Personalisation means people their families & carers having choice & control over their support on a day-to-day basis. To deliver personalised services professionals & carers need to do more than just hand over financial control: they need to know what is important to a person the best way to support them how they communicate & how they make decisions. This book will show how to deliver personalisation through simple effective & evidence-based person-centred practice that changes peoples lives & helps them achieve the outcomes they want. It covers why person-centred practice is relevant to the personalisation agenda & what person-centred thinking & person-centred reviews are introducing the tools that can help you carry them out. It also explores the relationship between person-centred plans & support plans & how person-centred practice can be used in the journey of support through adulthood
- from prevention or the management of long-term health conditions to reablement recovery support in old age & at the end of life. There is also a chapter on taking a person-centred approach to risk. This is an essential guide for all staff in health & social care including service providers managers practitioners & students.
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Established as a straightforward easy-to-follow handbook of procedure this book is equally useful as an aide- memoire for the hard-pressed specialist or as an introduction for the less experienced. The book enables a busy practitioner to avoid the most common pitfalls encountered across the spectrum of family proceedings thereby speeding up litigation & avoiding unnecessary work & wasted costs orders. Previous editions of the book have been widely used in the Principal Registry of the Family Division other district registries & county courts. A Practical Guide to Family Proceedings offers step-by-step guidance on the effective conduct of all the most common types of family law application. This new edition has been extensively revised to take account of the Family Procedure Rules 2010. It will prove an essential reference for the busy family lawyer. ...

This practical book is divided into two sections. The first Fly Tying Materials & Techniques reveals the secrets to successful fly tying with step-by-step sequences showing how to tie some of the best-known flies while insiders knowledge will allow you to experiment with your own patterns. The second section The Fly Selector features 100 flies beautifully photographed in their finished form with detailed & expert information for every fly including measurements & the materials needed to make each one. With 250 clear & colourful photographs & clear diagrams this expert book written by a life-long fishing enthusiast will be an invaluable practical reference for fishermen of all abilities. ...

A Practical Guide to Fostering Law" is an accessible jargon-free guide to the key elements of the law that concern foster carers & the professionals who work with them. It aims to help foster carers understand where they fit into the complex web of regulations surrounding childcare & to demystify the jargon & terminology which is often used but rarely explained. The book covers the laws in England & Wales governing fostering agencies & foster carers themselves including foster carers rights & the formalities of placement procedures. It also provides explanations of care proceedings the foster carer as a witness what happens if a young fostered person gets into trouble & moving on from foster care. The last section provides a whos who of the main professionals involved & a jargon-busting glossary of the key terms often used. It also

Includes:: illustrative case examples & each chapter concludes with suggestions for where to find more information. This guide will be an invaluable resource for current & prospective foster carers & the professionals who work with them such as support workers social workers & foster agency staff."

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This book answers all your questions on the basics of inspection & testing with clear reference to the latest legal requirements. Chris Kitcher not only tells you what tests are needed but also describes all of them step-by-step with the help of real-world colour photos. Sample forms show how to verify recorded test results & how to certify & fill in the required documentation. The book is also packed with handy advice on how to avoid & solve common problems encountered on the job. With its focus on the practical side of the actual inspection & testing rather than just the requirements of the regulations this book is ideal for students experienced electricians & those working in allied industries on domestic & industrial installations. All the theory required for passing the City & Guilds 2391-10 & 2392-10 Certificates is explained in clear easy to remember language along with sample questions & scenarios as encountered in the exams. The book will also help prepare students on Part P Competent Person courses City & Guilds 2330 Level 3 courses NVQs & apprenticeship programmes for their practical inspection & testing exam. Chris Kitcher has 45 years of experience in the electrical industry. He is an Electrical Installation lecturer at Central Sussex College & an examiner for the City & Guilds 2391 qualification. He has worked for the last 12 years in both the college environment & on site. This title is entirely up-to-date with 17th Edition IEE Wiring Regulations". It

Includes:: step-by-step descriptions & photos of the tests show exactly how to carry them out. It helps you to pass your exams on C&G 2391-10 2392-10 & Part P courses. Test videos presented by Chris Kitcher are available to view on You Tube."

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This comprehensive & practical guide provides all the information that you need in order to start keeping poultry. A buyer's guide shows you what features to look for in healthy poultry as well as the best sources from which to buy them. Essential information is provided on feeding hygiene treating ailments & good poultry husbandry. The second half of the book is a beautifully illustrated guide to poultry breeds. It is divided into sections covering foundation breeds & manmade breeds with each subdivided according to type of poultry. A final chapter looks at popular goose duck & turkey breeds. If you are interested in keeping a few hens in the back garden selling eggs for profit breeding birds for sale or exhibiting pure breeds this authoritative guide written by a leading expert & international poultry judge is the perfect book for you. ...

