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The role and innovation achieved by the judicial social workers in Shenzhen on community corrections Chunyu Social Work Service Organization, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China Management Trainee Shuang Chen. Presentation Flow. 1. Introduction of the organization ；

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

  2. Presentation Flow • 1. Introduction of the organization； • 2. Community corrections work system in Shenzhen； • 3. Role and functions of judicial social workers in community corrections in Shenzhen； • 4. Effects and innovation of Chunyu judicial social workers in community corrections； • 5. Advantages of “Purchase of Posts” adopted by judicial social workers in Shenzhen on community corrections； • 6. Disadvantages and solutions to “Purchase of Posts” adopted by judicial social workers in Shenzhen on community corrections.

  3. 1. Introduction of the Chunyu Social Work Service Organization, Shenzhen • 1. 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 targets： • Offenders sentenced community service, discharged prisoners upon completion of sentence and prisoners discharged from labor camps； • Rehabilitating drug users in the community； • Staff responsible of letters and visits, etc..

  4. 3. Our mission： • Service 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 vision： • Through 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. 5. Establishment of centers of Chunyu：

  6. 6. Project development of Chunyu： • In January 2010, in the First Creative Project Competition, Shenzhen, our organization’s “ ‘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 organization’s “Home reborn – community rehabilitation project for female rehabilitating drug abusers (Midway Houses)” was one of the 20 finalists.

  7. 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.

  8. 2. Supervising and executing departments of community corrections in Shenzhen Court Judgment Criminal law executing process, application by public security officials in prisons Criminal court proceedings, direct judgment by court Sentenced by court for community corrections Offenders sentenced are transferred by public security officials in prisons Family registers received by local judiciary Supervision and Investigation by Procuratorate and Public Security Intervention by judicial social workers Daily community management staff Judicial social workers Judicial administrative staff Police of the jurisdiction Volunteers Specialized judicial staff at social work stations

  9. 3. Situation of community corrections in Shenzhen Control Probation Parole Sentence outside prison De-powerment

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

  11. 3. Role and functions of judicial social workers in community corrections in Shenzhen • 1. Judicial social workers form a specialized team on community corrections ； Rehabilitating Corrections: Remedial + Developmental Individual: Repair social functions, self-identity, confidence, self-esteem, etc. Family: Repair family relationships Society: No more harm to the society, reconstruct a healthy, joyful and meaningful way of living

  12. 2. Judicial social workers are the coordinators of community corrections at primary level； Judicial Administrative Staff Specialised judicial staff at social work stations Police of the jurisdiction Judicial Social workers Volunteers Families of community corrective targets

  13. 3. Judicial workers are the incentives to improve the community correction system ； • Improve the bridging system of community corrections： • （1）Non-custodial pre-trial investigation； • （2）Visits to service targets who will soon be discharged；

  14. 4. Judicial social workers are the resource integrators of community corrections ； • Co-operation across disciplines and professions Judicial social workers Other social organizations Social workers from other disciplines Government administrative departments

  15. 4. Effects and innovation of Chunyu judicial social workers in community corrections • 1. 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.

  16. 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

  17. Community corrective targets teach the elderly English Visit the elderly who live alone

  18. 3. Reduce resistance by unwilling targets who receive community corrections, accumulate experience for constructing professional relationships； • 1. Deal with negative emotions or hostile attitudes； • 2. Deal with contradictory opinions from service targets on whether to receive community corrections； • 3. Identify incentives and motives which can let community corrective targets make changes； • 4. Foster hopes； • 5. Emphasize the strengths of community corrective targets； • 6. Correct negative beliefs.

  19. 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

  20. 5. Advantages of “Purchase of Posts” adopted by judicial social workers in Shenzhen on community corrections • Advantages： • （1）Expeditiously form a judicial social worker service network which covers the entire city； • （2）Grasp the chance to build professional relationships； • （3）Construct comprehensive and diversified resource network for administrative departments； • （4）Foreground the effectiveness of work； • （5）Effectively reduce the cots of administrative management.

  21. 6. Disadvantages and solutions to “Purchase of Posts” adopted by judicial social workers in Shenzhen on community corrections： • 1.Disadvantages： • （1）More severe administrativization; • （2）The mode of “Purchase of Posts” leads to unequal division of labor； • （3）Numerous administrative management departments. • 2. Solutions： • （1）Define roles and orientations of social workers； • （2）Construct a service index system in the aspect of justice； • （3）Strengthen communication with organizations which seek employees.

  22. Thank you for your attention We welcome all comments from you • Website：www.szcy.org • Address： B2108, 21/F, Tianping Building, 76 Jingtian Road, Futian District, Shenzhen • Tel：0755-83053905，83053844 • E-mail Address：chunyuservice@163.com

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