De 1e prijs vanuit de opleiding Maatschappelijk Werk en Dienstverlening ging naar Kim de Graaf. Zij schreef een mooi en actueel artikel over recreatief drugsgebruik onder jongeren. Dat drugsgebruik is niet zonder risico’s. Volgens Kim kunnen jongerenwerkers een rol spelen in de begeleiding van jongeren …

BackgroundIt has been demonstrated that people with dementia’s wellbeing can improve by using touchscreen technology. The FindMyApps program is a training and web-based selection-tool to help people with dementia and their caregivers find suitable apps that can improve their self-management and engagement …

De bundel met Topartikelen van 2020 is de tiende (en laatste) in de succesvolle reeks met winnende artikelen van de jaarlijkse artikelen-wedstrijd van vierdejaarsstudenten van de sociale opleidingen van Hogeschool Utrecht (HU). Het schrijven van een artikel blijft een goede manier om te reflecteren op …

The guidance offered here is intended to assist social workers in thinking through the specific ethical challenges that arise whilst practising during a pandemic or other type of crisis. In crisis conditions, people who need social work services, and social workers themselves, face increased and unusual …

Although it appears increasingly important yet potentially challenging to attract customers to physical stores, location-based messaging, i.e., delivering mobile phone messages using data about the recipient's location when that recipient is near the sender, has been said to enable such attraction. Still, …

Background: Art therapy (AT) is frequently offered to children and adolescents with psychosocial problems. AT is an experiential form of treatment in which the use of art materials, the process of creation in the presence and guidance of an art therapist, and the resulting artwork are assumed to contribute …

In deze uitgave zijn verhalen gebundeld van professionals die werken aan veiligheid in de thuissituatie. Verhalen over mensen die hen zijn bijgebleven en die hun kijk op huiselijk geweld en op hun vak hebben veranderd. Het is een inkijkje in de praktijken van deze verschillende professionals. We lezen …

Many countries signed the Paris Agreement in order to mitigate global average temperature rise. In this context, Dutch authorities also decided to realize a maximum of 35% residual waste by 2020 for its own operations. So, 65% of the total waste should be recyclable or re-usable and only a maximum of …

Social learning is the process of exchanging and developing knowledge (including skills and experiences) through human interaction. This key planning process needs to be better understood, given the increase and variety of non-planners influencing planning processes. This article explores who learns …

This article draws on findings of an international study of social workers’ ethical challenges during COVID-19, based on 607 responses to a qualitative survey. Ethical challenges included the following: maintaining trust, privacy, dignity and service user autonomy in remote relationships; allocating …