‘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…
Decision about caring and working: A qualitative study Last Publication Date: 01 Oct 2006 This research was undertaken to explore how and why people with caring responsibilities make decisions related to paid work. It also examined whether people use information…
Understanding the patterns and relationships: Wendy Kelly examines children’s attachment needs Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2006 Social Work Now, Issue 34, pages 11-16 Attachment theory suggests that young children organise their behaviour around the way their caregiver treats them and that the forming…
Supervised contact: The views of parents and staff at three Barnados Contact Centres Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2006 This report explores the findings of a study on the views and experiences of parents and staff involved in three supervised contact centres – Oamaru, Invercargill…
Choices for living, caring and working: A ten-year plan to improve the caring and employment choices available to parents and carers Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2006 This document has two objectives: to explain the government’s vision for enhancing choices for parents and carers; and to outline the Choices Plan of Action to deliver this…
Staying in Science 2 : Transition to tertiary study from the perspectives of New Zealand Year 13 science students Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2005 This report identifies and discusses the many interwoven factors that impact on students’ decision making with regard to the ongoing study of sciences, both in the…
Reading Achievement in New Zealand in 1990 and 2001: Results from the Trends in IEA's Reading Literacy Study Last Publication Date: 01 Sep 2005 The aim of this report is to present a descriptive summary of similarities and differences between the achievement in reading literacy of New Zealand Year 5…
Underage Gaming Research Last Publication Date: 01 Sep 2005 The Office of Film and Literature Classification and the Censorship Compliance Unit of the Department of Internal Affairs asked UMR Research to survey the game playing…
Third generation parenting Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2005 Social Work Now, Issue 30, pages 27-30 A vivid memory from my practitioner days is the anguish of an older Māori woman deciding whether to commit herself…
Working out family access issues for children in care in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2005 Social Work Now, Issue 30, pages 4-7. The purpose of the access is at the very heart of access arrangements for children in care. It is commonly…
