In the article the necessity of social support for underage mothers is revealed. The causes of early motherhood include: the processes of acceleration; the liberalization of attitudes in society; effects on behavior of youth media; stability of gender stereotypes; sexual, physical and mental abuse; dysfunctional relationships of adolescents with parents; negative effect of individual education programmes and the lack of an effective system of structural prevention. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the theoretical and methodological foundations of social support for adolescent mothers and justification of the opportunities for its optimization. It is revealed that social support for adolescent mothers is a work aimed at the implementation of social care, assistance and patronage of adolescent mothers to overcome difficulties in life, preserve, enhance her social status.Social support is aimed at finding ways out of a problem situation, to help activate reserves of a young mother. It is determined that the social support of adolescent mothers is characterized by indicators: a systematic approach, phasing, dynamics and flexibility, variability, performance. In the implementation of social support of teenage mothers, it is advisable to use methods such as: socio-economic, institutional, educational, psychological and sociological. It is established that the socio-pedagogical support, as a type of social support focuses on the process of transferring the social experience taking into account characteristics and needs of different categories, the result of which is the inclusion in all social systems, structures, societies, and communications intended for healthy people, as well as active participation in major areas of life and activities of the company in accordance with age and gender, preparing them for a meaningful adult life, the most complete self-realization and disclosure as a person.It is proved that the complex activities in providing various types of assistance for adolescent mothers and their children will help solve the problem of social adaptation of this category of the population. Criterion of the effectiveness of social support is the transformation of underage mothers from providing customer support in client-social service and social prevention.It is revealed that to optimize social support by adolescent mothers: improvement of normative-legal base of social support; improvement of the content of social support for teenage mothers and training of qualified personnel for the implementation of this type of social work.
Social and voluntary work are connected historically. The relationship between social and voluntary work has undergone specific development. Contemporary values of social and voluntary work are based on principles of democracy and human rights and their aim is to promote a socially cohesive and just society. The goal of the contribution is to analyze the perspectives of volunteering in the context of social work. In the first section the historical connection between voluntary and social work is analyzed. In the second section attention is paid to changes in social and voluntary work in relation to the modernization process of society and possibilities and perspectives of future cooperation between social and voluntary work are outlined.
The term “behavioural addictions” has been taken over to define a form of disorders which are not connected with taking psychoactive substances, but with the need to perform and repeat certain activities. Behavioural addictions − which are included in the category of the so-called aesthetic addictions − have not been included in the classification of mental diseases and disorders so far (DSM, ICD). Nevertheless, based on the currently existing research and scientific contributions regarding this phenomenon it is justified to refer to this category of behaviours as addictions. This article responds to the increasing need of providing the elementary knowledge with its application value to the staff of social assistance units as well institutions and organisations dealing with social assistance and work who more and more often meet and will be meeting people in their work who show disorders in this area of behaviours. The document contains the information about stages of work with a behaviourally addicted person and also indicates working methods most frequently recommended in support actions dedicated to that group of customers.
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Termin „uzależnienia behawioralne” został zaanektowany dla określenia tej formy zaburzeń, które nie pozostają w związku z przyjmowaniem substancji psychoaktywnych, a łączą się z koniecznością wykonywania, powtarzalności pewnych czynności. Uzależnienia behawioralne − zaliczane do kategorii tzw. uzależnień estetycznych − nie zostały dotychczas ujęte w klasyfikacjach chorób i zaburzeń psychicznych (DSM, ICD). Niemniej jednak, na podstawie dotychczasowych badań i doniesień naukowych dotyczących tego zjawiska, uzasadnione jest nazywanie tej kategorii zachowań uzależnieniem. Niniejszy artykuł stanowi odpowiedź na rosnącą potrzebę zapewnienia elementarnej wiedzy, wraz z jej wartością aplikacyjną, pracownikom jednostek pomocy społecznej oraz instytucji i organizacji zajmujących się pomocą i pracą socjalną, którzy coraz częściej spotykają i będą spotykali w swojej praktyce zawodowej osoby wykazujące zaburzenia w tym obszarze zachowań.
One of the basic tools used in social work in the majority of European countries is the social contract. It is an agreement between the social worker and the individual client (or family) which precisely stipulates mutual obligations, requirements, rights and responsibilities of both sides. The contract is intended to be an effective method of diagnosing client’s problems and to mobilize both sides to more intensive efforts to enable a client to have more personal control. However, in the everyday practice of social work and its legal and institutional context, there are various constraints and barriers that may lead to distortion of the assumptions of a contract. It happens that the contract serves social workers and their clients as an instrument to realize interests and goals different from the intended. In this article, ways to implement the social contract in Poland are suggested, along with conditions and limitations.
