Working with the families of probationers : the impact of the offence on the family and the implications for social work intervention

1977 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hing-tai, Christopher Chan
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
The Family ◽  
Work Intervention ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Financially Sustainable Families: Integrated Social Work Praxis

2021 ◽  
pp. 39-49
Author(s):  
B. S. Sachin ◽  
K. Saravana ◽  
C. Rajashekar ◽  
B. Ramesh
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Single Subject ◽  
Single Subject Research ◽  
The Family ◽  
Work Intervention ◽  
Poor Families ◽  
Financial Anxiety ◽  
Structural Poor ◽  
Rural Appraisal

Financial life of a family is very crucial. However less importance is given for financial literacy among structural rural poor, hence the interventional study was taken up to address the gap with Social Work Intervention. The researcher proposed In-Basket technique (one of the technique practiced in Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA)) to spread financial literacy. The Present study was interventional in nature hence, Single Subject Research design (AB Model) was adopted to assess baseline and intervention phases of level of financial anxiety among families. Three structural poor families were chosen for study in Kunte village.Nelamangala block, Bengaluru rural District, Baseline assessment was done by using structured Financial Anxiety Assessment scale, Intervention was done by using In-basket technique. Considerable changes found after intervention in the level of financial anxiety of the family members.

Industrialization and The Family1

2018 ◽  
pp. 65-75
Author(s):  
Richard M. Titmuss
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
International Conference ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact

This chapter explores how there are at least three reasons why industrialization and the family is today an important subject for debate by an international conference of social workers. The first is an obvious one: the opportunities that it offers for discussion and analysis on a comparative basis. The second lies in the fact that the world is increasingly an industrial world and dominated in its values and goals by problems of economic growth. The third reason in supporting the choice of this particular subject for discussion is that social work is primarily an activity carried on in industrial, urban societies. The problems of human needs and relationships with which social work has traditionally been associated have had their origin in those societies experiencing the impact of industrialization.

scholarly journals The Impact of Social Work Intervention in Alcohol-Induced Pancreatitis in Ireland: a Single-Center Experience

2015 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 438-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Beagon ◽  
N.R. Bhatt ◽  
S.M. Donnelly ◽  
M. Egan ◽  
A.P. McKay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Single Center ◽  
Single Center Experience ◽  
Work Intervention ◽  
The Impact

Partnership working between young carers project and social services

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 50-64
Author(s):  
Anna Heyman
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Young Carers ◽  
Social Work Theory ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Impact

This article draws on in-depth qualitative interviews with ten practitioners who specialise in working with young carers, to examine how members of the emerging profession of ‘young carers’ worker’ view their partnerships with social services. It focuses particularly on one case study area (Town Z), where partnerships between social services and the voluntary sector around young carers were relatively highly developed. It explores the practitioners’ comments about the impact of their organisations’ partnerships with social services on their work. This is done in the context of their conceptualisations of care and family relationships. In particular, the themes of identifying young carers and working with the family as a whole are discussed, and young carers’ workers views are compared to the conceptualisations that come across in literature from both disability studies and social work perspectives. It is concluded that young carers’ workers conceptualisations of care and disability do differ markedly from the perspectives that appear to dominate both social work theory and practice, and that this impacting on how the former view their partnerships with the latter.

EPS社工介入模式

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (01n02) ◽  
pp. 93-115
Author(s):  
炳光 甘
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Service User ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
User Participation ◽  
Strengths Perspective ◽  
Work Intervention ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Important Basis

本文主要介紹筆者始創的一個名為EPS的社工介入模式。這個介入模式主要是運用充權(Empowerment)、參與(Participation)和強項角度(Strengths Perspective)三個概念去推行社工的介入方法。本文首先介紹這個模式的三個基本信念，包括：(一) 社會工作的重要目標是去幫助服務對象達致充權；(二) 透過參與才能讓服務對象獲得充權；及(三) 極度相信服務對象有能力及有強項。本文分別闡述充權的概念和作用，分析為何要促進服務對象的參與，剖析達致有意義及高度參與的方法，以及檢視強項角度的信念和重要性。EPS模式認為，社工實踐中一定要將這三個概念 (E、P、S) 緊扣在一起，才能達到社工的理想目標。無論在哪個服務範疇，社工都應該以強項角度去看事物，鼓勵服務對象的參與，從而令他們得到充權。充權是要達到的目標，參與是一個方法，而強項是一個重要的基礎。目標，方法，基礎三樣缺一不可。這個模式指出社工介入的核心元素是採用強項角度去運用參與以達致充權作用。本文最後探討若忽略這三個重要概念或其中一個，社工的介入會出現甚麼問題，並剖析三個概念的互動如何促進社工介入的成效，以及介紹EPS模式在不同領域的應用。 This article introduces a social work intervention model which is called EPS Model and is newly developed by the author. The EPS Model is to apply the following three concepts in social work practice, including Empowerment (E), Participation (P) and Strengths Perspective (S).The article firstly presents the three basic beliefs of the model: (1) the main goal of social work practice is not just to provide services and help people solve problems, but to help people empower themselves; (2) the empowerment goal can be actualized through promoting service user participation and (3) we have to strongly believe that people have strengths and abilities. The article then introduces the concept of empowerment and its functions, discusses why service user participation should be promoted and the effective means of promoting meaningful and greater participation, and examines the faith and importance in strengths perspective. The main characteristics of the EPS Model is to affirm that these three concepts (E, P and S) are inter-related and need to be closely inter-linked. Empowerment should be regarded as the aim of social work practice. Participation is the effective means to achieve empowerment. Strengths perspective is thus regarded as the important basis for social work intervention. The aim, the means and the basis are equally important and neither one can be excluded. This model suggests that social work practice should be based on the strengths perspective and should make use of participation to achieve service users' empowerment. The article finally examines the problems arising from the neglect of any one of the three important concepts, the impact of the interplay of the three concepts on the effect of social work practice and the application of the EPS Model in different service settings.

