The role and innovation achieved by the judicial social workers in Shenzhen on community corrections Chunyu Social Work Service Organization, Shenzhen, Guangdong, ChinaManagement Trainee Shuang Chen

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1. Introduction of the organization2. Community corrections work system in Shenzhen3. Role and functions of judicial social workers in community corrections in Shenzhen4. Effects and innovation of Chunyu judicial social workers in community corrections5. Advantages of Purchase of Posts adopted by judicial social workers in Shenzhen on community corrections6. Disadvantages and solutions to Purchase of Posts adopted by judicial social workers in Shenzhen on community corrections.

1. Introduction of the Chunyu Social Work Service Organization, Shenzhen1. Introduction of the organization Established on 27th December, 2007, the Chunyu Social Work Service organization, Shenzhen is a non-profit organization operated by the people. Its establishment is greatly supported and fostered by the municipal Civil Affairs Bureau, and initiated by the Association of Labor Camps under the municipal Civil Affairs Bureau.2. Service targetsOffenders sentenced community service, discharged prisoners upon completion of sentence and prisoners discharged from labor campsRehabilitating drug users in the communityStaff responsible of letters and visits, etc..

3. Our missionService target-oriented, offer diversified services with fine quality, assist ex-offenders to rebuild self-identity, gain back social functions; assist rehabilitating drug users in the community to get rid of drug abuse, foreground self-esteem, live out a healthy life; and actively participate in crime prevention and drug abuse prevention activities.

4. Our visionThrough practical actions, we facilitate community support and acceptance of ex-offenders and rehabilitating drug abusers , assist service targets to correct their actions, reconstruct their self-identity, receive all-round development, and bring social harmony via various prevention work.

5. Establishment of centers of Chunyu

Time of establishmentDistrictsDisciplineNumber of social workersMarch 2008NanshanJudicial10March 2008BaoanJudicial7March 2008LonggangJudicial16October 2008FutianLetters and VisitsMunicipal3June 2009FutianNarcoticsMunicipal6June 2009LuohuNarcotics4September 2010New PingshanNarcoticsMunicipal6Total52

6. Project development of Chunyu

In January 2010, in the First Creative Project Competition, Shenzhen, our organizations Blessed by the spring rain was I the youth drug abuse prevention and counselling project was one of the 50 finalists, receiving subsidies from the Fucai Charitable Funds for implementation.

In October 2010, in the First Creative Project Competition, Shenzhen , our organizations Home reborn community rehabilitation project for female rehabilitating drug abusers (Midway Houses) was one of the 20 finalists.

2. Community corrections work system in Shenzhen

1. Community corrections Community corrections in China is a means of sentence opposed to prison corrections. It refers to placing offenders which qualify for community corrections in the community. With specialized government agencies, and the assistance of social organisations concerned, organisations operated by the people and volunteers, offending psychological conditions and inappropriate behaviours are corrected within the period of judgment and ruling, non-imprisonment activities for facilitating re-entry into the society are also provided.

2. Supervising and executing departments of community corrections in ShenzhenCourt JudgmentOffenders sentenced are transferred by public security officials in prisonsFamily registers received by local judiciaryIntervention by judicial social workersSentenced by court for community correctionsJudicial social workersJudicial administrative staffVolunteersPolice of the jurisdictionSpecialized judicial staff at social work stations Daily community management staffCriminal court proceedings, direct judgment by courtCriminal law executing process, application by public security officials in prisonsSupervision and Investigation by Procuratorate and Public Security

3. Situation of community corrections in ShenzhenControlProbationParoleDe-powermentSentence outside prison

4. Situation of social work service on community correctionsThe situation of community corrections and service organizations in Shenzhen (Data last updated on 14th February, 2011)

No.Service DistrictNo. of community corrective targetsNo. of social workersService organizationsTotal1.Municipal Judiciary04Community Social ServiceCommunity Social Service: 34

2.Futian287Community Social Service3.Luohu4611Community Social Service4.New Guangming712Community Social Service5.Nanshan3610ChunyuChunyu: 336.Longgang3416Chunyu7.Baoan297Chunyu3RunpengRunpeng: 38.Yantian105YantianYantian: 59.New Pingshan32ZhengyangZhengyang: 2Total193775 organisations77

3. Role and functions of judicial social workers in community corrections in Shenzhen1. Judicial social workers form a specialized team on community corrections Rehabilitating Corrections: Remedial + Developmental

Family: Repair family relationshipsSociety: No more harm to the society, reconstruct a healthy, joyful and meaningful way of livingIndividual: Repair social functions, self-identity, confidence, self-esteem, etc.

2. Judicial social workers are the coordinators of community corrections at primary level

Judicial Administrative StaffJudicial Social workersVolunteersFamilies of community corrective targets Specialised judicial staff at social work stationsPolice of the jurisdiction

3. Judicial workers are the incentives to improve the community correction system

Improve the bridging system of community corrections1Non-custodial pre-trial investigation2Visits to service targets who will soon be discharged

4. Judicial social workers are the resource integrators of community corrections Co-operation across disciplines and professions Judicial social workersSocial workers from other disciplinesGovernment administrative departmentsOther social organizations

4. Effects and innovation of Chunyu judicial social workers in community corrections1. Individual-based services designed according to characteristics of targets of community corrections in Shenzhen;Three Highs targets of community corrections: High qualifications, high income, high social status.Main types of crime: Economic crimes like corruption, damage of the economic order of the socialist.

Three Lows targets of community corrections: Low qualifications, low income, low social status Main types of crime: Violation of civil rights and the crime of democratic rights.

2. Volunteering service added to community corrections, diversified community services to facilitate rehabilitation of targets

Activities from the Judicial volunteering team

Visit to Special Schools

Community corrective targets teach the elderly English

Visit the elderly who live alone

3. Reduce resistance by unwilling targets who receive community corrections, accumulate experience for constructing professional relationships1. Deal with negative emotions or hostile attitudes2. Deal with contradictory opinions from service targets on whether to receive community corrections3. Identify incentives and motives which can let community corrective targets make changes4. Foster hopes5. Emphasize the strengths of community corrective targets6. Correct negative beliefs.

4. Satisfy the special service needs of this aspect, set a new standard to close a case

Service duration of a case=Duration of sentence of the service target

5. Advantages of Purchase of Posts adopted by judicial social workers in Shenzhen on community corrections

Advantages1Expeditiously form a judicial social worker service network which covers the entire city2Grasp the chance to build professional relationships3Construct comprehensive and diversified resource network for administrative departments4Foreground the effectiveness of work5Effectively reduce the cots of administrative management.

6. Disadvantages and solutions to Purchase of Posts adopted by judicial social workers in Shenzhen on community corrections1.Disadvantages1More severe administrativization;2The mode of Purchase of Posts leads to unequal division of labor3Numerous administrative management departments.2. Solutions 1Define roles and orientations of social workers2Construct a service index system in the aspect of justice3Strengthen communication with organizations which seek employees.

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