Child Abuse on the Internet: Ending the Silence

The Melbourne Health (MH) Social Work Residential Care Team (RCT) was established in 2002 as a new and innovative approach to aged care. The service employs three full-time social workers and an Allied Health assistant with previous experience in aged care. The RCT works across the MH continuum of care with inpatients recommended for residential care. The service is predominantly patient- and family-focused, but is also consultative to meet the education needs of MH staff and the community. This paper discusses the MH Social Work Residential Care model, reviews data collected since RCT implementation and the benefits shown for patients, their families and interdisciplinary staff. This paper discusses pressures and factors that impinge on the ability to discharge patients to residential care and explores recommendations for ongoing clinical practice as well as recommendations that the RCT has submitted to management for further consideration.     

The Corporate University and social work academic roles

Abstract

Universities have undergone significant changes in the last decade. Universities have become ‘corporate’, integrating the values, assumptions and ethics of corporate economic capitalism. Within universities, social work practice expertise is negated as a criterion of valued ‘technological role expertise’ of social work academics. The paper describes and analyses the compounding impact of changes in the role of universities upon the historically problematic relationship between social work practice and social work education, The paper suggests a means to integrate both roles in the roles of practitioner-academic and academic-practitioner A typology is developed which identifies the knowledge and skill basis of social work practitioners and academics. The typology enables an identification of the cross fertilisation of each role on the practice expertise of the other. Through such a typology an alternative valued criterion of ‘technological role expertise’ can be established by the profession itself for utilisation in both academic and practice appointments and promotion assessment.     

What does client satisfaction tell us about effectiveness?

It is common in child protection research to undertake studies of client satisfaction with services. Although these studies have their own intrinsic value, it has been argued that they tell us little if anything about effectiveness—high levels of client satisfaction mean little if child abuse continues to occur. This study, undertaken in a statutory child protection service in Australia, considers the relationship between client satisfaction and other outcome measures, including worker estimates of client progress, further notifications of abuse and whether or not children have been removed. The results show strong correlations between different measures of client satisfaction and strong correlations between different measures of worker estimates of client progress. They show weaker but statistically significant correlations between client satisfaction and worker estimates of client progress, and between client satisfaction and further notifications. There is also a significant relationship between client satisfaction and children remaining at home. However, this applies only to parents, relatives and carers, not to the primary clients themselves. It is concluded that client satisfaction studies may have value beyond simply measuring client satisfaction. However, the study also supports an argument for using more than one outcome measure if the aim is to measure effectiveness. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

饭店业环保运营影响因素研究——以福建省为例

近几年，我国饭店业绿色化发展速度非常快，但由于国家尚未专门制定饭店业环境管理的相关法律法规，致使饭店业环保运营的效果不够理想。本文以福建省为例，在问卷调查的基础上运用SPSS统计软件进行分析，并得出结论：影响饭店业环保运营的因素主要来源于饭店效能、市场需求、企业形象和社会责任，饭店管理者仍以饭店效能作为环保运营的第一原则，法律法规及商业协会对饭店业环保运营几乎没有影响。     

Client Satisfaction with Live-In and Live-Out Home Care Workers in Israel

Abstract

In an era of globalization where the migration of long-term care workers is common, foreign live-in home care workers can compensate for the unavailability of family members and, perhaps, even substitute for institutional care in the provision of long-term care services to disabled older persons.

This study examines differences in home care satisfaction between disabled older persons in Israel with “live-in” home care workers and those with “live-out” workers, and explores some differences in socio-demographic and personal characteristics between these two groups. Face-to-face interviews were held with a random sample of 93 older persons in Beer-Sheva.

Older persons with live-in home care workers were more satisfied with their home care service than those with live-out workers. Those with live-in workers were more severely disabled, tended not to have any children living in close proximity, although an adult child was available as an informal caregiver. Communication difficulties between the elderly persons and their home care workers were found not to affect negatively the satisfaction with the service.     

关于民办高校法人财产权的法学思考

通过回顾民办高校财产权的相关法律规定,结合现行民办高校办学实践,认为鉴于筹资渠道的不同、学校类型及其性质的多元化,我国民办学校的财产权亦应为多元化。在承认民办高校均具有公益性的基础上,应根据纯捐资举办的非营利性民办高校、投资举办的营利性民办高校与混合举办的民办高校的不同类型,区别规定民办高校财产权的进入、运作与退出的法律保护机制。     

浅议公立医院法人治理结构与医院管理体制改革

规范的法人治理结构是一种科学有效的管理制度,在公立医院中建立法人治理结构是医院管理体制改革的一种探索。文章介绍了公立医院法人治理结构内涵中的几个重要概念,国外公立医院建立法人治理结构的背景及我国的改革实践情况,阐述了建立公立医院法人治理结构对于我国医院管理体制改革的意义以及改革探索中应注意的若干问题。     

企业社会资本对人力资本的整合

企业理论经历了从物质资本到人力资本再到社会资本的发展脉络,逐渐形成了三种资本契合的话语结构。人力资本一经进入企业,就与物质资本有机结合,形成了企业的经营能力和竞争能力。而通过社会资本对人力资本的整合,可以使企业形成内生特质,获得持久竞争力。     

新公司法中揭开公司面纱制度的解释难点探析

本文主张法院在解释与适用揭开公司面纱制度时既要考虑中国市场经济背景下的特有公司现象,更要考虑到全球公司现象中的一般性,注重借鉴美国等市场经济国家在揭开公司面纱制度方面的先进经验。认为,新《公司法》第20条中的“公司债权人”包括劳动者和国家税收债权人;其中的“股东”既包括一人公司中的唯一股东,也包括股东多元化公司中滥用权利的控制股东。否认公司人格既适用于上市公司,也适用于非上市公司。     

现代化进程中宗族的嬗变

宗族具有血缘性和宗法性两个基本属性,这是宗族作为一个联结国家和社会个体成员的中间组织的两个权力来源。随着社会现代化进程的加快,宗族的两个权力来源逐渐式微,宗族已开始向一种新型的社团组织嬗变。