First Sobell taught people how to use Linux.. .now he teaches you the power of Linux. A must-have book for anyone who wants to take Linux to the next level." -Jon "maddog" Hall Executive Director Linux International New Chapters on Python & My SQL-Covers Perl too! * Learn from hundreds of realistic high-quality examples & become a true Linux comm&-line guru! * NEW! Covers busybox Midnight Commander screen & sshfs/curlftpf * Covers the Mac OS X command line & its unique tools * 295-page reference covers 98 utilities including Mac OS X commands! For use with all popular versions of Linux including Ubuntu (t) Fedora (t) open SUSE (t) Red Hat (r) Debian Mageia Mint Arch Cent OS & Mac OS X too! The Most Useful Tutorial & Reference with Hundreds of High-Quality Examples for Every Popular Linux Distribution Linux is todays dominant Internet server platform. System administrators & Web developers need deep Linux fluency including expert knowledge of shells & the command line. This is the only guide with everything you need to achieve that level of Linux mastery. Renowned Linux expert Mark Sobell has brought together comprehensive insightful guidance on the tools sysadmins developers & power users need most & has created an outstanding day-to-day reference. This title is 100 percent distribution & release agnostic. Packed with hundreds of high-quality realistic examples it presents Linux from the ground up: the clearest explanations & most useful information about everything from filesystems to shells editors to utilities & programming tools to regular expressions. Use a Mac? Youll find coverage of the Mac OS X command line including OS X-only tools & utilities other Linux/UNIX titles ignore. Sobell presents a new My SQL chapter. Theres even an expert introduction to Python-todays most valuable tool for automating complex time-consuming administration tasks. A Practical Guide to Linux (r) Commands Editors & Shell Programming Third Edition is the only guide to deliver * A My SQL chapter to get you started with this ubiquitous relational database management system (RDBMS) * A masterful introduction to Python for system administrators & power users * New coverage of the busybox single binary collection of utilities the screen terminal session manager/multiplexer & the mc (Midnight Commander) textual file manager plus a new chapter on using ssh for secure communication * In-depth coverage of the bash & tcsh shells including a complete discussion of environment inheritance & process locality plus coverage of basic & advanced shell programming * Practical explanations of 98 core utilities from aspell to xargs including printf & sshfs/curlftpfs PLUS Mac OS X-specific utilities from ditto to Set File * Expert guidance on automating remote backups using rsync * Dozens of system security tips including step-by-step walkthroughs of implementing secure communications using ssh & scp * Tips & tricks for customizing the shell including step values sequence expressions the eval builtin & implicit comm&-line continuation * High-productivity editing techniques using vim & emacs * A comprehensive 295-page command reference section covering 98 utilities including find grep sort & tar * Instructions for updating systems using apt-get & yum * & much more including coverage of Bit Torrent gawk sed find sort bzip 2 & regular expressions" ...

This book is a comprehensive gamekeeping manual for those enthusiastic amateurs who spend their spare time running a small DIY syndicate shoot & for those who are professionally employed on a full-time basis. It shows the reader how to perform all the tasks required of the modern gamekeeper including how to rear & release game & advises on many aspects of habitat improvement & conservation. It also covers important & sometimes controversial issues such as public access on private land the need for predator & pest control & many other aspects which need to be considered by keepers be they part-time or professional. Youll discover important information about:
- The gamekeepers calendar
- Rearing & releasing methods
- Safe & sensible use of veterinary medicines
- Legislation & the law
- Health & safety requirements
- How to become a qualified keeper & the training needed. Bang up to date this book also incorporates fascinating & interesting snippets & pictures from the past in order to show how this most traditional of countryside occupations has evolved. Jeremy Hobson does much in this book to apprise us all of the modern approach to keepering from raising birds & habitat management to choosing coats & boots & training dogs. It is all here & a fascinating read it is
- both for those in the know & those who are curious to learn all about it. Alan Titchmarsh patron of the National Gamekeepers Organisation






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Discover the wonderful world of quilting or brush-up your technique with this practical guide to the basics. Try a fresh relaxed approach to making quilts with this brilliant 'dip-in dip-out-of' book that features a bright aesthetic & clear simple instructions to guide beginners & intermediates alike through the entire process of creating fun & useful quilts that they'll be proud to call their own. The Practical Guide to Patchwork" features 12 fantastic projects that allow quilters to experiment with different styles
- from scrappy & vintage to modern & playful. Each project also comes with an alternate colour scheme to show how swapping out fabrics can dramatically change the look of a quilt."
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This overview of a complex & often misunderstood subject takes the reader through the issues that are faced throughout the life cycle of a private equity investment from the identification of an opportunity through the various stages of the transaction & the lifetime of the investment to the eventual exit by the investor. The analysis of key documentation & legal issues covers company law employment law pensions taxation debt funding & competition law taking into account recent legal developments such as the Companies Act 2006 the recent emergence of private equity in the UK & the challenges faced by the industry as a result of the financial crisis. ...