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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Statutory agencies"”.
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Domestic violence within a marriage: a critical analysis of the cultural barriers faced by Muslim Asian women when seeking assistance
… This dissertation will seek to illustrate that statutory agencies need to consider the cultural barriers and obstacles Muslim Asian women are faced with when attempting to understand how this specific group of women make decisions to stay in or leave violent relationships. It also sets out …
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From the Poor law to New Labour: a comparative analysis of interventions to support families
… support, and involvement of the community and statutory agencies. The need to provide evidence to show the effectiveness of support services leads one to consider the relevant issues and difficulties, including an argument for considering randomised control trials, and more longitudinal …
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Bringing Voices in from the Cold: Analysing the Efficacy of Asset-Based Community Development in a Voluntary Homelessness Organisation
… with homeless people and associated non-statutory agencies. The research was undertaken within a small homelessness charity primarily operated by volunteers. As a volunteer within the charity I undertook a critical action research inspired approach into exploring the benefits of and …
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The lived experience of non-offending mothers in cases of intrafamilial child sexual abuse: Towards a preliminary model of loss, trauma and recovery
… mother’s experience is crucial to guiding statutory agencies and therapeutic interventions when working with these families. However, there is currently not a model or framework that conceptualises mothers’ post-discovery experience, and the factors that might impede or facilitate their …
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Statutory-voluntary collaboration in service provision for adults with disabilities
… was to examine the rationale for coordinating statutory and voluntary services by examining the nature and extent of collaboration between voluntary and statutory providers of services to adults with disabilities in a sample of local authority areas, and to consider whether and in what way this …
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Critical systems thinking, theory and practice : a case study of an intervention in two British local authorities
… in facilitated workshops by managers from statutory agencies, based on specifications developed by a variety of stakeholders (including service users and carers).Fourth, the strengths and weaknesses of Cognitive Mapping (one of the methods used in the project) are discussed. Significant …
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A qualitative study of student feedback : Lecturers' and Students' perception experiences
… policy texts and documents issued by HE statutory agencies in the period 1987-1997. In these texts the idea and practice of 'student feedback' is located within a set of aims symbolised by, and implemented through, the concept 'quality'. 'Quality' is used to progress:</p> <ul> …
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A social-technical harm-based taxonomy of online hate in South Africa
… of what to do, a lack of trust in reporting agencies, fear of the implication of reporting, and contextual awareness of the situation. The finding further provided evidence that online hate can have various negative consequences, including Social, Political, Financial, Reputational, Physical, …
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Public sector corporate governance revisited: the ROI's non-commercial semi-state sector
… reporting obligations on the boards of the ROI’s statutory agencies, the Code more ciearly defined the role and responsibilities of board members.<br/><br/>A review of the national and international literature indicated that although the significance of boards was generally accepted, agreement as …
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Differing perceptions of legislative and policy change in children and families services: a vertical analysis
… is in crisis and it is in this context that statutory agencies, charged with the delivery of services to children and their families, are struggling to define and provide acceptable forms of intervention and service provision. As politicians, academics, media commentators, members of the …
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Inter-governmental relations in the southern tablelands of New South Wales : a case-study in regionalism and decentralization
… of State or Federal Government departments or statutory agencies? How far, and by what means, do Australian institutions enable local citizens to get governmental attention paid to the peculiar needs of their own areas, and how far and in what ways are legislative policies modified, in …
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Inter-governmental relations in the southern tablelands of New South Wales : a case-study in regionalism and decentralization
… of State or Federal Government departments or statutory agencies? How far, and by what means, do Australian institutions enable local citizens to get governmental attention paid to the peculiar needs of their own areas, and how far and in what ways are legislative policies modified, in …
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Not just ‘old men in raincoats’: effectiveness of specialised community treatment programmes for sexually abusive children and youth in New Zealand
… relevant to treatment programmes and statutory agencies around programme development, referral processes and identification of sexually abusive children and youth are made. Directions for future research are also discussed. These include research exploring outcomes, other than …