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Musculoskeletal disorders in meat processing industry: a literature review

This review of the peer-reviewed research literature was compiled as an output of the 2004-2006 COHFE project Addressing Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders in Meat and Seafood Processing,…

‘I’m not an orphan’: Melinda Marjoram and Christa Fouche examine children’s perspectives on experiences in a residential care setting

Social Work Now, Issue 35, pages 22-27.Internationally there has been a decline in the use of residential care as a placement option for children in need…

Awareness and emotions: Nicki Weld applies emotional intelligence theory to social work and supervision

Social Work Now, Issue 35, pages 4-7. A fundamental area of social work and supervision is emotions and the way we work with our own and…

Working together to support families: Sally Moffatt discusses collaborative relationships from an early childhood education perspective

Social Work Now, Issue 35, pages 17-21. The Intervening Early Programme (IEP) is an early childhood education support programme for families with young children who are…

Small is good: Sue Hanna and Peter Topzand explore co-working relationships between professionals as a form of collaboration and pro-social modelling in child protection practice

Social Work Now, Issue 35, pages 13-16. Collaboration is a word frequently applied to describe the functioning of teams, and interdisciplinary work between teams and between…

Assisting risk assessment work: Tony Stanley discusses the Risk Estimation System in practice with social workers

Social Work Now, Issue 35, pages 8-12.Risk assessment and its management are pivotal components of child protection social work today (Appleton & Craig, 2006). In a…

Worker-Firm Heterogeneity and Matching: An analysis using worker and firm fixed effects estimated from LEED

This paper uses Statistics New Zealand’s Linked Employer-Employee Data (LEED) over the six year period April 1999–March 2005 to derive and analyse estimates of two-way worker…

Literacy-related Barriers to Employment

Three pieces of work relating to literacy and literacy support amoung and directed at jobseekers. It includes: "Adult Literacy interventions 2001/2002 to 2003/2004: Monitoring report";  "Literacy in Taranaki (LIT)…

Decision about caring and working: A qualitative study

This research was undertaken to explore how and why people with caring responsibilities make decisions related to paid work. It also examined whether people use information…

From Wannabes to Youth Offenders: Youth Gangs in Counties Manukau - Research Report

This research is part of a cross-sectoral, multi-faceted response to a call for significant government intervention in Counties Manukau after increased reports about escalating youth gang…