Impact of Social Work Practice in Public Defense

Public defenders are increasingly welcoming social workers into their practice, but there is little understanding of the impact of social work services in this context. This study used propensity score matching to determine the effect of social work services on public defense clients in terms of the number and severity of criminal charges when statistically controlling for pre-existing criminal history and demographic characteristics. Findings indicate that social work and non-social work clients were similar in terms of demographics and that clients in both groups were more likely to have incurred misdemeanor charges, but clients in the social work group experienced more, suggesting greater life disruption. When comparing clients who did and did not receive social work services, results indicate that the number of misdemeanor charges incurred during a two-year time period was lower for clients who received social work services. Implications for practice and future research are discussed.     

社区为本的矫正社会工作理论与实践

本文辨析了矫正社会工作和司法矫正的差别,论述了社区为本的矫正社会工作的混合属性、概念和目标,并在借鉴西方社会工作的个案管理模式,提出了中国当前开展社区矫正工作的过程阶段和相应的工作者的角色和任务。     

社会工作伦理守则的执行与问责体系探析

本文归纳了社会工作伦理守则的执行与问责体系,以有助于我国建立社会工作的专业自律体系的建立。伦理守则的落实需要静态的规范系统和动态行动体系来支持。其中,规范体系包括教育课程方面、职业资格认证方面、实践标准方面、机构规章及国家政策法规方面等;行动体系则是指社会工作机构、同事、伦理守则的制定机构及其伦理委员会、职业责任险的提供者、社会工作者个人等方面。问责体系主要通过一定的投诉和制裁程序来体现,其一般程序包括提出申请及初步审议、小组委员审议及裁决、公布及执行裁决结果等。     

Restructuring Long-Term Care in Spain: The Impact of The Economic Crisis on Social Policies and Social Work Practice

ABSTRACT

Care needs of the aging population are increasing in Southern European countries. The purpose of this article is to explore the implications of meeting these needs while taking into account the recent economic crisis, which has deeply affected countries such as Spain. This study is part of a European project (ISCH COST Action IS1102) and is based mainly on qualitative information that focuses on in-depth interviews with social service workers (n = 19) who provide the service and program recipients or their caregivers (n = 14). In addition, two discussion groups were conducted with professionals (n = 9) and program volunteers (n = 5), as well as a workshop/discussion group (n = 28) with politicians, service providers, and participants. Six thematic premises were identified with differing views being highlighted relevant to the participants' roles in the program. Future research should explore social service strategies to deal with the increase in care needs as well as community-based responses.     

社会工作专业实践教学研究综述

社会工作不同于其他理论学科的实务性特点使社会工作专业实践教学成为社会工作学科建设的重点和难点。本文对中国近十年社会工作专业本科实践教学领域的研究内容、建设现状及问题、解决对策等方面进行了梳理。     

社会工作在创新社会管理中的作用

发展社会事业、促进社会公正、加强社会管理、完善社会体制是新的历史时期社会建设的主要内容。创新社会管理就是要以主动的建设和变革为手段,以改善社会的状况、建设一个更好的社会。公平正义既是创新社会管理的有效途径,也是社会工作的专业价值追求,因此,社会工作的发展必将为创新社会管理注入新的活力。     

基于新农村建设的社会工作专业实践教学模式探索

本文通过分析社会工作专业在新农村建设基地的实践教学活动,探索以新农村建设为平台的高职院校实践性教学改革途径,以实现社会工作专业人才培养模式创新和教师转型。     

The ambiguity of social return policies in the Netherlands

Social procurement policies, which aim to create employment opportunities for vulnerable groups, such as the long‐term unemployed and the disabled, have become increasingly popular in recent years. Despite their growing popularity, empirical research on this topic is limited. Combining insights from the social policy and public administration literatures, we explore the development and implementation of “social return” policies by the Dutch government. These policies are a form of social procurement that require private employers to spend a percentage of public tenders to hire individuals far removed from the labor market. Social procurement appears, by definition, to be a form of social investment. However, our analysis of the ideas underlying its use in the Netherlands suggests that significant contradictions exist, with evidence of neoliberal New Public Management tendencies, social investment, and the more recent form of public administration, New Public Service. Using extensive document analysis of parliamentary documents, discussions and evaluative reports from 2008 to 2014, we reveal the tensions inherent in the Dutch approach and discuss possible implications for our understanding of social policy and administration as well as social protection.     

