Dr. Tal Lento

The objective of the study is to examine the policy of providing social services in select countries worldwide: the state’s role in promoting social services, the main players providing the services, the mechanisms used by the state to provide social services, and its policy of regulating them.

The overarching objective of this review is to provide information collected in various Western countries in order to optimize the development of a policy for treating and helping Israeli families engaged in separation and divorce processes. The topics of this review include legislation and treatment policies related to these families, as well as families with parental conflicts more generally; the types of interventions provided to these families; tailored and accessible interventions for families from diverse demographic groups; case studies of integrative service models for these families; barriers and challenges and best practices in serving them.

To get a better understanding of professional support for professionals, on the very first days of the Israel-Hamas War, the Quality Assurance Team of the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute contacted the European Social Network (ESN), asking for their assistance in gathering information from various countries about practices and tools for supporting social workers in times of crisis –  based on their experience with two recent crises: COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine. The information was gathered from ESN members in the UK (England, Northern Ireland, and Scotland), Poland, Romania, and Spain in October-November 2023, and is summarized in this document. 

The objective of the review is to compare the usage of self-reporting tools in the supervision of welfare services in selected countries.

This document summarizes the development of measurement instruments for occupational rehabilitation hostels designed to assess the street dwellers’ progress according to the rehabilitation model and the quality of services provided by the hostels, for the purpose of ongoing learning and improvement.

The objective was to review trends and best practices in operating internal complaint mechanisms in public services in select countries worldwide, with an emphasis on social security organizations.

The risk management tool is designed to serve the inspectors in planning their work, both from the overview perspective of all services under their responsibility and in making decisions regarding the regulatory tasks in each service, including frequency of on-site visits, the scope and depth of the inspection, and the issues inspected. In addition, that tool can serve the headquarters and district in prioritizing resources for settings and areas based on risk levels, from a systemic perspective.

This is a summary of current trends in social services in Europe based on newsletters, publications, conferences, and working groups which were featured on the European Social Network (ESN) website in 2022. This presentation is an update to a previous summary of trends between 2019-2021.

The goals of the study were: To examine and provide an in-depth account of three community-based service centers for children and youth with mental health difficulties that were included in the inter-ministerial pilot program led by the Ministry of Welfare and Social Affairs; To propose potential directions for action for the improvement of the three community-based service centers, in particular, and for the development of a system of community-based services for children and youth with mental health difficulties, in general.

The goals of this review were to examine the quality standards of social welfare services in various countries and the way they were developed, and to compare the quality standards and the way they were developed in the reviewed countries.

The goal of the present survey was to map the characteristics, the areas of activity, and the work practices of boards of directors of NGOs in the two years that passed since the previous survey and in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The goal of this report is to map the rehabilitation policy and the management procedure adopted with regard to the hostels for street dwellers in Israel. The mapping is intended to serve as a basis for the future development of a logic model and an ongoing measurement system for rehabilitation hostels.

This review had three goals: 1. To identify the key issues on the agenda of four government ministries: the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Welfare and Social Affairs, the Ministry of Health, and the Ministry of Economy and Industry; 2. To identify common, cross-sectional key issues on the agenda of several government ministries and/or issues anchored in inter-ministerial resolutions passed by the government; 3. To identify gaps on two levels: policy objectives that are not reflected in the work plans of the four government ministries; tasks detailed in the work plans that are still in the preliminary stages of formulation and development.

The study is intended to contribute to the improvement of the work plans ahead of the implementation of the next five-year plan. To that end, the following aspects were examined: the best practices and principles of operation for formulating work plans for government resolutions, specifically complex and inter-ministerial resolutions; the way in which the work plans of the partners to government resolution 2397 were formulated; the quality of the formulated work plans; and the plan implementation monitoring and follow-up activities.

The goal of this study is to examine the development process of the work plans for Government Resolution 2397, their implementation, and the monitoring of their implementation. The study is intended to contribute to the groundwork in preparation for the next five-year plan for the years 2022–2026.

The goal of this analysis is to examine to what extent the Book meets the acceptable criteria of structure and content for work plans and serves its purpose as a tool for planning, following up, and monitoring the implementation of the government resolution. The analysis is intended to contribute to the groundwork in preparation for the next five-year plan for the years 2022–2026.

This review will examine the best practices for formulating a workplan in the public sector, with the goal of improving the formulation of workplans in preparation for the next Five-Year Plan for Socioeconomic Development among the Bedouin Population in the Negev for the period 2022–2026.

The goal of this review is to examine the current policies and the services in place across the globe for the population of street dwellers. The review aims to shed light on the following questions: (1) What are the characteristics and needs of the population of street dwellers? (2) What are the approaches adopted to address the needs of the street dwellers, and what are the types of services provided in response to their needs? (3) What are the quality standards of the services provided to the street dwellers?

The goal of the review is to gain insight into the management of risk within the inspection of social services. The review is meant to answer the following questions: (1) What is risk management policy in the inspection of social services and what are its goals? (2) How is this methodology used in the inspection tasks? (3) What are the guidelines for best practice in risk management on a day-to-day basis and in an emergency?