Getting What You Want

Published date01 September 1996
DOI10.1177/026455059604300318
Date01 September 1996
Subject MatterArticles
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Getting What You Want
The
National
Institute
for
Social
Work
offers
a
new
guide
to
career
development
for
senior
women
managers.
Getting
What
You
Want
by
Gayle
Foster
covers:
’what
are
your
dreams
and
your
possibilities?’
to
job
search,
presentation
and
selection
methods
via
’would
a
management
development
programme
suit
you?’.
From
NISW
Publications,
5 Tavistock
Place,
London
WC1H
9SN,
£4.50
+
20%
postage
(pre-payment
required).
a
F,
almum
a
CHAR,
the
housing
campaign
for
single
people,
offers
the
17th
edition
of
its
comprehensive,
jargon-free
and
accessible
guide
to
means
tested
benefits,
including
chapters
relating
to
people
in
prison
and
visiting
people
in
prison,
people
from
abroad
and
relationship
breakdown.
The
Benefits
Guide
edited
by
John
Prosser,
from
CHAR,
5-16
Cromer
Street,
London
WC1H
8LS,
£7.95
(£6.35
for
members)
+
£1.20
postage.
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Positive
Education
Services
offer
a
‘survival
and
self-development
programme’
designed
to
help
prisoners
get
through
their
sentence
creatively
and
least
damagingly.
The
Prisoners
Companion
comprises
audio
tape
and
book
versions
of
the
programme
as
well
as
a
directory
of
support
services.
From
PES,
Freepost
LON
7627,
London
SE13
7BR,
£6.50
+
£1.50
postage.
i
VisionQuest,
a
training
and
consultancy
group,
’seeking
solutions
for
you
to
help
young
people
in
trouble’,
is
publishing
Youth
Justice
Newsletter
for
professionals
s
in
the
youth
justice
system,
quarterly
from
June
1996.
Combining
articles,
reviews
of
recent
policy
papers,
legal
notes
and
responses
to
queries
sent
by
readers,
the
first
edition
addresses
the
Labour
Party’s
s
Youth
Crime
document
as
well
as
the
Protecting
the Public
White
Paper.
Subscriptions,
at
a
somewhat
hefty
£30
per
year
for
what
is
at
present
a
12
page
A4
publication,
from
Charles
Bell,
Elm
Tree
House,
School
Road,
Terrington
St
John,
Wisbech
PE14
7SG,
(01945)
880892.
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Recognising
that
few
people
have
a
clear
sense
of
their
rights
under
the
Universal
Declaration
of
Human
Rights,
British
Irish
Rights
Watch
have
produced
Human
Rights,
Human
Wrongs,
a
guide
to
the
human
rights
machinery
of
the
United
Nations
by
Jane
Winter,
covering
the
structures
of
the
UN,
available
remedies
for
violations,
who
to
contact,
how
to
make
submissions,
where
to
get
further
help.
Among
issues
addressed:
prison
conditions,
racism,
lesbian
and
gay
rights,
immigrants’
rights,
children’s
rights.
From
BIRW,
20-21
Took’s
Court,
Cursitor
Street,
London
EC4A
1LB,
£16.
9 ,
a
f~
y
~r
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-a’
A
Greater
Manchester
Probation
Service
video
aims
to
help
children
understand
how
family
court
welfare
officers
try
to
look
after
their
interests
and
pass
on
their
views
to
the
adults
making
decisions
about
their
future.
Aimed
at
7-10
year
olds,
Richard’s
Day
Off
tells
the
story
of
Richard
whose
parents
are
separating,
and

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