Finding the best way to work with children and young people: Good engagement and giving them a voice Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2012 Social Work Now, Issue 49, pages 6-12. Frontline Child, Youth and Family social workers discuss the meaning and reality of engagement with young people. This key skill…
Listening to experts: Children and young people’s participation Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2012 Social Work Now, Issue 49, pages 30-39. Social workers who want their practice to be more child centred must learn to find new and better ways to listen to…
Telling a child’s story: creating a words and pictures story book to tell children why they are in care Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2012 Social Work Now, Issue 49, pages 13-20. Open Home Foundation, an organisation that works with children and young people in care uses a story book approach to…
The Alcohol Purchasing Patterns of Heavy Drinkers Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2012 In 2011 the Ministry of Health commissioned research to investigate the alcohol purchasing patterns of heavy drinkers. The research informed consideration of a minimum pricing regime…
Healthy Beginnings: Developing perinatal and infant mental health services in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 20 Jan 2012 Healthy Beginnings provides guidance for district health boards, other health planners and funders and providers of perinatal and infant mental health and alcohol and other drug…
Tai Aroha Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2011 A formative evaluation of the 'Tai Aroha' residential community-based programme for high-risk offenders (2012). Since October 2007, the number of community-based sentencing options available to the judiciary…
Community Based Domestic Violence 2012 Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2011 This literature and research review looked at the status of domestic violence interventions in Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, United States and New Zealand (2012).
Strengthening Our Foundations: Service user roles in the mental health workforce Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2011 The research aims promote the value of service users roles within the mental health sector and to find out what is needed to strengthen those roles.…
Safety of Subsequent Children: International literature review Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2011 This literature review was a response to a request by the Minister for Social Development and Employment that the Families Commission undertake an “international literature review…
Snapshot series Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2011 This snapshot series takes a look at some of the Families Commission main research topics. Each snapshot provides a brief bibliography and covers the commission's position. Topics include:…