震后孤儿社区综合支持体系研究

本文以民政部与联合国儿童基金会震后孤儿安置研究项目为依托,通过对汶川震后632名孤儿的安置、救助、服务状况的跟踪研究,总结分析了对成都、都江堰、汶川、绵竹、什邡、德阳等灾区和大型安置点的民政干部、服务机构人员、社区工作者、老师、孤儿监护人和孤儿全面考察获得的第一手资料,探究了震后孤儿及其监护家庭的生存和社会支持体系现状...     

灾后安置社区“弄堂会”模式下优势视角的社工介入——以都江堰市居民安置社区“勤俭人家”为例

“5·12”汶川地震灾区安置工作全面展开。根据西方发达国家以及我国台湾等地区的经验,社会工作作为以服务困难群体为天职的专业,在长期的灾后重建中会发挥不可替代的重要作用。因此,本研究试图运用社会工作的优势视角,以都江堰勤俭人家安置社区自我管理“弄堂会”的开展为例,来分析上海社工首批队员对震后安置社区的介入过程,期望为今后安置社区的社工介入提供一定的参考与借鉴。     

汶川地震孤儿安置方式研究项目启动

2008年12月21日～30日,民政部、联合国儿童基金会组织国内部分儿童问题专家赴福建、山东、四川三个省的十多个市、县儿童福利机构、孤儿安置机构和寄养家庭进行为期十天的走访和调查,对5·12汶川地震后孤儿安置情况进行全而摸底调查.这是政府启动的震后安置和灾后重建工作的重要组成部分,得到了联合国儿童基金会儿童保护处的大力支持,也标志着"汶川地震孤儿安置方式研究项目"的全面启动.     

灾后安置社区“弄堂会”模式下优势视角的社工介入——以都江堰市居民安置社区“勤俭人家”为例

"5·12"汶川地震灾区安置工作全面展开。根据西方发达国家以及我国台湾等地区的经验,社会工作作为以服务困难群体为天职的专业,在长期的灾后重建中会发挥不可替代的重要作用。因此,本研究试图运用社会工作的优势视角,以都江堰勤俭人家安置社区自我管理"弄堂会"的开展为例,来分析上海社工首批队员对震后安置社区的介入过程,期望为今后安置社区的社工介入提供一定的参考与借鉴。     

收养汶川地震孤儿应重视七个问题

政策 四川汶川“5．12”地震发生以后,党和政府对地震孤儿的生活和成长高度关注,社会上收养地震孤儿的热情空前高涨。民政部《关于汶川大地震四川省“三孤”人员救助安置意见》（以下简称《意见》）,为地震孤儿重新进入家庭,重获家庭温暖提供了十分有利的政策保障和政策支持。     

社会融合 实现孤儿终极回归

通过十余年的探索，上海市在促进成年孤儿回归社会方面逐步形成了政策支持、民政主导、机构配合、区县安置、街道落实的参工模式。儿福院通过专业化设计，对孤残儿童进行智商、行为等综合性评估，为他们开展社会适应性培训、职业生涯规划、岗位实习、社区实践和融合训练，从而提高孤儿回归社会的生存和竞争能力。     

地震灾后孤儿的社会心理支持环境因素分析与社会工作介入

青少年是社会的未来和希望。震后孤儿如何成长为一个健康和有用的人是地震灾后人的恢复和重建工作的重点。震后孤儿作为青少年的一个特殊群体,其社会化所处的社会心理支持环境如何、社会工作又有何作为?     

