Work values and the quality of employment: a literature review Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2005 This paper reviews the literature on what people value in employment and on methods of measuring the quality of employment, with a view to measuring it…
A kit of their own: the development and production of personal kits for children and young people in care Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2005 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 of…
Meeting the challenge: Elements in Reducing and Managing Risk in Social Work Practice Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2005 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…
National Mental Health Information Strategy Last Publication Date: 02 Jul 2005 In September 2004 the Ministry of Health prepared a discussion document to review the availability, quality, role and use of information at all levels within the…
Reducing smoking initiation literature review Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2005 In early 2004 the HSC undertook some preliminary work on a literature review of youthfocused anti-tobacco interventions. This preliminary work identified a need for a more…
Public Health Depression Initiative: Environmental Scan Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2005 This Environmental Scan is part of a group of documents which will inform the planning of the Ministry of Health’s National Depression Initiative (NDI). These documents are: A…
Returning to work from injury Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2005 New Zealand has a comprehensive accident insurance system that pays much of the direct cost of accidental injuries, and compensates workers 80 percent of their earnings…
Returning to work from injury: Longitudinal evidence on employment and earnings Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2005 New Zealand has a comprehensive accident insurance system that pays much of the direct cost of accidental injuries, and compensates workers 80 percent of their earnings…
The people we serve Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2005 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 whose…
The Social Report 2005 Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 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; to contribute to…