Provides information on the housing situation in London and the ongoing work of key women's organisations across the capital. Sets out a list of actions to tackle some of the issues relating to housing problems faced by Women in London. Contents include: women experiencing domestic violence; older women; black and minority ethnic women; refugee and asylum seeking women; women leaving care; keyworkers; disabled women; homeless women; lone mothers; young mothers; women leaving prison; lesbians.
Provides information on the housing situation in London and the ongoing work of key women's organisations across the capital. Sets out a list of actions to tackle some of the issues relating to housing problems faced by Women in London. Contents include: women experiencing domestic violence; older women; black and minority ethnic women; refugee and asylum seeking women; women leaving care; keyworkers; disabled women; homeless women; lone mothers; young mothers; women leaving prison; lesbians.
Subject terms:
homeless people, housing, keyworkers, mothers, older people, physical disabilities, prisoners, refugees, single parent families, teenage parents, women, asylum seekers, black and minority ethnic people, community care, crime victims, discharge;
housing, mental health problems, older people, partner abuse, physical disabilities, policy, single parent families, social work methods, women, black and minority ethnic people, government policy;
Uses real life stories to take the reader through every stage of the adoption process. Aims to inform professionals, adoptive parents, potential adopters and all those whose lives are affected by adoption. Contains chapters on: first meetings and first months; adopting babies and toddlers; adopting schoolchildren; taking on young people; adopting a disabled child or a child with learning difficulties; adopting an emotionally, physically or sexually abused child; single, unmarried, and gay adoptive parents and adoption over birth by choice; adoption and race; openness; attachment; adoption breakdown; tracing; a birth mother's story; and an adoptee's story.
Uses real life stories to take the reader through every stage of the adoption process. Aims to inform professionals, adoptive parents, potential adopters and all those whose lives are affected by adoption. Contains chapters on: first meetings and first months; adopting babies and toddlers; adopting schoolchildren; taking on young people; adopting a disabled child or a child with learning difficulties; adopting an emotionally, physically or sexually abused child; single, unmarried, and gay adoptive parents and adoption over birth by choice; adoption and race; openness; attachment; adoption breakdown; tracing; a birth mother's story; and an adoptee's story.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, lesbians, mothers, open adoption, physical disabilities, school children, single parent families, young people, adopted children, adoption, adoptive parents, attachment, babies, birth parents, black and minority ethnic people, children, emotionally disturbed children, gay men;
housing, learning disabilities, mental health, mental health problems, older people, physical disabilities, poverty, single parent families, social work, social work education, social care provision, social work methods, unemployment, women, black and minority ethnic people, child abuse, child care;
homosexuality, learning disabilities, mental health problems, physical disabilities, probation, poverty, psychotherapy, rape, research methods, residential care, schizophrenia, severe mental health problems, single parent families, suicide, unemployment, violence, women, young offenders, youth work, adoption, alcohol misuse, bereavement, black and minority ethnic people, child abuse, child sexual abuse, custodial institutions, counselling, divorce, drug misuse, foster care, groupwork;