地震灾后孤儿的社会心理支持环境因素分析与社会工作介入

青少年是社会的未来和希望。震后孤儿如何成长为一个健康和有用的人是地震灾后“人”的恢复和重建工作的重点。震后孤儿作为青少年的一个特殊群体,其社会化所处的社会心理支持环境如何、社会工作又有何作为？     

儿童友好家园:震后灾区儿童社会工作的经验

一儿童友好家园全称为"四川汶川地震灾后儿童保护"项目,是由联合国儿童基金会㈦国务院妇女儿童工作委员会办公室(简称"妇儿工委")及其他中国项目合作伙伴联合创建的,主要以儿童保护为主的多层次且相互补充的、一体化的和综合性的心理健康和社会支持体系,包括基本服务、社区㈦家庭支持、Θ门服务等的一个社区     

上海市：着力打造成年孤儿安置模式

成年孤儿安置问题一直是困扰各儿童福利机构发展的瓶颈，本文对10年来上海成年孤儿安置模式进行了回顾、总结，提出一些在安置成年孤儿回归社会过程中需考虑和探讨的问题。文章分别对儿童福利机构在成年孤儿安置过程中所承担的责任、上海市成年孤儿安置的具体做法以及存在的不足和解决思路进行了有益探讨，为国内儿童福利机构的孤儿安置提供参考。     

廉租住房住户：社会支持网现状分析与建构策略——来自贵州省贵阳市的实证研究

随着我国廉租住房保障制度的实施,廉租住房住户作为一个特定聚居群体逐渐形成,完善的社会支持网络是他们维持日常生活、应对危机的重要保证。廉租住房住户社会支持网主要由非正式支持构成,在经济困难解决、情感宣泄和社交支持三方面起着重要作用,但该群体社会支持网较脆弱,网络规模小、结构单一,部分住户甚至缺乏基本的社会支持。这样的社会支持网现状难以有效地化解日后生活过程中可能遭遇的生活危机与困难,这既无益于个体生活状况的安定,也无益于社会秩序的稳定。因此,本文尝试提出廉租住房住户社会支持网络的建构策略,即以社区为平台,以社区服务组织和社区工作者为依托,以赋权理念为指引,以廉租住房住户需求为基础来帮助他们建构多类型、多主体介入的社会支持网络。     

"爱满新航"未成年子女关爱行动项目

一、项目服务背景针对服刑在教和刑释解教人员未成年子女的关爱行动,有利于社工与服刑在教和刑释解教人员建立起帮教服务关系,使他们感受到来自社会的关心和帮助,从而在思想认识上发生转变,加快他们认罪、服罪、悔罪意识的提升,同时也有利于帮助其未成年子女健康成长,提升社会适应能力,最终促使两代人能够更好的融入社会.     

受艾滋病影响儿童群体救助工作的新路径探析—兼论高校社会工作教育者的介入

受艾滋病影响儿童作为特殊弱势群体,其救助具有特殊性和多元性,需要社会各方面力量的参与和整合。作为一项专业的综合性服务活动,社会工作以助人自助为核心价值观,强调个别化、平等、接纳等原则。运用专业的理论、方法和技巧介入受艾滋病影响儿童群体。目的是协助其走出心理等多重困境,同时能够使其社会功能得到恢复和发展。在综观现有研究的解决对策基础上,文章尝试了高校社会工作教育者介入受艾滋病影响儿童群体救助工作的新路径探析,分析了其优势和特点。并对其工作载体和工作手法等提出了构想。     

Domestic violence,housing and employment: Workers' perspectives on employment assistance in supported accommodation

In response to contemporary understanding about the association between financial security and women's ability to escape domestic violence and homelessness, this paper reports on a small scale pilot study conducted with workers from generalist homelessness services and domestic violence‐supported accommodation services in South Australia on responding to women's requests for assistance to seek employment. Workers from both accommodation service types advised that approximately one third of women at their services asked for employment‐related assistance at the point of service intake or soon after. Although relatively few women received employment support following their requests, assistance was four times more likely at the generalist homelessness services than the domestic violence services. Agency priorities, philosophies and workers' assessments of women's capacity to engage in employment were cited as reasons for not responding to women's employment requests. Women who secured employment prior to service exit, whether helped to do so or not, were perceived as more confident with the prospect of supporting their families independently following exit and more able to secure suitable housing when compared to other women. Follow‐up and outreach visits indicated that women who worked had a stronger sense of financial security, housing stability and social connectedness, but that maintaining employment following service exit was difficult.     

