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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"1607 Social Work"”.
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Feeling the heat : workers' experiences of job stress in the Victorian community services sector
This thesis examines work stress in the Community Services Sector (CSS) in Victoria. Psychological injuries are extremely high in the CSS (WorkSafe Victoria), and yet there has been no research specifically addressing this issue in the sector. Further, there has been little research that examines …
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Child care in the retail industry in Victoria
… care experiences and attitudes of those who work within the retail industry in Victoria and it concentrates on the needs of parents with children aged under 13 years old. A number of issues are presented as part of the background information for this research: a summary of the historical …
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Course climate, student stress and practitioner burnout
… issue of this thesis is the problem of stress in social work education, and its contribution to subsequent burnout in social work practitioners. To investigate this problem, the study was structured according to five interrelated key research questions, as outlined in Chapter One. The first …
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Multidisciplinary rehabilitation in prison : a values, interests and power analysis
… therapists into prisons and created two distinct work groups with no historical working culture. As research suggests that rehabilitation works best when officers and therapists are united, the present investigation involved interviews with twenty three therapists and twenty one prison officers. …
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Beyond the divide: women's experiences in rural Victorian psychiatric rehabilitation services
… rural psychiatric rehabilitation and workers who delivered these services. The research centred on the voices of the women but encouraged a personal and collective reflective approach with workers. As the researcher I also took a reflexive approach which highlighted the methodology as …
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The Athlete Career Education Program (ACE): the usefulness of ACE services and counsellor training
The Athlete Career Education program (ACE), administered nationally by the Australian Institute of Sport, has as its objective to "assist elite athletes to undertake education, vocation and personal development opportunities whilst pursuing and achieving excellence in sport" (Australian Institute …
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Silos to symphonies: social work and its contribution to student wellbeing programs within a Victorian Catholic School
… and knowledge needed to participate in the social, economic and cultural life of their local, national and global communities. Alongside a vocational role schools have another role. This role is to provide a health promoting setting within which students can develop the skills, knowledge and …
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Economic Independence For Mothers of Young Children: Impossible Dream or Agenda For Change?
… examines ideas for change in Australia's social arrangements for care of young children. It focuses on mothers who, in spite of the impact of second-wave feminism, continue to provide most of the care of young children. The central thesis of this work is that Australia's arrangements …
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Experiences of Malaysian professionals working with sexually abused children: an exploratory study
… explore Malaysian professionals’ experiences of working with sexually abused children. Although the international literature on professionals’ experiences of sexually abused children is considerable, Malaysian research is sparse. The current study sought to redress this imbalance by conducting a …
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Continuing education needed by park and recreation professionals to ensure the inclusion of people with disabilities
This study was concerned with determining the competencies required and the subsequent education needed for the implementation of inclusive practices within the park and recreation industry. With 3.6 million people or 19 percent of its total population possessing a disability, Australia is …