Download or read book Can I Tell You About Being a Young Carer written by Jo Aldridge and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2018-12-21 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Carly. Carly is a young person caring for her mother who has Multiple Sclerosis and depression. Part of the best-selling Can I Tell You about... series, this book raises awareness about children who live with and care for parents or other relatives in the home. It describes what young carers like Carly do, and the practical and emotional impact caring can have on home and school life, both positive and negative. It also explains what support is available for young carers, including from family, friends and teachers as well as other professionals and online. Carly's story will help young carers explore their worries and concerns, and help family members and professionals support young carers.

Download or read book A Caring Mind written by Matthew McKenzie and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about an unpaid carer (Matthew Mckenzie) experiences caring for his mother. Mental illness carries stigma, struggles and painful memories. The book "A caring mind" opens up the caring journey and aims to promote the importance of carers and also seek to inspire carers to change things for the better.

Download or read book Moral Resilience Second Edition written by Cynda H. Rushton and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Suffering is an unavoidable reality in health care. Not only are patients and families suffering but also the clinicians who care for them. Commonly the suffering experienced by clinicians is moral in nature, reflecting the increasing complexity of health care, their roles within it, and the expanding range of available interventions. Moral suffering is the anguish experienced in response to various forms of moral adversity including moral harms, wrongs or failures, or unrelieved moral stress. Confronting moral adversity challenges clinicians' integrity: the inner harmony that arises when their essential values and commitments are aligned with their choices and actions. The most studied response to moral adversity is moral distress. The sources and sequelae of moral distress, one type of moral suffering, have been documented among clinicians across specialties. Recent interest has expanded to include a more corrosive form of moral suffering, moral injury. Moral resilience, the capacity to restore or sustain integrity in response to moral adversity, offers a path designing individual and system solutions to address moral suffering. It encompasses capacities aimed at developing self- regulation and self-awareness, buoyancy, moral efficacy, self-stewardship and ultimately personal and relational integrity. Moral resilience has been shown to be a protective resource that reduces the detrimental impact of moral suffering. Clinicians and healthcare organizations must work together to transform moral suffering by cultivating the individual capacities for moral resilience and designing a new architecture to support ethical practice. Used worldwide for scalable and sustainable change, the Conscious Full Spectrum Response, offers a method to solve problems to support integrity, shift patterns that undermine moral resilience and ethical practice, and source the inner potential of clinicians and leaders to produce meaningful and sustainable results that benefit all"--

Download or read book Children caring for parents with mental illness written by Aldridge, Jo and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2003-03-22 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little is known about the experiences of children living in families affected by severe and enduring mental illness. This is the first in-depth study of children and young people caring for parents affected in this way. Drawing on primary research data collected from 40 families, the book presents the perspectives of children (young carers), their parents and the key professionals in contact with them. Children caring for parents with mental illness makes an invaluable contribution to the growing evidence base on parental mental illness and outcomes for children. It: · is the first research-based text to examine the experiences and needs of children caring for parents with severe mental illness; · provides the perspectives of children, parents and key professionals in contact with these families; · reviews existing medical, social, child protection and young carers literatures on parental mental illness and consequences for children; · provides a chronology and guide to relevant law and policy affecting young carers and parents with severe mental illness; · makes concrete recommendations and suggestions for improving policy and professional practice; · contributes to the growing evidence base on parental mental illness and outcomes for children and families.

Download or read book Me and My Sister written by Rose Robbins and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-14 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Getting along with your sister is never easy—especially if your brains work in different ways! Based on the author’s childhood, Me and My Sister is a gentle exploration of growing up with an autistic sibling. Life in a neurodiverse home isn’t straightforward: these siblings communicate and behave in different ways. They’re also unique people with different likes and dislikes. Misunderstandings are bound to happen! But despite the occasional bickering and confusion, maybe this brother and sister can discover new ways to love and help one another. Siblings of all backgrounds will connect to this playfully illustrated story about embracing difference.

