Reviews : Ready to Practice? Social Workers and Probation Officers: Their Training and the First Year in Work Peter Marsh and John Triseliotis Avebury, 1997; pp236; £30

1998 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-44
Author(s):  
Helen Schofield
Keyword(s):  
Social Workers ◽  
Probation Officers ◽  
First Year

The Management of Elderly Prisoners in France

2019 ◽  
Vol 99 (5) ◽  
pp. 559-571
Author(s):  
Nicolas Combalbert ◽  
Cecile Rambourg
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Defense Mechanisms ◽  
Probation Officers ◽  
Professional Practices ◽  
Prison Staff ◽  
Age Related

Very few studies have examined the mental disorders of elderly prisoners and the difficulties related to their management. For this study, 40 prison workers were interviewed (custodial staff, social workers, and probation officers) to assess staff professional practices and approaches in managing elderly inmates. Findings showed highly ambivalent attitudes to the age-related vulnerabilities of elderly incarcerees, at both emotional and professional levels. Staff attempts to make the incarcerated elderly conform to some four traditional images of the prisoner roles (enemy/citizen/threat/user) may lead some prison staff to use emotional defense mechanisms.

The New York City Family Court: A Law Guardian's Overview

1972 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-98
Author(s):  
Martin T. Silver
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
York City ◽  
Probation Officers ◽  
Public Welfare ◽  
Family Court ◽  
Law And Order

The New York City Family Court undertakes supervision of thousands of ghetto youngsters who have not adhered to the dehumanizing regimen imposed on them by public welfare agen cies and whose behavior, except when judged by highly arbitrary standards, is not antisocial. Its policy is to take jurisdiction of nearly any youngster brought before it, on the assumption that the ravages of poverty and injustice can be eradicated by psy chologists and social workers. What happens instead is that youngsters are forced into meaningless relationships with lawyers, probation officers, and judges. Too often, furthermore, the court's services are at the disposal of "law-and-order" men who use psychiatric tests to spot and "preventively detain" youngsters who have not committed antisocial acts.

Juvenile offenders' perceptions of probation officers as social workers in Hong Kong

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 398-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wing Hong Chui ◽  
Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Probation Officers

Raising Twin Babies and Problems in the Family

1990 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 501-505 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Chang
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Emotional Disturbance ◽  
Marital Relationship ◽  
Financial Strain ◽  
First Year ◽  
The Family ◽  
Inadequate Sleep

AbstractOut of 296 mothers of twins interviewed about difficulties encountered while rearing twins, 49% mentioned inadequate sleep, 18% financial strain, 39% emotional disturbance, 22% disturbance in the marital relationship, and 43% lack of time to take care of other children. With the growth of twins, the problems gradually decreased, except for emotional disturbance, the most difficult period being the first year. Only 15% reported leaving the babies in the care of relatives during the day time. Overall, 68.2% felt the support from the father, but 39% of them felt the support was useless; 49% felt support from the mother-in-law, but 43% of them regarded the mother-in-law to be of no help; 36% were supported by their own mothers, but 54% mentioned that they had received little help. One must conclude that social support from relatives was inadequate. Public policy should take this fact into account and provide public health nurses and social workers to help the mothers of twins, especially during the first year.

scholarly journals Modern Social Support Structures: Online Social Networks and their Implications for Social Workers

10.18060/198 ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kala Chakradhar ◽  
Victor Raj ◽  
Arabella Raj
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Online Social Networks ◽  
Intervention Strategy ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Online Networks

Mapping and assessing social networks and the quality of their social support is a valuable intervention strategy for social workers. These networks have now spread onto the digital realm in the form of Online Social Networks (OSNs). This study investigated the nature of social support provided by such networks to their users in a rural mid-South University (USA) and explored parallels with the current understanding of social support in conventional social networks. A web-based survey administered to college students revealed that users of these online networks were predominantly undergraduate first year students, female, single, unemployed and from a variety of academic disciplines. The examination of the components of OSNs appears to mirror those of offline networks. They also seem to complement the effects of each other while contributing to an individual's support system. The paper concludes with critical implications of such online social networking for University students and social workers in practice and education.

The Association for Child Psychology and Psychiatry Observed as a Group Phenomenon

2016 ◽  
pp. 49-64
Author(s):  
Donald W. Winnicott
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Child Psychology ◽  
Probation Officers ◽  
Child Care Workers ◽  
Hospital Workers ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
And Function

Winnicott addresses the purpose and function of this multi-form group, which speaks on behalf of children and adolescents and the professions who serve them. He addresses its membership of teachers, psychologists, paediatricians, social workers, probation officers, hospital workers, child care workers, psychotherapists and others, and advocates that its disparate membership retains the inevitable disunity of its approach, ultimately serving the interests of the collective child.

“Little Girls” and “Bitching Up”

Affilia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 435-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Margaret Newberry-Koroluk
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Year ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Education Practice ◽  
Workplace Experiences ◽  
Bachelor Of Social Work ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Work Education

This article explores the ways in which age and gender intersect to shape the workplace experiences of first-year Canadian social workers. The researcher conducted in-depth interviews with nine early-career (0.6–3.7 years post-bachelor of social work [BSW]), young adult (aged 23.9–32.9) social workers in Alberta, Canada, to understand their experiences in the first year of practice after completing the BSW; this article addresses the themes relating to age and gender. The methodology used in the study was hermeneutic phenomenology. Findings include negative conceptualizations of young social workers, meanings related to age and gender, use of evocative language to communicate positionality and practice values (“little girls” and “bitching up”), and feminized constructions of social work. Implications for social work education, practice, and research are discussed.

Mediation in the work of a family assistant

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-101
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Lewicka-Zelent
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Institutional Support ◽  
Probation Officers ◽  
Modern Family ◽  
Social Competences

Mediation is used more and more commonly by specialists in working with other people. Its principles are used by teachers, lawyers, social workers, probation officers etc. Rarely, however, it is presented in the context of tasks performed by family assistants. The aim of the article is to reflect on the possibilities of using it by these specialists working in a family environment where institutional support is necessary. Preliminary considerations concern the specifics of the needs of the modern family and the assumptions of the restorative justice paradigm in the field of mediation – one of its constructive forms of conflict resolution. Literature review allows to indicate the place of mediation in the work of family assistants in the aspect of: formally and informally fulfilling the role of mediator, transferring knowledge about mediation to clients, developing clients’ social competences and cooperation with other family support specialists.

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