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The pains of custody: young men’s experiences of pre-prison custodial settings
- Author:
- JONES Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Prison Service Journal, 197, September 2011, pp.20-25.
- Publisher:
- Her Majesty's Prison Service of England and Wales
This article considers the psychological impact of pre-prison custodial settings, such as police cells, court cells, and escort vehicles. In doing so it aims to enable a better understanding of the complex feelings that prisoners bring with them into the prison environment. The article is based on research which explored young male offenders’ experiences of a Young Offenders Institution (YOI), and the 4 police stations and 3 courts that feed into it. The study aimed to provide a detailed and in-depth insight into the experiences of young males in pre-prison custodial settings. Interviews were undertaken with 27 prisoners and 10 detainees within the court custody suites. A number of pains of custody are identified and discussed including: entry shock; fear of the unknown; withdrawing from drugs and alcohol; loss of stimulation; waiting game; and the physical environment. These pains leave many young men feeling angry, frustrated, anxious, helpless, and embarrassed. The coping strategies employed by these young men to deal with the pains of custody include sleeping and self-harm.
A Slovenia model of integrated care for older people can offer solutions for NHS services
- Author:
- JONES Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 15.12.09, 2009, pp.10-12.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
A visit to an integrated model of care for older people in Slovenia is described. The care home visited, 'Sunny Dale' enabled residents with health and social care needs to remain in the same place throughout their lives.
Taking liberties
- Author:
- JONES Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Open Mind, 90, March 1998, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- MIND
Discusses the importance of advocacy for older people with mental health problems, including the crucial role it can play for those diagnosed with dementia.
Mores and morals
- Author:
- JONES Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 23.11.94, 1994, pp.54-58.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Discusses the influence of Victorian values on the formation of the older generation's moral code and urges nurses to be more aware of older people's sexuality.
Revolving doors: report of the telethon enquiry into the relationship between mental health, homelessness and criminal justice
- Author:
- JONES Helen
- Publisher:
- National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 36p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Makes recommendations and proposes a pilot project which could help divert people out of a cycle of prison, psychiatric hospital and homelessness.
‘Counting young people is not youth work’: the tensions between values, targets and positive activities in neighbourhood-based work
- Author:
- JONES Helen Mary Fletcher
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Youth Studies, 17(2), 2014, pp.220-235.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The UK New Labour Government's ideological preoccupations included tackling deprivation, addressing anti-social behaviour and persuading young people to engage in ‘positive activities’. In 2007, report ‘Aiming High for Young People’outlined policies intended to contribute to the achievement of associated goals. The Youth Sector Development Fund (YSDF) provided Civil Sector Organisations (CSOs) with the means to put the policies into practice and also aimed to build organisational capacity. Using data gathered for the evaluation of one organisation's YSDF-financed programme of detached work on housing estates in Yorkshire, this article explores some of the tensions between the traditional youth work values of voluntary engagement, informal education and association and the demand for quick results linked to a particular short-term funding stream. The potential for longer-term impacts was undermined as YSDF's approach to ensuring sustainability focused on funding diversification rather than embedding the work in local communities. The article concludes that ongoing input rather than a short injection of funding is needed to generate effective long-term impacts on communities. (Publisher abstract)
Emotion and relatedness as aspects of the identities of adolescents with severe learning disabilities: contributions from ‘practice-near’ social work research
- Author:
- HINGLEY-JONES Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Family Social Work, 18(4), 2013, pp.458-466.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This paper considers social and personal/individual approaches to researching identities of adolescents with severe learning disabilities; suggesting that vital components of emotionality and relatedness are largely missing from research and consequently from literature informing social care professionals. This leaves untapped, rich information and communication resources for research which may improve understandings of the experiences of a socially excluded group of young people. A psychosocial view of adolescent identity development, ‘subjectivation’, offers a way forward and a case study on ‘Billy’, drawn from a ‘practice-near’ observational study, helps to illustrate this. Observation allows the researcher to be sensitive to the subtle ways in which identities of young people with severe learning disabilities are constructed, often with a sense of fragility and uncertainty. Continuities of experience between the young people and the rest of the adolescent community may be seen, but also the impact of living with impairment can be thought about in relation to the particular psychosocial circumstances of each young person. Knowledge of these processes enhances social work practice by encouraging workers to be sensitive to, and healthily curious about, the multiple ways in which identities of young people with severe learning disabilities are shaped in relationship with those around them and the wider social field. (Publisher abstract)
Watching over the rights of women
- Authors:
- JONES Helen, WACHALA Kas
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Society, 5(1), January 2006, pp.127-136.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This article examines the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) to critically consider its effectiveness as a bill of rights for women. After having discussed the need for such a convention for women it examines the vital role that non-governmental organisations (NGOs) play in the implementation of the Convention.
An exploration of the issues raised by living with a child with autistic spectrum disorder and a professional's attempt to move beyond pity and blame
- Author:
- HINGLEY-JONES Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work Practice, 19(2), July 2005, pp.115-129.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
A case study is introduced to help explain why working with disabled children and their families can sometimes seem like a complex and demanding task for professionals. It is suggested that the emotional component of the parent/professional relationship, particularly where autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) is concerned, can be highly charged and that those concerned can get caught-up unwittingly in a cycle of pity and blame. Psychoanalytic ideas are drawn in to help make sense of the pity/blame cycle, including thoughts about projection, guilt and shame. The importance of moving beyond this state is discussed. An understanding of the possible origins of the difficult emotional circumstances of Juliet and her family and a way forward is indicated. The implications for professionals working in this area are considered.
It's hard work doing nothing
- Authors:
- JONES Helen, PALFREY Colin
- Journal article citation:
- Openmind, 127, May 2004, p.19.
- Publisher:
- MIND
Gofal Cymru is a voluntary organisation providing floating support and a housing support advice service across South Wales to people with serious mental health problems. Briefly reports on their employment opportunity project which aimed to find out what their service users felt about gaining access or returning to paid employment or to voluntary work, education or training. The survey formed the first stage of a 3-year project which will include visits to several employment projects in England and Wales and a survey of the literature.