Download or read book Lily Alone written by Jacqueline Wilson and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-09-26 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lily isn't home ALONE - but she sort of wishes she was; looking after her three younger siblings is a lot of responsibility. When Mum goes off on holiday with her new boyfriend and her stepdad fails to show up, Lily is determined to keep the family together and show they can cope without any grown-ups. But taking care of 6-year-old twins, her 3-year-old sister and the family's flat feels overwhelming and Lily is worried that school or social services might discover their situation and break up the family. What could be better than to take all the little ones for a camping adventure in the park? Plenty of space to run about, no carpet to vacuum, and surely no chance anyone will guess they're there . . .

Download or read book Can I Tell You About Friendship written by Bridget Knight and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2019-11-21 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Rhidi. Rhidi has friends, but would worry about friendships and being good at making friends. Sometimes he would get so worried that he couldn't sleep or want to leave his house! Rhidi asks his classmates what they think friendship means and discovers so many different ideas! What does friendship really mean? How does one make friends? How can you be a good friend, and what can you do when things go wrong? The ideal conversation starter for children aged 7+, this illustrated guide helps children to understand what friendship is, as well the misunderstandings surrounding it.

Download or read book Young Carers in the UK written by Chris Dearden and published by . This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Child Protection and the Family Court What you Need to Know written by Andrew McFarlane and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-08 with total page 647 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Child protection made simple: the plain-speaking guide for all those concerned with the protection of children. Providing a clear and uncomplicated route through the child protection process. Diagrams and charts are included to aid understanding; jargon and acronyms are only included in order to explain them and key court decisions are explained in their proper context. In addition to coverage of local authority safeguarding duties and investigations, parental responsibility, wardship and the inherent jurisdiction and secure accommodation, new content in this edition includes: A chapter on special guardianship, helpful for those who find themselves involved in legal proceedings without access to legal aid, such as grandparents Developments in cases involving: Radicalisation Adoption Children or parents who are nationals of a foreign country The introduction of the Child Arrangements Programme for private law

Download or read book Can I Tell You About Hope written by Liz Gulliford and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2019-06-21 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Matt, who wants to learn what hope means. Matt likes to 'think positive' - if he believes in himself he is sure he can achieve whatever he wants. No need to revise for the big test, or practice his guitar, as long as he hopes for the best! But when his disappointing results come back, Matt starts to think maybe there is more to hope than just wishful thinking. Is it always good to hope, or are there times when hoping is misguided or futile? What sort of things can we - or should we - hope for, and what does hoping demand of us? What could we do to make our hopes more likely to come to fruition? The ideal conversation starter for children aged 7+, this illustrated guide will open discussion as to what hope means, the different types of hope, and whether or not it is a good quality.

Download or read book For the Time Being written by Amanda Given and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2024-09-13 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a novel about the discovery of age. For the Time Being heralds changed ownership for upmarket care home Grantham Glade. After Making Old Bones, For the Time Being offers more insights and observations about the residents, their families and staff. In those busy corridors, flights of fancy, journeys of discovery, the gentle rolling of the day-to-day or, from time to time, the ache of grief make up the fabric of care now that the Baby Boom has become the Elder Epoch. Springtime sees the burgeoning of business for the owners and some of the staff with an uplift in the spirits of residents who have made or have been made to regard Grantham Glade their home. In the beginning of this new year, under its very new, very corporate mantle, Grantham Glade has been startled by a fate that is possibly more difficult to manage than death when it is discovered that someone is has gone missing...

Download or read book Hidden Voices written by Cathal O'Connell and published by Combat Poverty Agency. This book was released on 2008 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Guide to Statutory Social Work Interventions written by Mel Hughes and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-05-10 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years there has been a significant shift within social work practice towards recognising the expertise of people with a lived experience. As a result service user involvement is now embedded into curricula. Throughout this textbook, service users and carers detail their experiences of interventions including being detained under the Mental Health Act, having a child removed to a place of safety and having a carer's assessment. In meeting professional standards such as the Professional Capabilities Framework, students and social workers are required to take into account service user perspectives, and to collaborate with them to achieve positive outcomes. Chapters end with advice to social workers directly from contributors, providing invaluable perspectives on different intervention situations. There is specific focus on statutory social work throughout, as well as an exploration of broader implications of interventions, the underpinning legislation, policies and research.

