worker and provide better support for your clients.

Social work is tough, but with the guidance and support in this book you can learn to tackle the challenges and thrive as a force for change.

19/10/2023 • £19.99 • ISBN-9781839978081

The Social Worker’s Practice Manual

Neil Thompson

An essential handbook for students and experienced social workers alike, this practical guide filters out the jargon and sets out what you really need to know.

30 easy-to-follow chapters delve into topics ranging from holistic thinking to effective record keeping, all rooted in Neil Thompson’s extensive hands-on experience.

Complicated subjects such as cultural sensitivity and managing conflict are discussed thoughtfully and pragmatically, helping you understand the roots of tricky situations and find effective solutions. Each section masterfully combines theory and practice to give a holistic view of social work that can be tailored to help each unique client.

This is 45 years of experience distilled into one manual for success.

21/08/2023 • £19.99 • ISBN-9781839978043

The Neil Thompson Practice Collection

Social Work Under Pressure

How to Overcome Stress, Fatigue and Burnout in the Workplace

Kate van Heugten

Stress, fatigue and burnout are serious problems in the social work profession. High case loads, staff shortages, budget cuts and the challenging nature of the job contribute to high levels of stress, and social workers can crack under the pressure.

This accessible book demonstrates how managers and practitioners can overcome workplace distress, fatigue and burnout by understanding the causes and implementing practical strategies. Part 1 outlines how stress, fatigue, burnout and trauma can be identified, how they impact upon social workers, and what strategies can help. Part 2 explores stress in particular settings, covering frontline practice, working with trauma, working with aggressive service users, bullying and violence in the workplace, and making mistakes. The book is rooted in the reality of everyday social work, incorporating the views and experiences of practising social workers.

This book is full of techniques and tips that will be invaluable to all social work managers and practitioners seeking to beat workplace stress overload and burnout.

£24.99

• ISBN-9781849051163

Overcoming Everyday Racism

Building Resilience and Wellbeing in the Face of Discrimination and Microaggressions

Susan Cousins

This enlightening and reflective guide studies the psychological impact of racism and discrimination on BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) people and offers steps to improve wellbeing. It includes definitions of race, racism and other commonly used terms, such as microaggressions, and evaluates the effect of definitions used to describe BAME people.

Each chapter of the book focusses on one category of wellbeing - self-acceptance, personal growth, purpose in life, positive relations with others, environmental mastery, autonomy - and includes case examples, spaces for reflection and practical, creative exercises. For use as a tool within counselling and therapeutic settings as well as a self-help tool by individuals, each category provides a framework for thinking about how to manage everyday racism, live with more resilience, and thrive.

£13.99 • ISBN-9781785928505

Best Practice in Professional Supervision

Allyson Davys and Liz Beddoe

Best Practice in Professional Supervision is an authoritative guide to being an excellent supervisor, covering the role, functions and dispositions involved.

The authors consider basic skills, the practicalities of forming and maintaining the supervision relationship, and the organisational context and culture of supervision. The book offers practical examples and a model of supervision which draws together ideas from adult learning theory and reflective practice. Viewing supervision as a place for learning, this guide considers how supervision can assist practitioners to develop professional resilience and manage the stresses of complex work environments. It also includes specific chapters on supervision of clinical student placements and in child protection settings.

This is an essential guide for all those in these and related professions undertaking supervision or supervision training.

£22.99 • ISBN-9781843109952

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