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Social work as an institutionalized profession aims to promote and defend human rights and social justice regardless of gender, sexual orientation and other grounds. Rooted in Christianity, it is partly performed by religious organizations and religious people. Consequently, conservative values may orient the profession, thus conflicting with the rights of lesbians and gays. The aim of the article is to present the risks of social worker´s oppressive action toward same-sex parents, and to suggest possibilities how to avoid such ethical misconduct. First, we present a dilemma of social work arising from the tension between ethical principles of equality and non-discrimination on the one hand and conservative norms on the other hand. Then, we introduce individual oppressive tendencies which are manifested in the discourse “on homosexuality” in Czech social work and how these may transform into social worker´s oppressive action. Finally, we propose practical suggestions that can support anti-oppressive social work in the Czech Republic.
Fate of victim who victom needs not be, if public prosecutor and policeman act witf law and fate of man he is in newspaper unripe man, pathologies killer, social exile – these fates are for social work interesting. They are consequences of unfeeeling access.
On the basis of opinions provided by social workers the authoress presents absurdities regarding social welfare perceived by specialists in their everyday professional practice. The authoress confronts the image of the social worker profession that emerges from the Act on Social Assistance with the literature on the subject and practitioners’ experience, which involves performing numerous tasks, accommodating many contrary duties and overcoming many difficulties in the daily practice that result from legally and institutionally imposed procedures. The authoress selects five absurdities concerning the areas of assistance in social work as provided by the specialists: statutory overload of tasks and functions of the social worker profession; creation of internal barriers in social welfare institutions; lack of health care and no protection of social workers’ lives; overload of excessive social expectations; and passing the limits of one’s own professional competencies.
The author of the article stresses that at the present stage of the development of our country and other developed countries volunteer movement plays an important role and is increasing rapidly.Declaration of Independence of Ukraine has contributed to the transformation in all spheres of Ukrainian society, which gave a new impetus to research of the existence of actual realities of society. The decline or partial transformation of old and new forms of social relations, including, in particular, volunteering was caused by changing of the social order, reorientation of the principles of market economy, socio-political and economic instability. The author notes that the end of the twentieth century was marked by the fact that volunteering in the social development was officially recognized by the international community. For the last decade the topic of volunteering has been repeatedly discussed at the meetings of the UN General Assembly. Different approaches to the notion of «volunteer» are presented by the author. According to the domestic sociologist Ivan Yurchenko, volunteering is a socially useful activity free of charge, which is a leader of spiritual, moral, ethical, cultural, social, political and economic values and can take any form of traditional institutions for mutual assistance to mobilized socially useful work during crises or natural disasters, from manifestations of altruism to the structured organization of volunteerism at the international scale. The article is devotedtothe historical development of international volunteer movement. The author determines the stages of international volunteer movement: 1) the 1750–1913 years (formation) – the involvement of the middle and upper classes of Western society in social work to the fight against poverty, 2) the 1914–1971 years (institutionalization) –the expansion of government structures fully provided social services, the implementation of the first large-scale volunteer projects, 3) the 1972–1991 years (integration) –the beginning of the system infrastructure that supports volunteering, 4) 1991 –present (globalization) – volunteerism as a very important element of democracy, whereby citizens take responsibility for the public. Thus, international volunteer movement has passed its own long historical development and is a powerful tool to address various social issues. The main areas of activity are: the struggle for the liberation of the slaves, for getting women equal rights with men; environmental protection, the rights of the buyers; promotion of the policy of nonviolence, international understanding.
Social Work education in Spain has a relatively short history (originates from around 1932), and is currently in the process of adaptation to the proposals made by the European Higher Education Area. After the Bologna Plan approved in 1999, Spanish schools of Social Work have had to introduce changes related to achieve a uniform and high quality education system, enabling students from the universities of the 29 European members acquire competences and professional skills required. Throughout this article, we discuss the history and evolution of the training in Social Work in Spain since its birth and in particular we analyze how the Plan established by Bologna has affected it, reflecting on how advantages and disadvantages of this agreement have influenced Social Work degree.
The purpose of the article is to present the scope of disclosed information on public grants for the implementation of the social welfare tasks carried out by public benefit organizations (PBOs). The information should be presented in the reports of public finance sector units and public benefit organizations. Research carried out by the author using content analysis method exposed the inconsistency of the disclosed information and a shortage of detailed information.
