Volunteers in Prison After-Care: The Report of the Teamwork Associates Pilot Project

di Hugh Barr (Autore)

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2023

Originally published in 1971, volunteers in the social services were being asked to undertake increasingly demanding and responsible work, particularly in the field of prison after-care. Effective professional leadership and support were therefore essential. Hugh Barr’s report describes a pilot project in London in which he tried to build effective partnership between professionals and volunteers, and between statutory and voluntary agencies. It is a report that was immediately relevant in the field of probation and after-care at the time and had implications in general for the future of the personal social services. Separate chapters discuss recruitment, motivation, preparation, selection and supervision of the volunteers; illustrations of their work are included and an attempt is made to evaluate the results of the project. The book ends with a study of the implications for future projects and of the ever-widening scope for the volunteer, who will use his leisure to match society’s need. ‘This is a man writing about something he has a hand in creating’ (from the Foreword).

• Autore: Hugh Barr
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Collana: National Institute Social Services Library
• Anno: 2023
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 164 p.
• Dimensioni: 216 x 138 mm
• Peso: 310 gr.
• EAN: 9781032041704

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