Although it can be a daunting prospect the idea of working for yourself is gaining popularity. This revised edition of a best-selling guide addresses the common pitfalls & answers every question an entrepreneur might have about self-employment. Fully updated to include new 2009 Budget changes it deals with the full range of issues that need to be considered including: business planning raising finance tax & legal issues keeping accounts & planning for growth. Including useful contact addresses & websites Working for Yourself" is essential reading for anyone looking to take the plunge & go it alone." ...

Working in group care (ie residential & day services) is a challenging & complex task demanding great skill patience knowledge & understanding. This book explains how the best practice can be achieved through the focused & engaged work of individuals & teams who are well supported & managed. Detailed attention is paid to the value of everyday practice & it's underlying principles. The book brings together theory practice & research findings from across the whole field of group care for all user-groups
- including health education & probation settings as well as social work & social care. The first edition was warmly welcomed as 'well organised & accessible...and a valuable addition to the literature' (British Journal of Social Work"). This second edition is updated & expanded including substantial new material on the concept of 'opportunity led work'. The book will be an essential text for all those involved in residential & day care practice whether as practitioners students managers or trainers. It argues strongly for seeing group care as valuable & skilled work & for a holistic understanding of good practice."
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Looking to pursue a career in law? Which law qualification or legal training scheme do you choose? Perhaps youve already decided which is the right training scheme for you or perhaps youre still unsure whether to opt for a solicitors training contract a barristers pupillage or even a work-based learning scheme. With a large number of options it can be daunting to know where to start. Fortunately Working in Law gives an overview of all the different aspects of legal practice & the different roles in the law profession so you can decide which most interests you
- from solicitor & barrister to specialist areas such as patent attorney & notary. Once youve identified the law career path for you Working in Law explains in detail how to get a training position & succeed as a law trainee pupil or paralegal including information on managing your law studies & identifying career focussed extra-curricular law opportunities. Working in Law discusses all the available entry routes leading towards your chosen law career giving statistics on success rates numbers of applicants & crucially what qualifications & personal qualities youll need to succeed in that particular law career. Using Working in Law youll learn who are the providers of entry qualifications in law as well as what the different professional law associations offer & the sectors in which they specialise. Crucially Working in Law contains information for applicants of all backgrounds
- whether youre a law graduate considering non-graduate entry via the ILEX route contemplating a career change or applying from overseas. If youre looking for a practical guide to qualifying in law
- whether through the LPC GDL or BVC
- & want to take your first steps to starting a successful legal career Working in Law is the book for you. The Working In series provides you with insider advice to competitive career paths so you have a head start in your dream career.



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If you love sport & want to spend your working life in that environment this book will help you to find the right job. The sports & leisure industry continues to grow worldwide & it offers some exciting career opportunities. You'll be amazed at the range of careers available for all levels & types of sports enthusiasts
- both at home & abroad. Whatever your passion if you're a sports-minded job seeker this book will give you a head start. This new edition

Includes:: a new chapter on the 2012 Olympics & the opportunities it offers for working in sport.


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In the early 1950s Britain was still the most urbanized & industrialized nation in the world a global power in shipbuilding & the leading European producer of coal steel cars & textiles. For the many millions of men & women hard at work during that time an infernal landscape of smoke-blackened factories towering slag heaps & fiery furnaces dominated their lives. From the deep docks & towering cranes of the Tyneside shipyards to the mills & chimneys of Lancashire & beyond Working Lives" takes us right to the heart of those industrial centres through the words of those who were there. Drawn together from hundreds of hours of first-hand interviews " Working Lives" is a unique collection of oral testimonies from workers whose stories might not otherwise have been told: mill girls who risked life & limb in dusty noisy weaving sheds; steel workers who wrestled sheets of white-hot metal in the blistering heat of the foundries; & miners who hewed coal by hand on filthy cramped claustrophobic coalfaces. Local industries shaped these workers entire lives but also gave them a sense of pride identity & belonging. As they look back on the dangers & hardships of their jobs & the place of industry in their close-knit communities these fascinating voices paint a vivid & moving portrait of working life in Britain not to be forgotten." ...

It's a tough job but somebody's got to do it
- dead or alive. Bryn Davis knows working at Fairview Mortuary isn't the most glamorous
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In this unique book the reader will have his armchair converted to the laid-down cockpit of a Formula One car & be swept around the worlds classic motor racing circuits. He will experience the extraordinary sensations the adrenaline & the atmosphere as told by the sports best analyst. Together with F1s respected journalist Maurice Hamilton Brundle brings his infallible humour & insight his experiences & opinion to each of the circuits & its classic races. From the camber at Monaco which will leave your wheels hanging in the air to Melbourne & the dynamics behind the most dramatic crash of the decade. Encompassing such essential details as neck-snapping acceleration smashing cars worth a quarter of a million & the amount of sweat a driver will lose in a race this is a rare F1 book
- funny opinionated evocative & dramatic.
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The only whippet book to deal in any depth with training & working A practical training manual covering everything from puppy to fully trained dog The Working Whippet" is devoted to the breeding training & preparation of the whippet for work in the field. Beginning with an introduction to the breed its origins role & importance in the past & today the book then moves into practical tips on what to look for in a puppy caring for the puppy feeding & worming as well as early training teaching skills for the field working by day & night care of the working dog & selecting a stud dog whelping & rearing a litter. " The Working Whippet" contains valuable advice not only for owners of whippets but also all running dogs." ...

This book is essential reading for anyone studying & working in the new integrated childrens services. The Childrens Workforce Development Strategy sets out the basic skills & knowledge needed by people whose work brings them into regular contact with children young people & their families. Built around this Common Core of Skills & Knowledge & packed with case studies & reflective exercises this book helps students & practitioners understand the theory behind these issues & develop strategies for embedding them within their own practice. ...

How can professionals build constructive relationships with families where the parents dispute professional allegations of serious child abuse? How can meaningful safety for children be created in these families? How can professionals work together constructively in such cases? Situations where parents refute child abuse allegations made against them are often deemed to be impossible or untreatable by statutory & treatment professionals. These cases can consume enormous amounts of professional time & energy & frequently become bogged down by ongoing professional-family mistrust & dispute. Often the decision to close such cases comes about not because the children are safe but rather because the professionals run out of ideas time & energy. Working with Denied Child Abuse" presents an innovative safety-focused partnership-based model called Resolutions which provides an alternative approach for responding rigorously & creatively to such cases. It describes each stage of this practical model & demonstrates the approach through many case examples from therapists statutory social workers & other professionals working in Europe North America & Australasia. The book is key reading for legal health & social care professionals working in the area of child protection." ...