Brenda Dubois and Karla Krogsrud Miley (2002) discussed and a social worker in correctional agencies that must be used to advantage in the treatment of mental health rehabilitation. Field of substance abuse Education and vocational training. Using coordination skills individually (Case coordination skill).
Is important because the problems of offenders are diverse and need to get service, they are much the same. The social worker may be required to comply with offenders individually and in small groups. To assist in scaling behavior and can adapt to living in a place where there are control issues going on inside, which is parallel to these problems, such as the use of violence. Sexual assault Psychological victimization Protection of illegal activity Controversy / conflict of nationalities and chemical dependence.
Social workers should provide services in the field. Being a supporter or apologist (advocacy) as an agent or broker (brokerage) and a connector (linkage) between the offender and the community of his detention. These network services may be beneficial to offenders and their families. In addition to the services provided by social workers may have influenced the decision of the Board of Parole and during the trial.
Social work with families of offenders in custody. Social workers may be involved with the families of those detained as a member of the family must deal with the consequences of imprisonment. His family may be experiencing a crisis while being arrested and accused of the notification may be delayed. Do not visit the And processes is unclear when a ruling family was faced with the reality that is coming into the control and the need to plan in the event that a parent or family member is not present. While incarcerated, the family will have to define a new role for our members. At the same time, they must fight a controlled entities. The release of family members pushing for a crisis, which means to do with the offender to return to the daily life of the family. Social workers and practitioners providing services to humans can use tools to intervene with families in crisis now. By offering a service providing information on the substance of the concrete.
Social work in criminal justice, said a small but important part of the treatment and correction of offenders to justice. Social workers, therapists Corrections have been hired to work in the courts, employees parole (Parole Officer), and probation (Probation Officer), as well as the performance of Corrections. (Correctional Officer) often find that social workers who practice therapy correction likely to be confused because the structure of the service is based on punishment and detention of offenders. The conflict in many ways with the values (values) and principles of social work. Because of the experience of professional workers, we found that the problem comes from the fundamental social duty (Social functioning) and social workers also contributed to supporting the creation of value as well.
Work in the field of therapeutic correction consists of offenders who come from a wide variety of social, youth, adult men and women, rich and poor, a member of the influential group. And minorities And even politicians The group has put forward the most frequently mentioned is that minorities who are poor.
The social worker involved with the criminal justice system will start working since the arrest and the end of which he was released. Some social workers have a duty to serve as working with young offenders in a diversion program, the case was dismissed by the justice system. The social worker must be used to intervene in the crisis (Crisis Intervention) or forward (referral services) at the time of the arrest.
These programs will help bring people out of the criminal justice system and contribute to the community services that are more appropriate. The social worker will provide the social history and psychosocial assessment individually. (Psychosocial assessment) related crimes as part of the data to be used in the trial court. If a social worker who was working as a probation officer.
Social worker, he will have to use the consultation as an individual, family or group of advisers. And providing assistance to the accused to make them change their behavior. This is the proper way of working with probation and prevent problems from developing.
Social workers who work in the correctional facility or detention. These social workers are required to provide counseling and services in the areas of contact with the outside world. This will be extended to the family. Building the capacity of an employee to the detainees. And coordination services to network in the community. This will provide support to them when they were released. If they get parole. The social worker will have a social worker on parole or work in Half-Way House (Half way house), where they may need to stay ahead when it can’t rely completely on their return to the community.