‘Pains of imprisonment’: narratives of the women partners and children of the incarcerated

This paper focuses on an important line of inquiry in contemporary criminal justice social work research: the collateral consequences of incarceration in the Chinese context. It gives an insight into the impact of incarceration on families from an insider's perspective. An analysis of interviews with 10 partners and 10 children yielded three major themes concerning the impact of imprisonment: the problems associated with the imprisonment of a family member, the coping strategies used and views on the importance of maintaining family ties. It is hoped that this study will give practical guidance regarding what should be done, and how, to reduce the negative consequences brought about by the absence (temporary or permanent) of the imprisoned on their families, including both their partners and vulnerable children.     

'I made some mistakes . . . but I love them dearly' the views of parents of children in informal kinship care

In-depth semi-structured interviews with 30 parents of children living with relatives in informal kinship care arrangements revealed the parents' views of the reasons for the informal kinship care arrangements, quality of their relationships with the children and their caregivers, their current and future roles in their children's lives, feelings experienced when with and away from the children, positive and negative aspects of kinship care, future goals and dreams for their children, and their assessments of their own strengths and challenges. Results of these interviews suggest several implications for social work practice and research.     

注重高校教师工作特点 优化绩效评价体系

高校教师工作具有创造性、复杂性的特点,其劳动成果具有部分隐蔽性的特点。目前我国高校教师评价体系的内容和标准未能全面反映高校对教师素质的要求,评价结果的客观性、权威性和公正性有待提高,评价过程和结果对促进高校教师长远发展的作用有限。高校教师评价体系的优化应坚持以教师发展为本的评价理念,完善评价指标体系,重视评价的反馈环节,赋予教师充分的话语权。     

克服晕轮效应,做好辅导员工作

随着社会的不断发展,辅导员工作逐步呈现出多样化、复杂化、困难化的趋势。正确地认识、了解、掌握并利用心理效应,在辅导员工作中往往会产生意想不到的效果。晕轮效应是一种普遍的心理错觉,在思想政治教育过程中比较常见,它的负面效应要远远大于正面效应。对于这种负面影响比较大的心理效应,我们要做到首先从理论上了解,继而在实践中避免,这样才能防止落入这些负面效应的恶性怪圈,让辅导员工作达到一个新的高度。     

组织变革的认知与工作压力——基于国有商业银行的实证研究

目前我国国有商业银行面临着剧烈的环境变化和角色转换。员工对组织变革的认知与工作压力及其工作表现存在着显著的相关关系。因此,国有商业银行在实施组织变革的过程中,要与员工进行良好的协调与沟通,增加与员工之间的互动性,同时还要对员工进行必要的帮助和咨询,使其在心理上和生理上同时适应银行变革后的新的角色。     

真景物与真感情——辛弃疾田园词的意境美

辛弃疾田园词景真、情真,又能将两者紧密地结合起来,相融相生成自然和谐之境,富有意境美。他或者将景物人格化,作为主观情感的寄托,或者“以我观物,使物皆着我之色彩”。无论是借景托情,还是情景俱到、相间相融,都各有其妙。     

“A stitch in time”: group work during the covid-19 scare in the Nicobar Islands,India

ABSTRACT

When India suddenly went into its first coronavirus-induced nationwide lockdown in March 2020, several members of a historically isolated indigenous community in the eastern Indian ocean- the Nicobarese, began to panic. Their leaders came together and formed a group to boost community solidarity and helped the vulnerable indigenes to safely navigate through the crisis. In these uncertain times of Covid-19, when the “modern” world appears more fissured than ever, leaving its “others” to fend for themselves; the Nicobarese’s group has set an example for everyone to follow.     

Amassing rural power in the fight against fracking in Maryland: A report from the field

ABSTRACT

Social workers can mobilize vulnerable populations to shape policy decisions about industrial practices that could have adverse impacts on their wellbeing. One such practice is hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” to extract oil and natural gas from shale rock deposits. There is scant social work literature on mobilizing opposition to fracking despite a proliferation of literature from other disciplines. This article documents the campaign in Maryland that led to the adoption of the first legislative ban on fracking in a U.S. state with shale gas reserves, using social movement theory to identify factors that led to this successful outcome.     

Integrating self-care into clinical practice with trauma clients

ABSTRACT

Self-care is recognized as an important aspect of social work practice. Beginning in educational settings, developing social workers are encouraged to learn about and practice self-care. However, self-care is typically promoted through strategies and approaches outside of the practice context. Social workers are oftentimes encouraged to use individualized self-care plans, which often feature a variety of relaxation and secondary techniques; focus on self-awareness and self-reflection; and have proper use of supervision. Although these strategies are invaluable, they do little to directly benefit the social worker during direct practice or while in session with a client which is a time period when clinicians are particularly vulnerable to distress or burnout. The importance of real-time self-care strategies is particularly critical for clinicians, especially those who engage in trauma work, given the sensitivity of topics that clients may have endured or benefit from assistance in processing. Further, little information has been published on the use of self-care techniques during a session with a client or in a clinical context. The purpose of the present paper is to discuss self-care strategies that can be useful both outside of and within a clinical setting and present a model of such strategies that focus on integrating self-care in clinical practice particularly for those engaging in trauma work. The paper will conclude by discussing the relevancy of the developed model in practice.