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Longitudinal Immigration Survey for New Zealand

The primary objective of the Longitudinal Immigration Survey: New Zealand (LisNZ) is to provide comprehensive data about the settlement experiences of migrants in their first three…

Working with young people

Social Work Now, Issue 42, pages 5-11. Working with young people is tremendously rewarding. Few professional areas of social work provide the kind of practice potential…

Improving interventions to reduce violent offending by young people in New Zealand

Social Work Now, Issue 42, pages 18-23. Young people who commit violent offences damage their victims, the community, their families and themselves. This article summarises work…

Supporting the rights of young people in youth justice: An analysis of cross-sectoral responses

Social Work Now, Issue 42, pages 24-29. The topic of human rights, particularly the rights of people who commit offences against others, generates intense and sometimes…

A balanced approach to youth justice: Strengths-based practice, appreciative inquiry and the group consult tool

Social Work Now, Issue 27, pages 30-36. Youth justice practitioners are well aware of a tension between practice approaches that elicit strengths and resources of young…

Refugee Resettlement: A literature review

This international literature review on refugee resettlement policy, completed in November 2007, provides part of the information platform for progressing a multi-year, cross-departmental research project being…

The Impact of Immigration on the Labour Market Outcomes of New Zealanders

This paper uses data from the 1996, 2001 and 2006 New Zealand Census to examine how the supply of immigrants in particular skill-groups affects the employment…

Evaluation of the Growth Services Range

The Growth Services Range (GSR), which consists of the Growth Services Fund (GSF), Market Development Services (MkDS) and Client Management Services (CMS), was evaluated in 2005.…

Conduct Problems Best Practice Report

This report was prepared by the Advisory Group on Conduct Problems (AGCP) on the prevention, treatment and management of conduct problems in children and young people.The…

Business Attitudes to Tackling Family Violence

In September 2008, the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) commissioned Senate to conduct interviews of 10 chief executives of large businesses operating in New Zealand to…