The article is devoted to description of innovative approaches to training masters of social and educational sector in the UK. The content and procedural aspects of the social workers are analyzed. The author has determined the activities of the Central Council for Education and Training in the sphere of social work and defined the basic documents which set the directions of its development, the only state requirements to specialist diploma in social work, the selection procedure applicants, training programs based on academic schools for different specializations areas of social work, qualification requirements for the Diploma single social worker. The author has noted that strict selection for the profession of a social worker operates in the UK, but the criteria in various educational institutions differ a little bit. But several common requirements can be identified: the presence of high school assessments, a thorough knowledge of core subjects, physical and emotional stability, social maturity, the recommendation of the school of moral and personal qualities. Selection shall foster commission that draws attention to age restrictions, the practical experience of social work, the overall level of entrants to teaching in a higher institution, self-discipline and so on. Systematization and summarizing the results of the comparative analysis of socio-pedagogical education in the UK and Ukraine make it possible to conclude that definite differences are observed with similar approaches to the construction of basic educational model of social pedagogy. Despite the fact that countries have a multi-level system of training social workers, vocational training process based on values and ethical principles of social and educational activities, there is a tendency to build in the terms of lifelong education. In the context of our study innovative approaches to training masters of social and educational sphere UK, including interdisciplinary, systematic, competence, empirical approaches to creating programs of practice may be distinguished. A promising direction for further study can be learning and active implementation of integrative and modular, reflexive and management technology of professional and personal development of a social worker.
Poland, like many European countries, is moving away from a welfare state thus it is essential to focus on the effective use of social work, which aims to encourage individuals and groups to change their life situation. Social assistance clients with the support of social workers are taking action to permanently become independent and overcome the crisis. The process of promoting and strengthening the correct attitudes to life in social work, in addition to relevant laws and regulations, is determined by the relationship that is formed between the social worker and the client. Undoubtedly, the basis for effective and proper relationship is assistance in the essential process of interpersonal communication which includes feedback as significant part of it.
The wide adoption of an inclusive approach requires changes in the process of preparation of the future specialists who will work with children with disabilities. The question of inclusive competence of the future teacher is now considered of Ukrainian scientists in the field of education and training, social workers are also the experts who can prepare children with disabilities to school and escort them to their afterschool time. In the article the necessity and the essence of the formation of the inclusive competence of the future social workers as a result of preparedness for inclusive care of children with limitations in health, as this category is the most unprotected and requires special attention and care. It is proved that the competence of a specialist, who accompanies a disabled child in afterschool hours, in a greater degree depends not only on school performance but also on adaptation to the surrounding social environment. The tasks in the field of social work at the present stage are outlined. The analysis of specifics of social work with different categories of customers in general and with people with disabilities in particular is conducted. The analysis of the status of the research problem, main research approaches, modern pedagogical concept is conducted. The analysis of the various concepts of the competence approach in general and the structure of professional competences of specialists in social work is conducted. The overview of different classifications of the concepts of «competence» and «inclusion» is made, detailed definition of the concept of «inclusive competence of a social worker» is formulated. It is proved that experimental research in the Social Rehabilitation Center for children with disabilities as a way to optimize the practical training of students of specialty «social work» towards inclusive competence on the basis of pedagogy of constructivism provides a brief overview of the implemented measures; the work done by comparing diagnostic sections on indicators of intellectual development of the child is effective. It is confirmed that the process of training of the future specialists of social work should be based on the close relationship between theory and practice. The targets of developing pedagogical conditions of formation of inclusive competence of future social workers are identified
Education in social work prosoners residing on prison in Lublin provides a summary of activities to start teaching proces. In the first part of the indicated on the personalistic social order as the foundation of human activity, in which human dignity itself is the value and its not cross out by any human action. The second part shows the map of action taken, the whole process of organizational and logistical to get the inauguration of the matriculation 36 prisoners students.
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Kształcenie na kierunku praca socjalna więźniów osadzonych w Areszcie Śledczym w Lublinie stanowi podsumowanie działań prowadzących do uruchomienia procesu dydaktycznego. W pierwszej części artykułu wskazano na personalistyczny porządek społeczny jako fundament aktywności ludzkiej, w ramach którego godność osoby ludzkiej sama w sobie jest wartością i nie przekreśla jej żaden czyn człowieka. W części drugiej przedstawiono mapę podjętych działań, stronę logistyczną i organizacyjną całego procesu doprowadzającego do inauguracji i immatrykulacji 36 więźniów studentów.
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In this article, the terms used are discussed. This first is a survey requiring some significant theoretical approaches to the explanation of social control, the normative ideas of social integration, the dialectic of inclusion and exclusion or inclusion and exclusion as well as the social role of helping professions in which the social work – in relation to pedagogy, psychology, law, or medicine –has an increasingly important position. Social control in this article simply is not as a repressive instrument, which can lead to stigmatization and social exclusion, but also as a socially critical approach to the analysis of the functions of social institutions.
