Volunteers in Prison After-Care: The Report of the Teamwork Associates Pilot Project

Hugh Barrs report describes a pilot project in London to build effective partnerships between professionals and volunteers, and between statutory and voluntary agencies, with implications for the future of the personal social services.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 164 pages
Publication date: 05 November 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Originally published in 1971, volunteers in the social services were being asked to undertake increasingly demanding and responsible work, particularly in the field of prison after-care. Effective professional leadership and support were therefore essential. Hugh Barrs report describes a pilot project in London in which he tried to build effective partnerships between professionals and volunteers, and between statutory and voluntary agencies. It is a report that was immediately relevant in the field of probation and after-care at the time and had implications in general for the future of the personal social services.

Separate chapters discuss recruitment, motivation, preparation, selection, and supervision of the volunteers; illustrations of their work are included, and an attempt is made to evaluate the results of the project. The book ends with a study of the implications for future projects and of the ever-widening scope for the volunteer, who will use his leisure to match society's need. ‘This is a man writing about something he has a hand in creating (from the Foreword).

Weight: 310g
Dimension: 216 x 138 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032041704