'Social Work Now' is a practice journal for social workers produced by Child, Youth and Family three times a year. The next issue will be published in early August and the final issue for this year will be published in December.

We are always keen to receive articles of interest to workers in the social service sector. It is a good idea for contributors to contact the editor prior to the contribution deadline so we can discuss issues of research clearance, topicality and subject development. Please do read the ‘Information for Contributors’ at the back of every issue and contact Bronwyn Bannister, the editor, at bbannister@xtra.co.nz for further details. Articles can include accounts of innovative workplace practice, case reports, research, education, review articles, conference and workshop reports. We also welcome articles written specifically for one of the regular columns, such as recent research, legal note or book reviews. If you would like to review a book for Social Work Now, please contact the editor.

Social Work Now aims to:

• provide discussion of social work practice in Child, Youth and Family
• encourage reflective and innovative social work practice
• extend practice knowledge in any aspect of adoption, care and protection, residential care and youth justice practice
• extend knowledge in any child, family or related service, on any aspect of  administration, supervision, casework, group work, community organisation, teaching, research, interpretation, interdisciplinary work, or social policy theory, as it relates to professional practice relevant to Child, Youth and Family and the wider social work sector.

Deadlines for contributions:

August 2006 issue - 16 June 2006
December 2006 issue - 6 October 2006