With a foreword by First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford, this book is the first to offer an in-depth look into what makes the Welsh Social Work context unique. It includes the move towards joint children, families and adult provision and the emphasis on early intervention, future generations and partnership considerations.Covering the subject knowledge required by the Welsh regulator, Social Care Wales, it provides essential reading for students and practising social workers in ...

Am I the only one who sometimes thinks that the Christian faith is just way too complicated? Is it just me, or do you sometimes think that what, at first seemed so amazingly good and easy, now suddenly seems inexplicably difficult. Especially the longer you go along the road of Christianity! It seems to start off really simplysitting at the cross, accepting the fact that Jesus loved me and died for me, and just coming to himjust as I amlike that is all that matters. In fact, if like me you...

A life-affirming coming-of-age novel about friendship, family and the bittersweet beauty of growing up!For Billie, summer has already meant Pearl Beach - foaming white waves and lazy mornings, old Aunt Edith and above all, her best friend Andy. But this year, Andy is determined to grow up. Billie wants to change too, but why does growing up feel like losing their friendship forever?Then Aunt Edith gives Billie the diary she kept as a teenager. Inside is a t...

Embrace Life's Transitions with Grace & Self-Compassion: Navigate Challenges, Foster Growth, and Find Inner Peace with this Guide to Personal Transformation.In Small Pearls Big Wisdom, Dr. BethAnne Kapansky Wright offers a collection of insightful essays that serve as a guide through life's complexities. Her ninth book is an anthology of heart wisdom that will empower you to navigate life's challenges with remarkable grace and self-compassion. It's an illu...

Embrace Life's Transitions with Grace & Self-Compassion: Navigate Challenges, Foster Growth, and Find Inner Peace with this Guide to Personal Transformation.In Small Pearls Big Wisdom, Dr. BethAnne Kapansky Wright offers a collection of insightful essays that serve as a guide through life's complexities. Her ninth book is an anthology of heart wisdom that will empower you to navigate life's challenges with remarkable grace and self-compassion. It's an illu...

For the first time in her life, Dr. Beth-Anne Blue is turning her musings inward, shifting the focus from others to her own journey. And this book? Consider it an open invitation to join her. Imagine Dr. Blue sitting down with herself, engaging in an intimate, revealing session-except this time, she's the one in the chair.A writer at heart, Beth-Anne has spent over two decades as a psychologist, licensed in three states, guiding others through their stories while quietly tucking aw...

In the United States, December 7, 1941, may live in infamy, in President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s phrase, but for most Americans the date’s significance begins and ends with the attack on Pearl Harbor. On December 8 (December 7 on the other side of the International Date Line) Japanese military forces hit eight major targets, all but one on western colonial possessions and military outposts in the Pacific: Kota Bharu on the northeast coast of Malaya (now Malaysia); Thailand, the one site no...

A heartening and life-affirming novel about a single mother learning to make a bigger life, and the power of human connection to grow our worlds.Delphine Jones’s world is about to get much bigger...if only she’d let it.Devoted single mother Delphine Jones is an expert at putting her head down and moving through life one day at a time. Since getting pregnant at sixteen, her circle has only ever included her now eleven-year-old daughter and best frie...

The problem of opioid addiction is growing in Ontario, primarily associated with the use of pharmaceutical products rather than heroin. For many Ontarians struggling with opioid dependence, methadone maintenance is an effective treatment that could save their lives. However, methadone has a unique pharmacological profile that requires specialized knowledge and procedures to ensure its safe use. Pharmacists are at the front-line of ensuring clients’ safe and effective use of methadone. This...

Beth Morrey's brand new, joyful and uplifting novel, LUCKY DAY, is available to pre-order nowFrom the Sunday Times bestselling author of Saving MissyA mother.A daughter.A secret waiting to be uncovered.For too long – since the sudden death of her mother as a teenager, since the birth of her daughter, Em, when she was just seventeen – Delphine has been unabl...

In the middle of throwing her best friends bachelorette party, Allison runs into a familiar face. Though they'd grown up together, Jordan and Allison hadn't kept in touch after she moved out on her own. Sparks fly on the dance floor as they both give in to their forbidden lust.

After a wild youth, Hannah is set straight by a man she grew up fantasizing about. Warning her to not go back to her wild ways, he promises retribution if he finds her in another bar. 5 years later, she finds herself bar hopping for her best friends birthday and remembering old promises.