Social work as policy innovator: challenges and possibilities in the UK

2019 ◽  
pp. 21-36
Author(s):  
Roger Smith
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Work Intervention ◽  
Policy Work ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Social Work Policy ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter provides a brief overview of recent and current developments in social work policy activism in the UK. It reflects on the ‘radical social work’ tradition, and the relationship between policy work and professionalism in social work. Drawing on examples of organisation around key campaigns, the chapter makes the case for policy-oriented practice, as integral to all aspects of social work. In this respect, the distinction between ‘direct’ and ‘indirect’ practice is redrawn, in order to demonstrate that both are equally infused with a policy dimension. It is impossible to undertake ‘policy-free’ practice; and the impact of policy and structures on service users has to be factored in to all aspects of social work intervention.

scholarly journals The Impact of COVID-19 on Family Violence in Immigrant Communities in the United States

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-96
Author(s):  
Abha Rai ◽  
Susan F. Grossman ◽  
Nathan H. Perkins
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Family Violence ◽  
Immigrant Families ◽  
The United States ◽  
Immigrant Communities ◽  
The Family ◽  
Employment Guarantee ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The U.S

The COVID-19 pandemic has threatening implications for all individuals; and has been particularly unsettling for immigrants. Given their unique positionality in the U.S., the intersectional discussion about the impact of this pandemic on immigrants and issues of family violence is salient. The position of some groups of immigrant women is even more precarious due to the increased dependency on their spouse/partner for emotional, economic and immigration-related reasons. While immigrants have been on the frontlines as responders for COVID-19, there are limited policies that provide them with healthcare, employment guarantee, or benefits. Further, the immigration restrictions created by the U.S. Government have worsened the position of immigrants. All these stressors create unprecedented challenges for immigrants. Therefore, it is vital to delve into the family dynamics, unique challenges, and potential solutions that can provide support to immigrant families. This commentary highlights the atypical challenges of immigrants in relation to the pandemic and how these challenges may impact the incidence of family violence. Through our discussion, we hope to encourage social work scholars, practitioners, and policy advocates to support and advocate for immigrants; especially, during the new normal under the COVID-19 pandemic.

Incorporating ACEs in relationship-based social work practice: The Family Life Stories workbook

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 564-581
Author(s):  
Suzanne Mooney ◽  
Lisa Bunting ◽  
Stephen Coulter
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Child Welfare ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Life Stories ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Therapeutic Principles ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Impact

This article describes the development of the ‘Family Life Stories’ practice workbook. The initiative emerged from a pilot social work strategy in Northern Ireland to utilise the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) research in frontline practice. ACEs research is currently having a significant impact on health and social care policy and practice across the UK. This article proposes that ACEs-awareness has potential benefits for child welfare social work, encouraging consideration of parent/caregivers’ and children's lives beyond presenting referral concerns, with many parents involved with child welfare services known to have experienced multiple adversities themselves. However, when applied in a reductionist manner, ACEs-informed practice risks amplifying parental powerlessness, exacerbating feelings of shame and blame, and rendering structural inequalities invisible to assessment. Based on systemic and narrative therapeutic principles, the Family Life Stories workbook and guidance seeks to address concerns by using participative mapping activities. These assist practitioners to have purposeful conversations with parents in ways that promote engagement. The workbook aims to provide opportunities to consider with parents how previous experiences have influenced their life stories, the impact on their current situation, and their wishes for their children – maximising the benefit for parental wellbeing and engagement, while maintaining a focus on child safety. Although lacking a rigorous independent evaluation, feedback from social workers involved in the pilot demonstrates provisional acceptability to practitioners and parents. This novel practice approach provides one example of how to use the ACEs research to promote sensitive relationship-based practice within a social justice framework.

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