Download or read book The Carer s Guide to Schizophrenia written by Terence McCann and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2020-10-21 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will equip carers, family members and friends with the skills to support a person with schizophrenia or other psychoses. Concise language and practical problem-solving exercises throughout make this an ideal resource to easily digest and dip in and out of as needed. It begins by describing the condition in detail, going on to cover the types of treatment available, how to deal with problems and common challenges, and promoting the person's wellbeing, as well as lots of information on carer wellbeing and available help from support services. When caring for someone with schizophrenia or other psychoses, it's important to be highly knowledgeable about the person's mental health condition, how it affects them and how to help in different situations. This positive book will assist carers in every aspect of this challenging, rewarding process.

Download or read book Child and Family Assessment in Social Work Practice written by Sally Holland and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2010-11-15 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thoroughly revised and updated second edition of Child and Family Assessment in Social Work Practice is an essential guide for social work students and practitioners involved in the assessment of children and their families. Focusing on ′core′ assessments and guiding the reader through the complexities of conducting assessments of need and risk, the book now includes within each chapter a range of specifically-tailored exercises and focus points which encourage readers both to reflect on what they have learnt and to understand how they can apply that learning to practice. Placing a strong emphasis on good, evidence-based, assessment practice, Sally Holland has also, for this new edition, included original research evidence from a wide range of up-to-date research studies which are relevant to today′s practice and which aim to promote a critical and reflective approach to the assessment process. The book is divided into three parts: - Part 1 explores different appoaches to assessment work, outlining policy changes and their implications for working with children and their families. - Part 2 studies those involved in child and family assessments: children and their parents; and the relationship between the assessors and the assessed. - Part 3 - a more practical guide - outlines the actual process of an assessment, illustrated by case studies, focusing on planning assessment methods, analysis, reporting and critical evaluation. Accessibly relating theory and research to actual practice through the use of case studies, exercises, and suggestions for good practice and further reading, this book has a student-friendly structure It will be an invaluable resource for practitioners and academics across the field of social welfare, particularly for those embarking on, or already involved in, child and family assessment.

Download or read book Draft Care and Support Bill written by Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on the Draft Care and Support Bill and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2013-03-19 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Government has not fully thought through the implications of its social care reforms and may leave local authorities open to a deluge of disputes and legal challenges. MPs and Peers warn that without greater integration with health and housing, and a focus on prevention and early intervention, the care and support system will be unsustainable. The Committee also calls for a nationwide campaign to educate people about the need to pay for their own care, saying that adult care and support are poorly understood. Key recommendations include: a new power to mandate joint budgets and commissioning across health, care and housing, such as support for the frail elderly, making it simpler for NHS and local Councils to pool budgets; fast-tracking of care and support assessments for terminally-ill people; new legal rights for young carers to protect them from inappropriate caring responsibilities and ensure they get the support they need; an obligation on the Secretary of State to take into account the draft Bill's well-being principle when designing and setting a national eligibility threshold; independent resolution of disputes over decisions about care and support - and costs that count towards the cap - through a Care and Support Tribunal. In addition, the Committee makes a number of recommendations to improve health research and the education and training of NHS workers. The Committee also warns that restricting support and care to those with the highest levels of need will simply shunt costs into acute NHS care and undermines interventions to prevent and postpone the need for formal care and support.

Download or read book Children s Perspectives on Integrated Services written by Mary Kellett and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-09-06 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Launching Palgrave's new Interagency Working in Health and Social Care series, this book provides one of the first reflective assessments of the Every Child Matters legacy of New Labour. Woven through with the voice of the child, it examines the new landscape of children's services, in bothprinciple and practice.