A course book that offers coverage of NVQ/SVQ CCLD.

Gives a complete Level 2 NVQ/SVQ CCLD coverage. This work has reference to the legislation and frameworks, making it the relevant and useful.

The most up-to-date text available, this new edition covers the EYFS and is fully mapped to the current specs. Information is presented in an accessible way, helping students gain the necessary knowledge. The vibrant, colourful text design contains an assortment of text features, along with many new photos, bringing the world of Childcare to life.

The most up-to-date text available, this new edition covers the EYFS and is fully mapped to the current specs. Information is presented in an accessible way, helping students gain the necessary knowledge. The vibrant, colourful text design contains an assortment of text features, along with many new photos, bringing the world of Childcare to life.

Covers all core units and a good selection of popular specialist units and includes a range of up-to-date case studies to ensure students see the relevance of theory in real-life contexts.

Drawing on contemporary research and debates from different Nordic countries, this book examines how social work and child welfare politics are produced and challenged as both global and local ideas and practices.

New edition of this market-leading Child Care textbook for the CACHE Level 3 Diploma and a range of other qualifications, including Children's Care, Learning and Development (CCLD) S/NVQs at Levels 3 and 4, Foundation Degrees and Higher Education students, written by bestselling Child Care authors Tina Bruce and Carolyn Meggitt - and now with a CD-Rom in every copy!

A comprehensive guide to assessing children in need and their families. This book provides an explanation of the Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Families, and information on how to implement it sensitively and effectively, summarizing the research, policy and practice.

Considers the implications for practice of the 'Every Child Matters' (ECM) agenda for working with children, analysing the key issues from the perspective of the different professions that make up the 'new children's workforce'. This book includes practice issues and case examples from health, education, social work, and playwork.

This indispensable guide covers all the mandatory and optional units providing indepth coverage in a student-friendly style. Expertly written to ensure that the material is accessible and appropriate for Level 2 students.

This best-selling book has been completely revised to provide a fully up-to-date guide on observation and assessment. Packed with examples of observation techniques, and documented examples, this is the only book students will need to build the skills required by the professional childcare practitioner. The book covers child observation components of all major childcare courses.

Captures the diverse, topical and timely expertise generated by the EU Kids Online project, which brings together 60 researchers in 21 countries across Europe.

The essential core textbook for the new CACHE Level 2 Awward, Certificate and Diploma in Child Care and Education

Theraputic caring for children.

Presenting an inter-professional model, this book provides a multi-disciplinary approach so that practitioners from a diverse range of helping fields, working in hospitals, out-patient clinics, agencies and schools, may be better equipped to foster children's resilience and build on their emotional strengths.

This document contains the regulations and national minimum standards applicable to children's homes from April 2002. They form the basis for judgements made by the National Care Standards Commission regarding registration and compliance.

Suitable for the CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Child Care and Education (DCE), this book covers the assessment outcomes of all nine mandatory units, and six of the optional units. It also includes a CD-ROM that provides learning and self-testing features such as multiple-choice questions, fill-the-gap and spot-the-hazard exercises.

For over a decade and with the best of intentions, the UK government has spent millions attempting, but largely failing, to improve personal, social and educational outcomes for children and young people in public care. This book shows how achieving positive outcomes for children in care is possible when the root causes of failure are tackled.

Professionals often talk about the stress and doubt they feel after moments in which they did not know how to respond. This book explores how youth workers experience the moment of not-knowing what to do in the helping relationship.

This 3rd edition includes legislation in child care and aims to help candidates focus on the diverse needs of the children in their care, covering special needs and multi-cultural issues. The Student Book applies theoretical understanding in the work setting and also provides practice guidance.