ABSTRACT Bamardo's Is a UK child care (non-govemmental) organisation, established in 1866. It has recently embarked on a major programme of information technology development, to enable sound practice and management information to be made available in the most flexible form throughout its 170 decentralised projects. A process of search and decision-making is described, and the difficulties highlighted. Those faced by a eon-statutory agency are significantly different from those confronted by the public social service departments, and they are explored in some depth. It is hoped that the lessons which have emerged will be of value to others facing similar challenges.
{"title":"The Development of a Client Record System Within a Non-Governmental Child Care Organisation","authors":"Shani Fancett, Mike Hughes","doi":"10.1300/J407V13N01_04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J407V13N01_04","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Bamardo's Is a UK child care (non-govemmental) organisation, established in 1866. It has recently embarked on a major programme of information technology development, to enable sound practice and management information to be made available in the most flexible form throughout its 170 decentralised projects. A process of search and decision-making is described, and the difficulties highlighted. Those faced by a eon-statutory agency are significantly different from those confronted by the public social service departments, and they are explored in some depth. It is hoped that the lessons which have emerged will be of value to others facing similar challenges.","PeriodicalId":422385,"journal":{"name":"Computers in Human Services","volume":"45 5","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113970970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The growth of the self-help movement and the rapid expansion of computer communications has led to a variety of computer-based self-help/mutual aid (CSHMA) groups, including computer-based 12-Step groups for problems with alcohol, narcotics., eating, gambling, compulsive sexuality, relationships, smoking, and others. This paper introduces professionals to this emerging resource and provides preliminary data about the extent of use and participation patterns of these CSHMA groups. In addition, the potential benefits and problems of CSHMA groups for people with addictions are discussed. Benefits include greater access to support, diffusion of dependency, meeting the needs of those with esoteric concerns, reduction of barriers related to social status cues, encouraging participation of reluctant members, promoting relational communication, and enhancing communication of those with interpersonal difficulties. Potential disadvantages, including destructive interactions, lack of clear and accountable l...
{"title":"Computer-Based Self-Help Groups: On-Line Recovery for Addictions","authors":"J. Finn","doi":"10.1300/J407V13N01_02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J407V13N01_02","url":null,"abstract":"The growth of the self-help movement and the rapid expansion of computer communications has led to a variety of computer-based self-help/mutual aid (CSHMA) groups, including computer-based 12-Step groups for problems with alcohol, narcotics., eating, gambling, compulsive sexuality, relationships, smoking, and others. This paper introduces professionals to this emerging resource and provides preliminary data about the extent of use and participation patterns of these CSHMA groups. In addition, the potential benefits and problems of CSHMA groups for people with addictions are discussed. Benefits include greater access to support, diffusion of dependency, meeting the needs of those with esoteric concerns, reduction of barriers related to social status cues, encouraging participation of reluctant members, promoting relational communication, and enhancing communication of those with interpersonal difficulties. Potential disadvantages, including destructive interactions, lack of clear and accountable l...","PeriodicalId":422385,"journal":{"name":"Computers in Human Services","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114832546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SUMMARY The social worker needs basic knowledge about human behaviour, the economic and social structure of society, law and regulations, etc. In recent years, knowledge about new methods and techniques for registering, reporting and analysing data and information has become necessary for the social worker. This paper deals with the introduction of a new course in Social Informatics in the Department of Social Work at the University of Bucharest. This department was established at the University after December 1989. The paper describes the starting point and motivation for a course in Informatics and contains a short presentation of the curriculum and gives information about the computer network and software used by the students. The results during and after the first year of teaching are mentioned and there is also a discussion about the opportunities the graduate students will have to use IT in social work practice. Finally, the conclusions lead to an optimistic approach regarding the utility of “Social...
