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The Influence of Case and Professional Variables on the Identification and Reporting of Child Maltreatment: A Study of L...
All 50 states have laws requiring mental health and other professionals to report suspected maltreatment. Unfortunately, many professionals who are mandated to report suspicions of child maltreatment often fail to recognize potential maltreatment or fail to report their suspicions. The present study examines several factors that may influence ident...
Domestic Violence Strategies and Actions in Suriname
Published in Development
Carla Bakboord argues that domestic violence is now almost unanimously considered to be a crime in the Caribbean and is a priority on the agenda of governments and non-governmental organizations. In some countries there is a lack of legislation, lack of government policy towards this problem, great inequality within gender relations and a lack of k...
Special Feature: Learning Overshadows Teaching: Key Issues in the Preparation of Care and Social Workers
Published in Child and Youth Care Forum
In the following lines I will attempt to cover applicable thoughts about learning in the teaching of effective interactive human work—that is, care work. Efforts to assist individuals with their learning in the field of applied sciences require focus, direction, and time commitment. Regardless of whether one is involved with an individual, a group,...
A survey of burnout among Australian mental health occupational therapists and social workers
Published in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Background:This study investigated the extent to which occupational therapists and social workers employed in Australian mental health settings are affected by burnout.Method:Questionnaires were sent to occupational therapists and social workers who had indicated that they were interested in participating in the study. An overall response rate of 7...
Sources of stress experienced by occupational therapists and social workers in mental health settings
This study examined the sources of stress experienced by occupational therapists and social workers employed in Australian public mental health services and identified the demographic and work-related factors related to stress using a cross-sectional survey design. Participants provided demographic and work-related information and completed the Men...
Sources of stress experienced by occupational therapists and social workers in mental health settings
This study examined the sources of stress experienced by occupational therapists and social workers employed in Australian public mental health services and identified the demographic and work-related factors related to stress using a cross-sectional survey design. Participants provided demographic and work-related information and completed the Men...
Implementering och utvärdering av Addiction Severity Index (ASI) i socialtjänsten
The aim of this dissertation is to examine the implementation of the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) in social services and how it affects the encounter between the clients and their social workers. As structured interviews are unusual in social service based addiction care there is concern that they will have negative consequences on the relation b...
Structural Analyses Of The Quality Of Life Of Children At Risk
Published in Social Indicators Research
Quality of life (QOL) is usually assessed in terms of levels. This paper, in contrast, examines the structure of the quality of life of its subjects: two groups of children at risk, children who were kept at home and those who were removed from home. The social workers who made the decisions were asked to assess the children’s quality of life using...
The Impact of Distributive and Procedural Justice on Social Service Workers
Published in Social Justice Research
The concepts of fairness and justice are embodied within the organizing principle of social justice. Although social justice is a primary focus of social work, social service workers are not always treated with fairness by their own employers. The results from a survey of 255 social service employees from a variety of agencies in Northwest Ohio ind...
