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Wanting to strengthen your practice with vulnerable children and families? This essential bundle brings together Jan Horwath’s popular The Child’s World and her brand-new co-authored resource Making Connections with Vulnerable Children and Families. Together they give you the theory, guidance, and practical tools you need to assess, engage, and build meaningful relationships with children and their families. Save over 20% when you buy the bundle. 

The Child’s World 
Trusted by thousands of practitioners, this definitive textbook provides the framework for assessing the needs and strengths of vulnerable children and families. Fully updated with the latest developments in policy, practice, and theory, it offers clear guidance on everything from child development to parenting capacity, early help assessments to working with asylum-seeking children. It’s the essential foundation for anyone working across children’s services. 

Making Connections with Vulnerable Children and Families – New for 2025! 
Practical, creative, and ready to use, this invaluable toolkit helps you put relational practice at the heart of your work. Featuring evidence-based tools developed by frontline practitioners, it offers user-friendly materials, practice examples, and downloadable resources to support genuine engagement with children and families. Whether you’re exploring lived experience, parenting capacity, or socio-economic pressures, these adaptable tools are designed to strengthen relationships and promote meaningful change.