Ben Alfasi

Research Analyst, Outcomes Team (Quality in Social Services Group)

Outcomes

Research Analyst, Outcomes Team (Quality in Social Services Group)

Research Analyst, Outcomes Team, Quality in Social Services Group, the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute (MJB), Israel’s leading center for applied social research.

Ben Alfasi has worked at MJB since 2022. His main areas of expertise are ethics in education and non-formal education.

Ben holds a BA in Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Studies and an MA in Education, both from the University of Haifa. Ben is currently working toward his PhD at the University of Haifa Faculty of Education. His research focuses on non-formal education.

Ben can be contacted by email at [email protected] or by telephone at 972-2-655-7495.

Children, Youth and Young Adults

Outcomes

The “What’s Up?” Survey of Adolescents in Residential Care During The Israel-Hamas War
Ben Alfasi, Dr. Anna Reznikovski-Kuras, Dr. Tal Arazi
2024

On October 7, 2023, the Hamas terrorist organization launched a surprise attack on the communities bordering on the Gaza Strip that led Israel to declare war on Hamas. Immediately after the outbreak of the war, the Out-of-Home Care, Family, Children, Youth and Special Placement Division of the Ministry of Welfare and Social Affairs began assessing the needs of the residential facilities under its responsibility. A month after the outbreak of the war, the Ministry decided to examine the status of the adolescents in these facilities with the residents themselves, to assess their unique needs in light of the terror attack and ongoing hostilities, as well as to convey a message of caring and partnership by professionals and administrators in the residential facilities and the Ministry. Therefore, the Ministry commissioned the Myers-Joint-Brookdale Institute to conduct a survey of all adolescents in residential care facilities supervised by the Ministry.

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Best Practice Interventions for Youth at Severe Risk in Residential Care: Literature Review
Ben Alfasi, Maayan Sarver, Dr. Tal Arazi
2023

The goal of this review was to explore the knowledge from other countries on best practices in interventions in residential care for Youth at Severe Risk, with the view of assisting the Welfare Ministry in promoting the reform in the Out-of-Home Special Placements Division, as part of the improvement of services and policy in residential care in general, and in the MAOZ model, in particular.

Children, Youth and Young Adults

Outcomes

The Strengths Perspective: From Theory to Practice
Ben Alfasi, Yael Sabag, Maayan Sarver, Yael Bachar, Dr. Tal Arazi
2023

The objectives of this review are to: Establish the theoretical basis for the Strengths Section in TAMI ; Optimize and update the Strengths Section in TAMI so it will be aligned with the most recent approaches regarding the measurement and evaluation of strengths among children and youth ; Promote the application of the strengths perspective in the program based on best practices identified.