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Chlamydia Screening in New Zealand: Report for the National Screening Unit

The Chlamydia Screening in New Zealand: Report for the National Screening Unit was prepared as a contribution towards the development of policy advice regarding screening for…

Family violence and the pro-arrest policy: A literature review

This literature review examines concerns raised regarding the police pro-arrest response at domestic violence incidents. In New Zealand the pro-arrest provisions instruct officers to arrest offenders…

‘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…

Towards a statistical typology of New Zealand households and families

Family life cycle stages are an essential research model, but sometimes cannot reflect current social variations. This study reviews that model and different empirical typologies that…

Hello, I'm A Voice, Let Me Talk: Child inclusive mediation in family separation

Provision for such an intervention does not exist in the Family Court jurisdiction in New Zealand and this is an innovative model of child-inclusive mediation. This…

Literature review on intervention with challenging behaviour in children and youth with developmental disabilities

This report, by Luanna Meyer and Ian Evans, summarises the processes, approach, and findings of a review of the literature and knowledge base regarding severe challenging…