{"title":"Using a Computer Network for Social Work Training","authors":"Poliana Stefaeescu","doi":"10.1300/J407V12N01_08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J407V12N01_08","url":null,"abstract":"SUMMARY The social worker needs basic knowledge about human behaviour, the economic and social structure of society, law and regulations, etc. In recent years, knowledge about new methods and techniques for registering, reporting and analysing data and information has become necessary for the social worker. This paper deals with the introduction of a new course in Social Informatics in the Department of Social Work at the University of Bucharest. This department was established at the University after December 1989. The paper describes the starting point and motivation for a course in Informatics and contains a short presentation of the curriculum and gives information about the computer network and software used by the students. The results during and after the first year of teaching are mentioned and there is also a discussion about the opportunities the graduate students will have to use IT in social work practice. Finally, the conclusions lead to an optimistic approach regarding the utility of “Social...","PeriodicalId":422385,"journal":{"name":"Computers in Human Services","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115279899","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Critical thinking: a meta-skill for integrating practice and information technology training","authors":"P. Nurius","doi":"10.1300/J407V12N01_11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J407V12N01_11","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":422385,"journal":{"name":"Computers in Human Services","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123077214","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SUMMARY The Barbara Project is an exciting project which is designing and implementing interactive, multimedia technology to improve the quality of-council and other services delivered to rural communities. The rural communities involved in the project are in: Scotland, Ireland, Greece, Germany. The full range of multimedia will be used to support the service, such as simultaneous: voice, video, data (text and image). The main emphasis of the project is in user-involvement from an early stage, so that technology is not foisted upon rural communities and so the whole project is user-led rather than technology-led. To enable this to happen a continuous process of consultation and review has been instigated to allow for the participant communities to be involved in deciding what services are to be delivered and in which ways the service will be presented on the unit. This paper describes the scope of the Barbara Project and the initial findings of the research.
{"title":"Using advanced communications and multimedia applications to provide real life benefits to remote rural areas: BARBARA","authors":"J. Brogden, C. Williams","doi":"10.1300/J407V12N01_14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J407V12N01_14","url":null,"abstract":"SUMMARY The Barbara Project is an exciting project which is designing and implementing interactive, multimedia technology to improve the quality of-council and other services delivered to rural communities. The rural communities involved in the project are in: Scotland, Ireland, Greece, Germany. The full range of multimedia will be used to support the service, such as simultaneous: voice, video, data (text and image). The main emphasis of the project is in user-involvement from an early stage, so that technology is not foisted upon rural communities and so the whole project is user-led rather than technology-led. To enable this to happen a continuous process of consultation and review has been instigated to allow for the participant communities to be involved in deciding what services are to be delivered and in which ways the service will be presented on the unit. This paper describes the scope of the Barbara Project and the initial findings of the research.","PeriodicalId":422385,"journal":{"name":"Computers in Human Services","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130425513","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SUMMARY It is estimated that there are around 100 million disabled people in India alone. This is more than three times the population of Canada. The disabled in India and Asia are not in possession of many devices with which they may combat their disabilities. Some do have access to low-level technological devices. Very few have access to medium-tech devices. Only a handful have access to high-tech items. Production, distribution and promotion of assistive devices for the handicapped can only be achieved through the active co-operation of trans-national agencies. This is the need of the handicapped in Asia today.
{"title":"Independence to the blind and handicapped in Asia through modern assistive devices","authors":"Joseph E. Varghese","doi":"10.1300/J407V12N01_02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J407V12N01_02","url":null,"abstract":"SUMMARY It is estimated that there are around 100 million disabled people in India alone. This is more than three times the population of Canada. The disabled in India and Asia are not in possession of many devices with which they may combat their disabilities. Some do have access to low-level technological devices. Very few have access to medium-tech devices. Only a handful have access to high-tech items. Production, distribution and promotion of assistive devices for the handicapped can only be achieved through the active co-operation of trans-national agencies. This is the need of the handicapped in Asia today.","PeriodicalId":422385,"journal":{"name":"Computers in Human Services","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125932102","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Evergreen, software for planning services for the elderly","authors":"M. Vaarama","doi":"10.1300/J407V12N01_16","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J407V12N01_16","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":422385,"journal":{"name":"Computers in Human Services","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130415834","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SUMMARY Child protective service agencies are showing increasing interest in computer based training due to factors such as deskil-ling of worker tasks, high turnover, and court orders to improve worker performance. Recent developments in computer-based multimedia offer new potential for computer based training. This article describes a child protective services case simulation and the results of preliminary testing. Fourteen users with a variety of experience responded very favorably to the design and learning that occurred by working the simulated case. Issues concern the lack of informal guidance while working the simulated case and the need to tailor the complexity of the simulation to ffae intended audience.
