Browsing Social Practice Conference Papers by Title
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Perceptions of community safety in West Auckland and white fragility.
(2017-02)Unitec and Community Waitakere have recently completed a Lottery’s Foundation funded project looking at the contemporary issues affecting the perceptions of safety in West Auckland communities. A review of eight recent ... -
A perspective on S4.5 Residence Category for Victims of Domestic Violence (VDV) Policy : addressing domestic violence against ‘ethnic’ women
(2019-12)This presentation will focus on S4.5 Residence Category for victims of violence (Operational Manual - Immigration New Zealand), in the context of intimate partner violence experienced by women of migrant and refugee ... -
Polynesians in Auckland
(2006)This paper compares some recent films set in the contested terrains of Auckland - sometimes called the biggest Polynesian city. The film Once Were Warriors depicts the violence and despair of Maori life in the outer suburbs. ... -
Professional development for established academic staff : the effectiveness of a writing programme
(2016-09)Situate the writing programme in existing literature Describe participants and programme content Present some initial findings Review planned programme evaluation -
Pursuing peace and justice : confronting oppression in Palestine. Findings of Delegation to the West Bank, January 2016
(Unitec ePress, 2017-02)The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals include pursuing peace and justice, ending poverty, reducing inequalities, and sustainable cities and communities. Currently these goals are far from being realised for ... -
Redeeming one's reputation : reputation, counter-reputation
(2014)REPUTATION: So easily lost So easily gained So hard to regain Young people are particularly vulnerable to the losing and gaining of reputation with powerful consequences. -
A reimagination of 'preferential option for the poor' in the context of postcolonial political theology in Africa
(2014)This paper argues uses data (experiences) from my doctoral project completed in 2013, investigating the experiences of women and youth living with HIV in Kenya and their participation in HIV and AIDS policy making processes ... -
Researching the safety of rainbow students in New Zealand's biggest tertiary education institution
(2023-06-09)Background Feminist story telling and research mistakes Formation of our research team Survey design Teething problems in data collection Conclusion References -
School counselling as community work [Narrative community work in schools]
(2017-11-29)This presentation explores narrative work in secondary schools as a vehicle for creating collective knowledge, and empowering young people to support one another. Narrative approaches de-privatise and deindividualise ... -
The scope of talanoa research methodology within a postgraduate curriculum
(2020-11-19)Introduction Context Talanoa methodology Values of talanoa(Pan-Pacific) Principles of talanoa research Talanoaas methodology and method Talanoa and non-Pacific methods The scope of Talanoa methodology References -
Social work and social investment : cutting the connection between cause and consequence
(Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG), 2017-09-08)As a profession, social work has always been concerned with both the features of society that cause social deprivation and the consequences of that deprivation; particularly in light of what is known about the impact of ... -
The social work profession in Aotearoa NZ
(2014-11-05)SW profession snapshot 2014 Social policy background Social work and the State Social work education Social work professional body Social work registration Social work Snapshot SW profession themes: SW education ... -
Strategies to establish Social Policy Units (SPUs) within community-based organisations.
(2018-07)Background Community Waitakere Initiatives Methods Case studies Focus group CBPR Results : Significance of the SPU Activities Structure Funding Discussion References -
Supervising social workers in schools : the value of relationships in and out of the supervision space
(2019-10-03)This presentation explores the importance and value of supportive relationships between supervisors and supervisees in ensuring effective supervision outcomes for social workers in schools. Based on my Master's thesis on ... -
Takepu principled approach : a new vision for teaching social work practice in Aotearoa
(Social Workers Registration Board of Aotearoa/New Zealand, 2014)The purpose of the research reported here was to gather reflections of the learning experience of tauira (students) of Te Tohu Paetahi Ngā Poutoko Whakarara Oranga, Bachelor of Social Work : Biculturalism in Practice (BSW ... -
Taking it slowly with managed care - Invited address in a workshop on Managed Care for Mental Health: International Experiences and the New Zealand Direction, Schizophrenia Fellowship National Conference, Christchurch. September 5-7. 1997
(Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand, 1998)Managed care arose from a need to contain the escalating health costs of the insurance and litigation based US health system, which were rising at rates of more than 10% a year through the early 1990S. It is described as ... -
Tales of character from the land where neo-liberalism wasn’t
(2017-02)By the way - the story that each and every individual is the master of their own destiny, and can control their own future irrespective of context is one of the most central and vicious of the lies neoliberalism encourages ... -
Tāwhairitia Ngā Ahi : re-stoke the fires - surviving and thriving as an activist
(International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association, Oceania, 2016-03)Audio from the workshop: Surviving and Thriving as an Activist This workshop explored the challenges and opportunities of activists who both come from and work with the more 'excluded' members of the rainbow communities. ...