Service Utilization Patterns Among Adolescent Mothers Residing in Three-Generational Households

ABSTRACT

This qualitative study used in-depth interviews to better understand the social service experiences and identified needs of 26 demographically diverse adolescent mothers and their mothers, who resided together in three-generational households. Most dyads accessed community services, particularly parenting and emotional supports, financial and material assistance, and medical care, and desired short-term assistance related to their circumstances and newly expanded families, rather than long-term support. The most commonly identified barrier to service utilization involved income eligibility guidelines. In light of welfare reform policies and the current economic climate, this research underscores the need for transitional supports for families, including assistance with basic needs. In terms of implications for social work practice and future research, adolescent mothers may need formal supports as they pursue independence after they leave their mothers’ care. Future research could further explore, within other communities and longitudinally, whether these preliminary trends hold true.     

Challenges and dilemmas working with high‐conflict families in child protection casework

Social workers within child protection services report that families marked by high levels of conflict between separated parents are among the most challenging cases to handle. Few studies however have focussed on how social workers themselves experience and meet with parents involved in hostile martial interactions. This article reports on a qualitative study involving 31 social workers and provides an analysis of their experiences and dilemmas in working with such families. Findings demonstrate that social workers struggle to find ways to help high‐conflict families and often find themselves at an impasse. Parents involved in such conflict are highly resistant to change, and social workers struggle to engage with them over concerns about their children. Furthermore, findings suggest that social workers lack organizationally allotted time to assist the parents. I conclude by discussing ways in which emotional support, empowering interventions, and strength‐based approaches enable social workers to manage relationships with high‐conflict families. More research on this topic is needed to support and promote better practices for social workers to be more effective in assisting high‐conflict families.     

Research Review: Child and family support services with minority ethnic families: what can we learn from research?

This paper considers some of the available published research on family support services for minority ethnic families. In addressing this aspect of social work with minority ethnic families, we seek to make a contribution to the knowledge base of practitioners. The paper begins with an overview of what is known about family support services for particular minority ethnic groups, before exploring three specific areas: family centres, a home visiting service, and family group conferences. The paper finally examines what research says about the qualities sought in social workers by minority ethnic parents.     

Child protection social workers in Italy and the Covid-19 challenges: Redefining services to support children and their families

During the Covid-19 pandemic, social workers played an essential role in helping people understand what was happening and cope with new unforeseen difficulties, even carrying out new tasks and activities. Social workers were asked to redefine their work methods to maintain aid relationships with families. This reorganization was complex and challenging for child protection services. The paper will discuss the results of a qualitative research project aimed to describe the Italian child protection social workers' functions during the Covid-19 pandemic. Three online focus groups were conducted with child protection social workers. These focus groups helped researchers explore the new organization of social workers' work in child protection services, which was aimed at maintaining their role and performing the new tasks they need to carry out to support families and children. Three main areas of discussion emerged from the qualitative analysis: (1) postponed and maintained activities; (2) remote work advantages and challenges; and (3) new professional learning.     

Alternative care options and policy choices to support orphans: The case of Mozambique in the context of the SADC

Contextualizing the situation of orphans within the Southern African region and drawing on quantitative and qualitative field research, this article analyses care options and social protection policy for orphans in Mozambique, with its focus placed on children in orphan support centres. Seeking to offer new insights and greater understanding of the experiences of children in care and of the social protection available to them, the research highlights that orphaned children living in informal foster care arrangements are more likely to experience abuse, neglect and maltreatment than those living in non‐governmental care organizations. The research emphasizes the need for a more careful selection of foster families in which children are placed. Recommendations include the need to focus on capacity building and institutional reforms that provide social protection policies for orphaned children as part of an overall social protection floor. The monitoring and evaluation of organizations providing care to orphaned children is deemed a priority.