Lt Joseph E Laramie ret Program Manager National Criminal Justice Training Center of Fox Valley Technical College Joe has been involved in protecting children for over three decades in senior law enforcement positions...

International Social Work Volume Issue Page - November lt br gt Structural social work SSW is a critical theory that frames poverty violence and disease as the product of oppressive social structures SSW concepts were applied to a rural dentistry project in Nepal Delivery of oral health care in Nepal is influenced by capitalist colonialist and scientific-modernist ideologies that disadvantage the rural poor Jevaia Oral Health Care operationalizes SSW principles of tension relief consciousness-raising collectivization...

International Social Work Volume Issue Page - November lt br gt Our study sought to refine our understanding of professional distress by examining the experience of healthcare social workers in the following three Canadian provinces Manitoba Ontario and New Brunswick Thirty semi-directed interviews were conducted to explore the social workers' social representation of professional distress and its ties to professional identity and growing organizational constraints Attitudes work--life imbalances and negative workplace experiences were found to...

International Social Work Volume Issue Page - November lt br gt Research on social work practice is essential for developing an indigenized base of knowledge In China while social work education has grown rapidly much of what is taught -- and many social work priorities in research and practice -- is influenced by rapidly changing national government policies This policy environment creates both opportunities and challenges to building an infrastructure to support research on social...

International Social Work Volume Issue Page - September lt br gt The aim of this study is to strengthen the urban rights and quality of life of vulnerable groups by contributing to the development of a new approach and standards in urban social services Toward this goal we present the socially innovative service model SISM which ensures a framework of daytime care and support centers for disabled individuals established in the Eyp district wherein generally...

International Social Work Volume Issue Page - September lt br gt Successful social reintegration is critical if we are to reduce recidivism and crime in general This voice of people article presents a background case for why effective offender reintegration services are key in South Africa and the Eastern Cape in particular through an example of the Offender Reintegration programme rendered by the National Institute of Crime Prevention and Reintegration of Offenders NICRO Apart from...

ATII stands for the Anti Human Traffiking Intelligence Initiative http www Follow the Money Fight Slavery org a non profit organisation promoting corporate responsibility awareness raising intelligence integration technical advancement and data collaboration Sam Graber is the chief Communications Officer of ATII...

I talk with Laura Robertson from Children's Hospice South West about how we offer end of life care to our young children and their families Laura joined Children's Hospice South West back in June after many years of fundraising for both small and large charities A career that that she did not anticipate when...

Christina Gabbitas http www christinagabbitas com is an award-winning children's author who has encouraged over children nationally with an annual poetry initiative giving her a Dame Beryl Bainbridge award in for her work and Sue Ryder Education Award in Founder and Trustee of Children's Literature Festivals...

Peter Wanless has been the Chief Executive of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children since June The charity's longstanding purpose is to prevent cruelty to children something it seeks to achieve through a mixture of service delivery research influencing advocacy and campaigning...