W swoim artykule rozważam fenomen działań pozornych w funkcjonowaniu instytucji pomocy społecznej odnosząc się do rozumienia działań pozornych zaproponowanego przez profesora Jana Lutyńskiego. Stawiam wiele pytań takich jak: Jaką rolę spełniają działania pozorne w instytucjach pomocy społecznej? Jakie są mechanizmy upowszechniania działań pozornych w instytucjach pomocy społecznej? Jakie są skutki tych działań? Próbuję odpowiedzieć na te pytania opierając się o wyniki badań jakościowych, które przeprowadziłam w 2007 roku, o różne inne badania prowadzone w instytucjach pomocy społecznej, a także bazując na moim trzyletnim doświadczeniu z prowadzonych superwizji pracy socjalnej. Według mnie, należy przede wszystkim podkreślić powszechność działań pozornych w instytucjach pomocy społecznej. Pojawiają się one wśród klientów pomocy społecznej, jak i wśród pracowników socjalnych. Przytaczam przykłady zróżnicowanych sytuacji, np. pozorne programy i projekty socjalne – „utopia inkluzji”; pozorne rozwiązania problemów społecznych – fikcja „papierowych strategii”. Brak standardów pracy oraz ewaluacji prowadzi do tego, że obszar pracy socjalnej sam w sobie jest głównym obszarem działań pozornych. Innym problem jest brak współpracy (czy też raczej pozorna współpraca) pomiędzy instytucjami pomocy społecznej a władzami lokalnymi. Wszystko wskazuje na to, że działania pozorne istnieją na każdym poziomie i w każdym obszarze całego systemu pomocy społecznej w Polsce. Uważam, że zmniejszenie skali działań pozornych w instytucjach pomocy społecznej jest możliwe i konieczne. Jednak nie uda się tego zrobić bez ogromnej zmiany w świadomości wielu aktorów społecznych.
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The paper investigates the phenomenon of apparent actions in the functioning of the public institutions of social welfare within the conceptual framework posited by Jan Lutyński. A number of questions are addressed, e.g. What is the role of apparent actions in the institutions of social welfare? What are the mechanisms of spreading apparent actions in the institutions of social welfare? What are the effects of these actions? An attempt to formulate answers to these questions are made on the basis of the author’s own qualitative research conducted in 2007, other studies conducted on social welfare institutions, and the author’s own three-year experience as a supervisor of a social welfare institution . The main conclusion is that apparent actions are common in social welfare institutions. They appear among social welfare clients as well as among social workers. Examples are provided of different situations, e.g. apparent social programs and projects – ‘inclusion utopia’; apparent solutions to social problems – the fiction of ‘paper strategies’. The lack of standards and evaluation leads to social work itself being the main area of apparent actions. Another problem is the lack of cooperation, or rather, apparent cooperation, between social welfare institutions and local authorities. One conclusion drawn by the study is that apparent actions exist on every level and in every area of the whole system of social welfare in Poland. The study suggests that although it may be possible and necessary to diminish the scale of apparent actions in social welfare institutions, a great transition in the awareness of many social actors is required
This study deals with the current issues of social work mainly in the Czech and European contexts. It shows that the debate on social work crisis finds its roots of the crisis in social policy, and in structural,legislative and financial conditions it creates for social work. The study, therefore, suggests three questions that should be answered primarily by social work both as a practical profession and professional research, to be able to define its own professional interest.
Social aid started being institutionalized as early as the 12th century. It was then that in Faculties of Theology of European universities the science of alms was introduced. The American Mary Ellen Richmond (1861-1928) is considered to be the initiator of education in the sphere of professional social work. The first attempts to educate social workers in Poland were made as early as the beginning of the 20th century – it was the first school of social work, the so-called Kursy Społeczne (Social Courses), whose co-organizer was Blessed Rev. Jerzy Matulewicz. In the period between the two world wars Prof. Helena Radlińska was an initiator and organizer of a system of educating social workers. The first schools educating social workers were established in 1966. A further development of educating social workers at the university level should be associated with opening Zaoczne Studium Pracowników Służb Socjalnych (Extramural Department of Social Work) at the University of Warsaw in 1977. Social work as the first degree university studies was introduced only in the 2006/2007 academic year. At the Catholic University of Lublin such a field of study has existed since the 2010/2011 academic year.
The articles provides philosophic analysis of the core of social works as the component of educational and up-bringing process. The author researched the nature and the function of it, its role in the formation of outlook culture of modern youth as students. The author also observes the cooperation between social work and social education on the example of Ukrainian model. The author investigated conditions and means of organic combination of social work and educational and up-bringing process.
In order to determine the initial level of formation of professional and legal competence of the future social workers were used methods adapted by the author “Motivation of professional activity” by Zamfyr (Рамендик, 2013, p. 123) (in modification of Rean), which gave us the opportunity to diagnose the students‟ motivation for professional activity. It is based on the concept of internal and external motivation. We can talk about the internal type of motivation if the activity in itself is significant for the individual. And if in the basis of professional activity motivation lies the aspiration to satisfy other needs (in particular, reasons of social prestige, salary, etc.), in this case we can talk about the external motivation. External motives differentiated on external positive and external negative.
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