Wellbeing, Employment, Independence : the Views of Sickness and Invalids' Benefit Clients Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2004 This working paper presents the findings and conclusions from a joint Ministry of Social Development and Victoria University of Wellington research project that sought to uncover…
Disability Support Services in New Zealand: Service Provider, Workforce and Service User Surveys Last Publication Date: 01 Sep 2004 The Disability Services Directorate undertook a project (the ‘Quality and Safety Project’) in 2003-2004 to identify quality and safety issues in the provision of disability support…
Evaluating young children Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2004 Social Work Now, Issue 27, pages 19-24 Auckland Central, the first multi-agency service in New Zealand, referrals are received for assessment and therapy from social workers from…
Communication issues in care and protection cases Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2004 Social Work Now, Issue 27, pages 23-28 Sandra Porteous discusses effective communication and collaboration between lawyers and social workers in care and protection proceedings. This article is…
Training Incentive Allowance (TIA)- A Literature Review Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2003 This review of New Zealand and international literature was undertaken as part of the Training Incentive Allowance (TIA) policy review. The TIA programme has many of…
Thinking about the Configuration of Services in the Care and Protection Sector - Working Paper 05/04 Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2003 This working paper is concerned with how to think about the configuration of services in the care and protection sector, and the sort of evidential and…
Estimating the Impact of Employment Programmes on Participants’ Outcomes Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2003 This report summarises what has been learnt so far in estimating employment programme impact using administrative data in the New Zealand context. The report covers issues…
Evaluation of Avenues: A Pilot of a Modified Domestic Purposes Benefit-Sole Parent Application Process Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2003 This report summarises the findings of the evaluation of the Avenues pilot. Avenues tested a modified Domestic Purposes Benefit application process and ran from August 2001…
Evaluation of Avenues: Evaluation of Migrant Pilot Projects in Auckland North, Auckland Central, Waikato and Central Regions 2002 Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2003 This report summarises four pilot schemes, completed in 2000/2001, designed to address issues related to the difficulties experienced by migrants from non-English speaking backgrounds who have…
The Level of Financial Assistance to Families with Dependent Children: A Comparative Analysis Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2003 In 1992, a comparison study using a model-family methodology found New Zealand to be one of the least generous countries in the OECD in terms of…