This textbook offers students and practitioners an accessible introduction to strengths-based approaches in Social Work and Social Care practice. Covering the theory and research in support of these approaches, and packed full of case studies, the book will allow readers to develop a critical understanding of how strengths-based approaches work, and how they can be successfully applied in order to improve outcomes for people with lived experience.Covering the five main models of st...

[Siren Menage Everlasting: Erotic Menage a Quatre Romance, M/F/M/M, light spanking, HEA] After surviving being shot in the chest, Michaela Smitt has moved to Treasure Town in hopes of remaining under the radar and out of sight of the man who wants to finish the job. But that's not easy in a town comprised of first responders, especially when she seems to keep getting into trouble, needing their professional assistance. First she meets the Sheriff, Jake McCurran, when she's held by gunpoint...

[Siren Menage Everlasting: Erotic Menage a Quatre Romance, M/F/M/M, HEA] Serefina Martelli headed home with hopes of healing her heart. After losing her first and only lover, a firefighter, in a fire, and sustaining burns herself as a survivor, it's been difficult. Coming back to a family of first responders and a supportive community by the ocean seemed perfect. She didn't expect to become the desire of three men, or the obsession of one serial arsonist. Ace, Ice, and Bull, firefighters w...

[Siren Menage Everlasting: Erotic Menage a Quatre Romance, M/F/M/M, HEA] Tasha Malone is in love with Eddie, Lance, and Tyler Martelli, her best friend's brothers. They don't seem to feel the same way, and are hung up on their differences in age and her lack of experience. Tasha is ready to get experience with the three of them. But everything changes when she goes out one night with her cousin Melanie. Tasha finds herself forced into a relationship with a man who killed her father, and Ta...

[Siren Menage Everlasting: Erotic Menage a Quatre Romantic Suspense, M/F/M/M, HEA] Nina Valone is on the run. It's been six months since she escaped near death. Treasure Town is like a fantasy come true and seems the perfect place to start over and achieve her dream of baking and selling home made pies. But her bad luck hasn't changed. She wants to give up, when strangers open up their hearts and help her to achieve her dreams. The only things standing in the way of happiness are one arson...

[Siren Menage Everlasting: Erotic Menage Romance, M/F/M/M/M, HEA] Francesca "Frankie" Sonoma is just trying to survive. She's put the past behind her. A dirty cop ex boyfriend, a gangster who wants her in his bed, and fearful events that caused her to run for her life and start anew. The last thing she expected was to find hope and love in a place called Treasure Town. Frankie's getting tired of pretending to be someone she's not. She thinks she's found true love in four brothers who share...

[Siren Menage Everlasting: Erotic Menage Romantic Suspense, M/F/M/M/M, light spanking, HEA] Sophia is in hiding in Treasure Town. She's scarred physically, mentally and emotionally and it takes time for her to open up and trust even making a friend. After everything her ex has put her through - as well as the feds not being able to protect her - she truly fights against letting her guard down for four Navy SEALs trying to get into her heart. But they are persistent, damn sexy and determine...

[Siren Menage Everlasting: Erotic Menage Romantic Suspense, M/F/M/M/M, HEA] C.C. Walker has had a sad, tough life. She's ready to move on and start living again. When she takes her beat up car on the road and decides to let fate step in and grab the wheel, she never expects to wind up five hours down south in a place called Treasure Town. But her hunk a junk calls it quits and her new motto in life is "let fate decide," and that's exactly what it does. As she waits in a bar, she hears abou...

[Siren Menage Everlasting: Erotic Menage Romantic Suspense, M/F/M/M/M, HEA] Catalina meets four men and it's instant attraction. But they're going through some life changing transitions and she's trying to decide whether to stay or leave Treasure Town. As their worlds collide so do their hearts as they take a chance on love. But one of their professions puts her life at risk leaving her fighting to survive or die because she let her guard down and fell in love. It's a race against time as ...

[Siren Menage Everlasting: Erotic Menage Romantic Suspense, M/F/M/M/M, HEA] Ellie Morison has survived assault and the loss of her only family member, her uncle. Trusting men is complicated, and she avoids them by absorbing herself in her work. When she meets four brothers, things change. As one of their exes tries to stir some trouble, Ellie finds herself defending them, and the soldier, Hunter, an amputee with a look of anger and distrust in his eyes she can relate to and connect with. E...

[Siren Menage Everlasting: Erotic Menage Romantic Suspense, M/F/M/M/M, HEA] Sage Jones is an adrenaline junky. The rush keeps her heart hollow and allows her that slight sensation of feeling an emotion. She's blocked off everyone, yet pretends to be just one of the girls. Until four sexy, hot men penetrate her heart, make her feel things that scare her, arouse her, and show her that not all men cause pain. She's one tough woman, well trained by her family members, and it comes in handy one...

[Siren Menage Everlasting: Erotic Menage Romantic Suspense, M/F/M/M/M, light spanking, HEA] Brighid Murphy is trying to establish a steady income and career at an insurance company. It's the last weekend to party with friends. They meet a group of hot, sexy firefighters from a bachelor party at the hotel where she and her friends are staying. They all hit it off, but apparently she can't handle the multiple shots of tequila or the sexy appeal of two very hot firefighters. How did she wind ...