When school’s out: Conversations with parents, carers and children about out of school services Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2007 This report draws on information from a large consultation exercise that asked a wide range of parents, carers and children how they would like to see OSS…
Lives cut short - Child death by maltreatment Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2007 This report uses New Zealand police data from 1991 to 2000 to identify the characteristics of the children who died and the people who killed them,…
Justice Sector Forecast 2007-2015: Prison Population Forecasts Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2007 Justice sector agencies produce an annual forecast of the numbers of people held in prison for an eight year period. It projects the numbers of people…
Reducing Family Violence: Social marketing campaign formative research Last Publication Date: 12 Dec 2006 Thirty-seven in-depth face-to-face interviews were conducted with male perpetrators of intimate partner violence to inform development of the family violence social marketing strategy (FVSMS). The FVSMS…
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 Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2006 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 agencies.…
Working together to support families: Sally Moffatt discusses collaborative relationships from an early childhood education perspective Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2006 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 deemed…
Awareness and emotions: Nicki Weld applies emotional intelligence theory to social work and supervision Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2006 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 others’…
‘I’m not an orphan’: Melinda Marjoram and Christa Fouche examine children’s perspectives on experiences in a residential care setting Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2006 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…
Assisting risk assessment work: Tony Stanley discusses the Risk Estimation System in practice with social workers Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2006 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…
Substance use disorders in Te Rau Hinengaro: the New Zealand mental health survey Last Publication Date: 23 Nov 2006 The purpose of this report is to provide information for people whose interest is primarily in substance use disorders, rather than mental health in general. It…