{"title":"Multimedia training for child protective service workers: initial test results","authors":"R. Satterwhite, D. Schoech","doi":"10.1300/J407V12N01_09","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J407V12N01_09","url":null,"abstract":"SUMMARY Child protective service agencies are showing increasing interest in computer based training due to factors such as deskil-ling of worker tasks, high turnover, and court orders to improve worker performance. Recent developments in computer-based multimedia offer new potential for computer based training. This article describes a child protective services case simulation and the results of preliminary testing. Fourteen users with a variety of experience responded very favorably to the design and learning that occurred by working the simulated case. Issues concern the lack of informal guidance while working the simulated case and the need to tailor the complexity of the simulation to ffae intended audience.","PeriodicalId":422385,"journal":{"name":"Computers in Human Services","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134466553","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SUMMARY Human services providers have not taken quickly to the idea of using computers to expand their networks for solving problems. Recently, the technical and external barriers to human services networking have been lowered. Networking specialists involved with Human Services Information Technology. Applications meetings (HUSITA) worked as a consortium to build a set of connected networks operating under the banner of HumanServe on the Institute for Global Communications computers in San Francisco, California. In the broader world of computer networking, connectivity continues to be a key concern, and the Internet backbone seems to hold the solution. The HumanServe experiment was accompanied by two years of cooperation among human services network coordinators. The climate for connectivity and accessibility are more favorable now than at any time, but networks are proliferating with only few subscribers and weak information resources. The new challenge is to organize and network the knowledge base. The...
人类服务提供者还没有迅速接受使用计算机扩展其网络以解决问题的想法。最近，人力服务联网的技术和外部障碍已经降低。与人类服务信息技术相关的网络专家。应用会议(HUSITA)作为一个联合体，在加州旧金山的全球通信计算机研究所(Institute for Global Communications computers)的“人类服务”(HumanServe)的旗帜下，建立了一套互联网络。在更广阔的计算机网络世界中，连接仍然是一个关键问题，而互联网骨干网似乎掌握着解决方案。伴随着人类服务实验，人类服务网络协调员之间进行了两年的合作。现在连接和可访问性的环境比以往任何时候都更有利，但网络正在激增，只有少数用户和薄弱的信息资源。新的挑战是组织和网络知识库。…
{"title":"Towards consensus in human services computer networking","authors":"Thomas Hanna","doi":"10.1300/J407V12N01_17","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J407V12N01_17","url":null,"abstract":"SUMMARY Human services providers have not taken quickly to the idea of using computers to expand their networks for solving problems. Recently, the technical and external barriers to human services networking have been lowered. Networking specialists involved with Human Services Information Technology. Applications meetings (HUSITA) worked as a consortium to build a set of connected networks operating under the banner of HumanServe on the Institute for Global Communications computers in San Francisco, California. In the broader world of computer networking, connectivity continues to be a key concern, and the Internet backbone seems to hold the solution. The HumanServe experiment was accompanied by two years of cooperation among human services network coordinators. The climate for connectivity and accessibility are more favorable now than at any time, but networks are proliferating with only few subscribers and weak information resources. The new challenge is to organize and network the knowledge base. The...","PeriodicalId":422385,"journal":{"name":"Computers in Human Services","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128379653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SUMMARY The reasons why students work with computers in social work education are threefold: computers and software are increasingly general tools, as well as tools in professional practice and educational technology is supplying schools with more computer-based learning materials. The use of computers in the learning process is leading to better quality professional preparation of students, in that they have to leam to cope with innovations in professional practice. Computers are increasingly used for word processing in practice, but also in managerial and financial information systems and not least in being an aid in directly helping clients (for instance in assessing processes, in interviewing and calculation of benefits). Computers are also improving the quality of the learning process itself. This article will not only highlight the didactics of courseware but also give some strategical hints about effective implementation of computers for better social work education.
{"title":"Computers in education: added value leading towards better quality","authors":"Albertine Visser","doi":"10.1300/J407V12N01_10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J407V12N01_10","url":null,"abstract":"SUMMARY The reasons why students work with computers in social work education are threefold: computers and software are increasingly general tools, as well as tools in professional practice and educational technology is supplying schools with more computer-based learning materials. The use of computers in the learning process is leading to better quality professional preparation of students, in that they have to leam to cope with innovations in professional practice. Computers are increasingly used for word processing in practice, but also in managerial and financial information systems and not least in being an aid in directly helping clients (for instance in assessing processes, in interviewing and calculation of benefits). Computers are also improving the quality of the learning process itself. This article will not only highlight the didactics of courseware but also give some strategical hints about effective implementation of computers for better social work education.","PeriodicalId":422385,"journal":{"name":"Computers in Human Services","volume":"2013 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128016156","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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