Orna Shemer
Biographic Data
| ID | 224735 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Orna Shemer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Orna |
| FAMILY NAME | Shemer |
| SIGNATURE | SHEMER O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5774-484X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
From Participation to Presence—What Young People Have to Say About Family Group Conferences
Family Group Conferences (FGCs) is a model for promoting child welfare created to help families in managing concerns related to at‐risk children, while respecting cultural contexts, and does so by integrally involving them and their families in solution creation and implementation. This study examines the experiences of 18 at‐risk youths in Israel's FGC pilot programme and is part of a larger scale study of the Israeli FGC pilot programme. Themat…
The challenges of family group conferences for at-risk children
Bridging worlds
This study examines the challenges involved in community interpreting in multicultural social services in Israel. Based on 20 semi-structured interviews with interpreters and social workers working with Ethiopian and French immigrants, the findings reveal three types of challenges: translation of sensitive content, ethical issues, and interpreter employment policy. Consequently, the study suggests employing the concept of ‘experiential knowledge’…
The new roles of the community practitioner in promoting community governance
Community Agency as Infrastructure for Cultural Responsiveness
The outsider within
Family Group Conference (FGC) is a participatory decision‐making process for families with children at risk, for whom concerns were recognized by the family, the professionals and/or the community. In its initial stages, FGC is organized, and the families are accompanied, by independent coordinators. The study used a qualitative, action‐oriented methodology to explore what practices coordinators use to foster FGC's family‐led dynamic. The data co…
Keys for community dialogue
This article describes the contribution of employing community dialogue for the prevention of conflict escalation in ethnically mixed cities. It focuses on preparations of Mediation and Dialogue Centers in the Community (MDCC) for dealing with potential eruptions of violent conflicts over 2 years, due to the overlap of two Jewish and Muslim religious holidays, with opposite characteristics and very different styles. By engaging in processes of co…
Bringing in the third wheel
The emergence of the emergence-based approach in community practice
Community practitioners are often challenged to work in complex environments and situations that naturally occur in communities. This article focuses on the theoretical and practical use of the Emergence-Based Approach that is relevant for work in complex community situations. Using this approach, the practitioner encourages the emergence of novel ideas and initiatives, and engages a decentralized network of activists, helping them develop their …
The new roles of the community practitioner in promoting community governance
Bringing in the third wheel
The emergence of the emergence-based approach in community practice
Community practitioners are often challenged to work in complex environments and situations that naturally occur in communities. This article focuses on the theoretical and practical use of the Emergence-Based Approach that is relevant for work in complex community situations. Using this approach, the practitioner encourages the emergence of novel ideas and initiatives, and engages a decentralized network of activists, helping them develop their …
The emergence of the emergence-based approach in community practice
Community practitioners are often challenged to work in complex environments and situations that naturally occur in communities. This article focuses on the theoretical and practical use of the Emergence-Based Approach that is relevant for work in complex community situations. Using this approach, the practitioner encourages the emergence of novel ideas and initiatives, and engages a decentralized network of activists, helping them develop their …
Keys for community dialogue
This article describes the contribution of employing community dialogue for the prevention of conflict escalation in ethnically mixed cities. It focuses on preparations of Mediation and Dialogue Centers in the Community (MDCC) for dealing with potential eruptions of violent conflicts over 2 years, due to the overlap of two Jewish and Muslim religious holidays, with opposite characteristics and very different styles. By engaging in processes of co…
Bringing in the third wheel
Community Agency as Infrastructure for Cultural Responsiveness
The outsider within
Family Group Conference (FGC) is a participatory decision‐making process for families with children at risk, for whom concerns were recognized by the family, the professionals and/or the community. In its initial stages, FGC is organized, and the families are accompanied, by independent coordinators. The study used a qualitative, action‐oriented methodology to explore what practices coordinators use to foster FGC's family‐led dynamic. The data co…
The new roles of the community practitioner in promoting community governance
From Participation to Presence—What Young People Have to Say About Family Group Conferences
Family Group Conferences (FGCs) is a model for promoting child welfare created to help families in managing concerns related to at‐risk children, while respecting cultural contexts, and does so by integrally involving them and their families in solution creation and implementation. This study examines the experiences of 18 at‐risk youths in Israel's FGC pilot programme and is part of a larger scale study of the Israeli FGC pilot programme. Themat…
The challenges of family group conferences for at-risk children
Bridging worlds
This study examines the challenges involved in community interpreting in multicultural social services in Israel. Based on 20 semi-structured interviews with interpreters and social workers working with Ethiopian and French immigrants, the findings reveal three types of challenges: translation of sensitive content, ethical issues, and interpreter employment policy. Consequently, the study suggests employing the concept of ‘experiential knowledge’…
Sociology (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Public relations (7 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Community Health and Development (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (3 works)