Can the recruitment of ex-offenders enhance offender engagement? An assessment of the London Probation Trust’s engagement worker role

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nigel Hosking ◽  
John Rico
Keyword(s):  
Life Experience ◽  
Working Relationships ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Effective Strategy ◽  
Mutual Respect ◽  
Collaborative Relationships ◽  
Probation Service

Research has long established that the most effective strategy for reducing reoffending is to develop collaborative relationships with service users. Practitioners need to exhibit empathy, mutual respect, and an appreciation for the life, perspectives, and needs of service users. However, the balance between trusted confidante, and enforcer is a difficult one to achieve. With this in mind, the London Probation Trust (LPT) developed the role of engagement worker in order to provide practitioners with another resource to be utilised towards their attempts to establish successful working relationships with their service users. The engagement workers are former users of the Probation Service themselves - a life experience that allows them to successfully engage current service users, in a way that practitioners are not always able to do. Furthermore, in addition to supporting individuals to change, the experience of being an engagement worker may contribute to the engagement workers’ own desistance. Following a year of the engagement worker experiment, the project was evaluated by the LPT (now London CRC) research analyst. This chapter asks whether employing ex-offenders in this way can enhance engagement and improve outcomes.

scholarly journals Malignant subclone drives metastasis of genetically and phenotypically heterogenous cell clusters through fibrotic niche generation

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sau Yee Kok ◽  
Hiroko Oshima ◽  
Kei Takahashi ◽  
Mizuho Nakayama ◽  
Kazuhiro Murakami ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tumor Cell ◽  
Primary Site ◽  
Cell Depletion ◽  
Driver Mutations ◽  
Effective Strategy ◽  
Malignant Cells ◽  
Early Step ◽  
Cell Clusters ◽  
Metastatic Cells

AbstractA concept of polyclonal metastasis has recently been proposed, wherein tumor cell clusters break off from the primary site and are disseminated. However, the involvement of driver mutations in such polyclonal mechanism is not fully understood. Here, we show that non-metastatic AP cells metastasize to the liver with metastatic AKTP cells after co-transplantation to the spleen. Furthermore, AKTP cell depletion after the development of metastases results in the continuous proliferation of the remaining AP cells, indicating a role of AKTP cells in the early step of polyclonal metastasis. Importantly, AKTP cells, but not AP cells, induce fibrotic niche generation when arrested in the sinusoid, and such fibrotic microenvironment promotes the colonization of AP cells. These results indicate that non-metastatic cells can metastasize via the polyclonal metastasis mechanism using the fibrotic niche induced by malignant cells. Thus, targeting the fibrotic niche is an effective strategy for halting polyclonal metastasis.

scholarly journals Exploring the role of an emotional support and counselling service for people with visual impairments

2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne Hodge ◽  
Wally Barr ◽  
Louise Bowen ◽  
Martina Leeven ◽  
Paul Knox
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Support ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Low Vision ◽  
Visual Impairments ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Mixed Methods Evaluation

There is growing evidence of the need for services to address the emotional support needs of people with visual impairments. This article presents findings from a mixed methods evaluation of an emotional support and counselling (ESaC) service delivered within an integrated low vision service, focusing primarily on the qualitative findings. Data collected using a standardised measure of psychological well-being (Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation–Outcome Measure; CORE-OM) show an improvement in the psychological well-being of clients of the service between baseline and follow-up assessment. Qualitative findings from interviews with service users and service providers help to illustrate and explain the experiences underlying the quantitative findings. The ESaC services are shown to be helpful to service users in two particular ways: helping them to normalise their experiences by talking to an impartial listener and helping them to accept and adapt to the physical, emotional and social changes in their lives resulting from their visual impairment.

Revealing the role of solvent additives on morphology and energy loss in benzodifuran polymer based non-fullerene organic solar cells

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi Zheng ◽  
Enfang He ◽  
Jie Wang ◽  
Zhaotong Qin ◽  
Tianqi Niu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Energy Loss ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Opposite Effect ◽  
Effective Strategy ◽  
Highly Efficient ◽  
Solvent Additive ◽  
Role Of Solvent

Solvent additive (SA) treatment is the most effective strategy to obtain highly efficient non-fullerene organic solar cells (NF-OSCs). However, NF-OSCs with SA treatment usually exhibits different or even opposite effect...

Probation Service Users: to empower or to exclude

2000 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anita Gibbs ◽  
Diane Campbell ◽  
Georgia Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Service Users ◽  
Probation Service

scholarly journals Peran Minat Memediasi Pengaruh Quality Service Transaksi Digital terhadap Costumer Satisfaction Pengguna Layanan OVO

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Asep Machpudin ◽  
Ade Titi Nifita ◽  
Garry Yuesa Rosyid ◽  
Ade Perdana Siregar
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Quality Service ◽  
User Interest ◽  
The People ◽  
Digital Transactions

The development of digital technology is increasing every year, various types of digital technology that exist today is a development of technology that has been there before. The presence of the digital age has helped to encourage human interest to transform digitally. The objectives in this study are: (1) Identifying the effect of digital transaction service quality on customer satisfaction of OVO users, (2) Identifying the effect of service quality of digital transactions on interests, (3) Identifying the effect of interest on customer satisfaction of OVO service users. (4) Identifying the role of interest is able to mediate the effect of digital transaction quality service on customer satisfaction of OVO service users. The population of this research is the people of Jambi City while the sample is the people of Jambi City who more than once used OVO services as many as 150 people. The data method uses path analysis. The results of the study note that quality service has a significant influence on OVO service user interest, quality service and interest have a significant influence on customer satisfaction on OVO service users and quality service has a significant influence on customer satisfaction of OVO service users through interest in Jambi City

scholarly journals From clients as fellow citizens to service users as co-producers of social work

