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Social psychology
A field in psychology focusing on how people's thoughts, feelings, and behavior change when in the presence of others compared to when they are alone.
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emergency duty team
Politics; Political Science
Emergency duty team is a team of local authority social workers providing social work services when offices are closed overnight, at weekends and during holidays. Generally the team covers a large ...
residential work
Psychology; Social psychology
Residential work-social work undertaken within units where people live, either permanently or temporarily. Residential provisios has many purposes: an alternative home, therapy, respite care, ...
sure start
Psychology; Social psychology
Sure start - a programme, funded by central government, that integrates a range of children's services in specific disadvantaged areas for all families with children under four living in those areas. ...
approved social worker
Psychology; Social psychology
(ASW)approved social worker- the specially qualified social worker who must by law be involved in the decision to detain a person comopulsorily in a psychiatric hospital.The approved social worker ...
probation centre
Psychology; Social psychology
A building or part of a building, sometimes also referred to as a rehabilitation centre, approved by the home secretary and run by the probation service, to provide groupwork and other activities as ...
arnstein's ladder
Psychology; Social psychology
Arnstein's ladder -a way of mapping out the different degrees of a participation by local residents ad users in the services or community projects that affect them.The tool literally uses the shape ...
social work
Psychology; Social psychology
-the paid professional activity that aims to assist people in overcoming serious difficulties in their lives by providing care,protection or counselling or through social support, advocacy and ...
