Sex offender intervention: Effects on the worker

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Description / Synopsis	Description / Synopsis This paper describes a qualitative study involving six participants who work in the field of sex offender intervention. Participants’ struggles and professional rewards are examined. Recommendations on workplace policy and procedure adjustments are made based on the findings. Although participants identified rewards of their work, they described many physical, emotional, and mental health struggles they encountered, because of their employment. They also identified supports that promoted their wellbeing in the work.
Persons	Persons Author (aut): Clark, Elizabeth Thesis advisor (ths): Schmidt, Glen Degree committee member (dgc): Meletis, Zoë A. Degree committee member (dgc): Hemingway, Dawn Degree committee member (dgc): Sherry, John Degree committee member (dgc): Holler, Jacqueline
Degree Name	Degree Name Master of Social Work (MSW)
Department	Department Social Work
DOI	DOI 10.24124/2021/59174
Collection(s)	Collection(s) Dissertations and Theses

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Date Created/Date Issued	2021
Publisher	University of Northern British Columbia
Issuance	monographic

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Subject Topic	Subject Topic Social work with sex offenders--Psychological aspects. Sex offenders--Treatment. Sex offenders--Rehabilitation. Social workers--Mental health.
Keywords	Keywords Sex offender intervention Workplace wellbeing Emotional survival

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Extent	Extent 1 online resource (v, 72 pages)
Physical Form	Physical Form electronic
Physical Description Note	Physical Description Note PUBLISHED
Content type	Content type Digital Document
Resource Type	Resource Type Text
Genre	Genre thesis
Language	Language English

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