Graduate social workers are getting greater support and supervision

Graduate social workers are getting greater support and supervision

https://www.orangatamariki.govt.nz/about-us/news/a-boost-for-new-social-workers/ The Supported Practice Step (SPS) was introduced late last year to better support university graduates into their first statutory social work position. It was part of the Pay Equity Terms of Settlement in 2018 which was negotiated with the Public Service Association. Oranga Tamariki Chief Executive, Gráinne Moss says the initiative demonstrates our on-going commitment…

Childhood Pain Can Lead to Adult Relationship Abuse

Childhood Pain Can Lead to Adult Relationship Abuse

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/charm-harm/202008/childhood-pain-can-lead-adult-relationship-abuse Children who sustained painful emotional wounds from their parents and others can carry that pain into adulthood. Their adult relationships bring up their original pain and cause a lot of inner conflict. Often it is easier to inflict that pain onto their partners rather than look inward for the real source of their hurt, anger,

Qualities of a Narcissistic Sociopath

Qualities of a Narcissistic Sociopath

https://www.verywellmind.com/understanding-the-narcissistic-sociopath-4587611 What would a prototypical narcissistic sociopath look like? While there are variations in the severity of symptoms, we can start to assemble a picture that will help you to identify these people in real life.https://65dc5c34cd3eeb7235a6ab8b8e287f14.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-37/html/container.html Most likely, you’ve encountered these types of people in news reports. As many as 70% of people in prison…

Gloriavale leaver launches High Court civil proceedings against leaders

Gloriavale leaver launches High Court civil proceedings against leaders

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/122862433/gloriavale-leaver-launches-high-court-civil-proceedings-against-leaders A former Gloriavale member is taking legal action against the West Coast Christian community, accusing leaders of “dereliction of duty” towards their followers. John Ready filed civil proceedings in the High Court at Greymouth on Wednesday seeking the removal of the trustees that govern Gloriavale for poor conduct, mismanagement and dereliction of duty. A…

Psychological concept known as the principle of charity

Psychological concept known as the principle of charity

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/misinformation-desk/202009/photographic-evidence-it-s-easy-believe Why was it so easy to believe these wildlife stories? One reason is the psychological concept known as the principle of charity, which suggests that humans more readily believe than doubt. That is, the human brain is built to believe (the skepticism has to be learned). Just click on those hyperlinks, above, and look at…

State Redress hearing: 25 September witness list and evidence summaries

State Redress hearing: 25 September witness list and evidence summaries

https://www.abuseincare.org.nz/news/state-redress-hearing-25-september-witness-list-and-evidence-summaries/ 10:00am: Tanya and Georgina Sammons and Hope Curtin Tanya and Georgina Sammons will give evidence of their experiences of the Ministry of Social Development’s historic claims process in their attempts to address the abuse they suffered while in foster care. They will give evidence of the different approaches taken to each of their claims,…

People do indeed continually progress as they get older

People do indeed continually progress as they get older

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/boomers-30/202009/how-aging-is-reshaping-success Decades of research into life’s rich pageant, most notably George Vaillant’s work documented in his book Triumphs of Experience, have shown that people do indeed continually progress as they get older, and frequently realize greater fulfillment than when they were younger. When viewed from such a perspective, being successful is not a matter of what…

Poor Science Education and The Dualist Fallacy

Poor Science Education and The Dualist Fallacy

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-human-beast/202009/the-rise-junk-science-in-modern-life Much superstitious thinking begins with the premise that there is a mental/spiritual realm that is separate from the physical world accessed by our senses. In natural sciences, there is only a material world. The dualist fallacy emerges in virtually every religion and many branches of pseudoscience from astrology to reflexology. It is present in…

SIS knew a young woman was being sexually abused by her father

SIS knew a young woman was being sexually abused by her father

https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/sis-left-girl-to-be-sexually-abused-former-spy/ar-BB19maEd?ocid=msedgntp The SIS knew a young woman was being sexually abused by her father but failed to lodge a complaint with the police, effectively allowing the abuse to continue for years, a former spy says. The ex-SIS agent said he was involved in a covert operation in the late 1980s and early 1990s that involved…