社会管理创新与社会工作发展研究

我国社会管理创新给社会工作发展提供了新的机遇,创新后的社会管理体制,不仅需要制定相应的社会管理政策,更需要具有专业性质的服务理念、方式和领域,社会工作成为社会管理创新的一个关键变革力量。社会工作通过管理理念、过程、内容和评估机制介入社会管理创新,使社会管理更加符合经济社会发展需求,促进社会和谐稳定。     

社会工作专业学生认知实习的实践与探索

社会工作认知实习是为专业实习打基础的重要一步。本文从自身的实践经验出发,介绍认知实习的情况和基本做法,反思不足之处,提出设想。     

Investigation or Initial Assessment of Child Concerns? The Impact of the Refocusing Initiative on Social Work Practice

This paper is based on a qualitative research study of socialworkers’ and parents’ experiences of attempts to‘refocus’ child protection practice in England sincethe late 1990s. A review of the research base for the refocusinginitiative is presented, leading to an exploration of one ofthe key changes arising from the initiative: the move away frominvestigations in ‘borderline’ cases towards lessintrusive initial assessments. Methods involved qualitativeinterviews with parents and social workers in twenty-three casesdrawn from two local authorities. The main conclusions are thatinitial assessments, as developed through the refocusing initiativeand the Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need andtheir Families (Department of Health, 2000), provide a formof practice that offers benefits in terms of balancing childprotection and child welfare approaches, and in terms of relationshipswith parents.     

从社会工作实习的阶段性特点谈学校督导的工作内容

实习是社会工作教学的重要环节,在实习开展的过程中,透过学校督导对学生的指导,有利于学生将社会工作的价值观、理论知识、方法技巧进行反思和整理,从而应用于实践。本文将社会工作学生开展实习的过程特点进行梳理,归纳学生在每个阶段主要的实习任务和遇到的问题。从而总结学校督导在不同阶段的工作内容。期望能够对当前社会工作实务的开展有所助益。     

社会工作实验室的网络化管理初探

社会工作实验室在社会工作专业教学中扮演着重要的角色,但目前许多高校社会工作实验室在管理中存在一些问题,导致社会工作实验室未能发挥出应有的作用,作者结合自己进行实验室管理的经验,对社会工作实验室的网络化管理进行了初步的尝试和探索,并提出了一些改进的建议。     

社会工作实习教育的经验探索

社会工作实习教育是社会工作专业教学体系重要环节,但现状是实习教育普遍薄弱。本文以＂青涩三叶草＂青少年成长小组为例,反思该项实习活动经验,尝试对社会工作实习教育发展进行一些有益探索。     

社会工作专业实践教学研究

本文首先探讨了当前我国社会工作专业教育需要增加实践教学,其次论述如何设计实践教学的内容,最后论述了实践教学的各种保障措施。笔者认为,当前我国社会工作专业实践教学应做好如下方面的工作：不断丰富实践教学的手段;建立与之相关的见习实习基地和制度;完善各方面的保障制度和措施等。     

新管理主义时代香港社会福利领域NGO之发展

全球第三部门正处在发展的十字路口,面临转型的挑战。本文运用个案研究方法,试图探讨20世纪90年代以来新管理主义如何影响香港社会福利领域NGO的发展。研究发现,尽管新管理主义的价值观已深植于NGO领域,但不同个案机构对其影响的回应不尽相同;组织的社会倡导价值对于市场化价值的妥协在本研究中虽有体现,但如何使商界更加关注社会福利的改善正日益成为香港NGO实践其倡导价值的新关注点。