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A personal view on a Child, Youth and Family initiative: Pam Lafferty discusses implications of a Differential Response Model for Child, Youth and Family social workers

Social Work Now, Issue 32, pages 19-22. A Differential Response Model (DRM) is one of Child, Youth and Family’s strategic initiatives. It is based on a…

Adolescent drug and alcohol abuse causes and outcomes: Mary Kingsbury summarises recent research and suggested interventions

Social Work Now, Issue 32, pages 12-18Anthropologists tell us that pre-European New Zealand was one of the few places in the world where alcoholic drinks were…

Making the everyday extraordinary: Evaluation of the Everyday Theatre Project

Social Work Now, Issue 31, pages 4-7. Everyday Theatre is part of the Child, Youth and Family social change and community engagement programme called Everyday Communities.…

Child sexual abusers: Tony Palairet offers some recommendations from practice

Social Work Now, Issue 31, pages 19-23. Working with boys who have behaved in a sexually aggressive manner with other children has offered me an opportunity…

The story so far: Peter Shaw, Kathy Fielding and Jessie Henderson outline the development of the On TRACC service

Social Work Now, Issue 31, pages 24-27. Since November 2003 the Transcultural Care Centre and Intersectoral Service for Children and Young People from Refugee Backgrounds and…

Meeting the challenge: Elements in Reducing and Managing Risk in Social Work Practice

Social Work now, Issue 31, pages 8-11.In a number of high-profile cases involving the death of a child, it has been revealed that social workers handling…

A kit of their own: the development and production of personal kits for children and young people in care

Social Work Now, Issue 31, pages 12-18. Personal resource kits were developed for children and young people in the custody and/or guardianship of the Chief Executive…

The Social Report 2005

The Social Report has four key aims: to report on social indicators that complement existing economic and environmental indicators; to compare New Zealand with other countries;…

The people we serve

Social Work Now, Issue 30, pages 20-26. Every social worker knows that a large number of families come to the notice of Child, Youth and Family…

A permanent non-kin placement project in action

Social Work Now, Issue 30, pages 8-14 When the Gisborne Child, Youth and Family office focused on permanent placements, eight children were identified with complex case…