Volunteers in Prison After-Care
The Report of the Teamwork Associates Pilot Project
- 164 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
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).
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Original Title Page
- Original Copyright Page
- Epigraph
- Foreword
- Sponsors and Committee of Teamwork Associates
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Contents
- Tables
- Introduction
- 1. The Background to the Project
- 2. The Project
- 3. Recruitment
- 4. Motivation
- 5. Training
- 6. Selection
- 7. The Voluntary Associates
- 8. The Clients
- 9. Matching
- 10. The Relationship
- 11. Some Illustrations
- 12. Supervision
- 13. Some Effects of the Project
- 14. Some Implications for Future Projects
- 15. The Wider Involvement of the Volunteer
- 16. Some Implications for Organizational Structure
- 17. Some Implications for Probation Officers
- Training Programme and Additional Tables
- Index