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The arguments advanced in this book concentrate on children and family practice but do not neglect the importance of fatherhood in social work with vulnerable adults, fathers as carers, or in the criminal justice system.   Social Work with Fathers will assist those working within social care and children's services, students of social care and social work and policy makers.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49537346961681,"sku":"GOR008333470","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1780460082.jpg?v=1751153367"},{"product_id":"childhood-and-youth-book-gary-clapton-9781447321941","title":"Childhood and Youth","description":"Childhood and youth have often been the targets of moral panic rhetoric. 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With an appraisal of the work of the influential thinker, Geoffrey Pearson, who wrote on deviance and young people, it draws attention to the moralising within these discourses and asks how we might do things differently.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49580690931985,"sku":"GOR013662614","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49613581222161,"sku":"GOR012973268","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1447321944.jpg?v=1751463166"},{"product_id":"adoption-and-fostering-in-scotland-book-gary-clapton-9781906716356","title":"Adoption and Fostering in Scotland","description":"Much adoption and fostering practice in Scotland is the same as elsewhere in the United Kingdom, especially in relation to social and demographic changes; developing policies and practices, such as post-adoption information exchanges; responding to the challenges that face children adopted from local authority care; and incorporating birth parents in support services. This volume summarises Scottish adoption and fostering practice and highlights where Scottish practice or the Scottish legal environment differs from elsewhere in the UK. Research findings that have UK-wide application, for example, the need for sensitisation of foster parents to the challenges in caring for a child that has been sexually abused and the needs of post-care adults are discussed. The authors begin with a brief history of developments in care for children who cannot be looked after within their biological families. A chapter on Kinship Care brings the policy framework up to the present. They end their book with a chapter that points to current gaps in knowledge, policy and practice. The result is a short, readable survey of Scottish practice set in the context of developments in other jurisdictions. 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Discussing different notions of fatherhood, such as biological paternity, social fatherhood, sperm donorship and the `father figure', this informative book - the first on birth fathers in adoption - brings new light to issues such as the decision to give up a child for adoption, the child's desire to find his or her birth parents, and the facilitation of contact in later life.  Written in an accessible style with insights into adoption and social work practice past and present, Birth Fathers and their Adoption Experiences offers a vital new perspective on understanding the causes and consequences of adoption, and makes positive suggestions for working with those whom it affects.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51320588173585,"sku":"GOR001982092","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51355756036369,"sku":"GOR009276088","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53675525013777,"sku":"CIN1843100126G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1843100126.jpg?v=1751154390"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-au\/collections\/author-books-by-gary-clapton.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}