‘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…
Bilingual Education in Aotearoa/New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2006 In 2004, researchers from the University of Waikato, led by Professor Stephen May, who is an international authority on bilingual education, looked at the national and…
Preventing and Minimising Gambling Harm 2007-2010 Three Year Service Plan Last Publication Date: 02 Nov 2006 This report summarises and analyses the submissions from the Ministry of Health’s public consultation on Preventing and Minimising Gambling Harm 2007-2010: Consultation document. Three-year service plan,…
Children's Strategies in Numeracy Activity Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2006 This NEMP Probe study was associated with the course, TL835 Issues in Numeracy, in the Master of Teaching and Learning of the Christchurch College of Education.…
Literacy-related Barriers to Employment Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2006 Three pieces of work relating to literacy and literacy support amoung and directed at jobseekers. It includes: "Adult Literacy interventions 2001/2002 to 2003/2004: Monitoring report"; "Literacy in Taranaki (LIT)…
Hutt Valley DHB Emergency Department alcohol card: evaluation report Last Publication Date: 01 Sep 2006 During 2005, staff of the Hutt Valley District Health Board (DHB) Emergency Department (ED) and Regional Public Health approached the Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand…
Good Oral Health for All for Life Last Publication Date: 02 Aug 2006 The vision is for an environment that promotes oral health, whether through fluoridated water, a healthy diet, or publicly funded services staffed by a multidisciplinary workforce…
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…
Surveying social workers: Don Smith and Pete Ellis discuss the Towards Wellbeing suicide prevention programme from social workers’ perspective Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2006 Social Work Now, Issue 34, pages 4-10. The Towards Wellbeing (TWB) programme began with the publication of the best practice guidelines Towards Wellbeing: Responding to the needs…