Social Work ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 141-156
Author(s):  
Peter Beresford ◽  
Suzy Croft
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Probation Officers ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Work Skills ◽  
Youth Justice ◽  
Income Security ◽  
Social Work Training ◽  
Work Training ◽  
Probation Service

Social work training remained the required pattern for probation officers for the first half of the last fifty years. With the abandonment of that link probation has gradually shifted its focus from ‘advise assist and befriend’ to surveillance and risk assessment. With that shift has come incoherence in management and organisation culminating in the disaster of Transforming Rehabilitation, the flagship reform introducing the private sector and payment by results. The policy on adult offenders is contrasted with the relative success of the Youth justice Board.Despite the absence of relationships from probation service publicity material, social work skills are required to engage with the issues of housing, employment and income security which blight lives of offenders after discharge.

scholarly journals Muzy Józefa Ignacego Kraszewskiego i Henryka Sienkiewicza

2018 ◽  
pp. 143-148
Author(s):  
Bogumiła KOSMANOWA
Keyword(s):  
Life Experience ◽  
Nobel Laureate ◽  
Private Life ◽  
Polish Literature ◽  
Female Protagonists ◽  
Profound Influence ◽  
In The Beginning

The paper discusses two prominent figures in Polish literature, Józef Ignacy Kraszewski (1812–1887) and Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846–1916), and the role women played in their lives, influencing their works. In the beginning, the author devotes some attention to the role of ‘muses’ and their inspiration to artists from Antiquity to Romanticism. In the analytical part of her paper, she presents the differences between these two masters of the quill. Kraszewski let excessive emotions take the reins in his private life, as a consequence of which he frequently misplaced his affections, suffering considerable disappointments. Sienkiewicz, although highly susceptible to female charms, was more mature, as is well reflected in his works. His life experience influenced the artistic maturity of his female protagonists. Thus, towards the end of his life, he was able to conclude that love was the highest value. The ‘muses’ of this first Polish Nobel laureate in literature exerted a profound influence on the literary profile of the heroines of his greatest novels.

scholarly journals The effectiveness of legal role of village consultative Agency (BPD) in Village development according to UU.No. 6 year 2014 about village (Kahianga Village study)

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 190-197
Author(s):  
Laode Muhammad Karim ◽  
Deddy Mursanto
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Community Participation ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Working Relationships ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Village Government ◽  
Consultative Body ◽  
The Village

The purpose of this research is to know the effectiveness of legal role of the Village consultative Agency (BPD) in the development of the village according to UU.No. 6 year 2014 about village (Kahianga Village study) and to find out the factors that inhibit the role of the Village consultative Agency (BPD) in development in the village Kahianga East Tomia District. The data collection techniques used more on observation, a dandokumentation interview. The conclusion of this research is the effectiveness of legal role of the village consultative body (bpd) Kahianga in the case that legislation does not go as it should, proved in the absence of the rules that are issued, in the meantime in the case of the function budgeting bpd goes well, proved by always involved in the budget discussion meetings that are done with the principle of transparency and supervision function bpd also goes well seen with the active bpd in surveillance of the village's income and expenditure budget and factors that become constraints BPD Kahianga in the development of the village namely the community participation Kahianga Village to the development program is still relatively low, the level of education is relatively low is a BPD inhibitors communicate well and able to analyze the aspirations or what the next community is in coordinate with the village government and the pattern of parallel relations between the BPD and the village head in the village government , it turns out that in the implementation is colored by the practices of working relationships that are less harmonious and leads to the occurrence of conflicts and shows the tendency to dominate the village chief of the BPD.

scholarly journals Mentoring partnerships for success : the role of mentoring in reconstructing professional identities and in creating a sense of belonging for internationally-educated teachers from visible minority groups in greater Toronto area school communities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Minority Groups ◽  
Mentoring Programs ◽  
Mentoring Relationships ◽  
Visible Minority ◽  
Professional Identities ◽  
Collaborative Relationships ◽  
School Communities ◽  
Educational Stakeholders ◽  
Greater Toronto Area

This study explores and analyses mentoring relationships between unemployed and underemployed internationally-educated teachers (IETs) from visible minority groups and Canadian-experienced educators, and their influence on the re-establishment of migrant teachers' professional identities and perceptions of inclusion in Greater Toronto Area (GTA) school communities. A detailed literature review summarizes previously identified issues in this area while, nine in-depth interviews conducted with mentees, mentors and mentoring pairs in this study identify prior and newly emergent themes. Primary themes that transpired include: the presence of varying forms of resistance from the dominant community towards IETs; the role of mentoring relationships in meeting IETs' needs; and the importance of consistency, trust and honesty in building collaborative relationships that foster IETs' successful integration into the teaching field. Recommendations include: the delivery of equity-oriented programming through educational bodies; the development of sustainable occupation-specific teacher mentoring programs; and the promotion of IETs to the greater community by educational stakeholders.

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