Between othering and recognition: in search of transformative practice at the street level

Timor‐Shlevin, Shachar

doi:10.1080/13691457.2022.2092456

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“…. the mayor contacts us, and I tell him, "I tried to help this service user but I didn't have enough budget," and then, as if from heaven, more money arrives, and things come together [36] (p. 8).…”

Section: Social Workers' Implementation Of Pap Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

Poverty-Aware Programs in Social Service Departments in Israel: A Rapid Evidence Review of Outcomes for Service Users and Social Work Practice

Timor‐Shlevin

Saar-Heiman

Krumer-Nevo

2023

IJERPH

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Critical perspectives and practices are fundamental to social work, yet there are only scarce examples of direct critical practice in public social services, and even fewer empirical evaluations of their outcomes for service users and social workers. This article presents a rapid evidence review of 25 evaluation studies of five programs that operate in the social services departments in Israel according to the principles of the Poverty-Aware Paradigm (PAP). The PAP is a critical paradigm for direct social work practice with people living in poverty that was implemented in the welfare services by the Ministry of Welfare, targeting over 14,000 service users. The evaluation studies we reviewed encompass an overall quantitative sample of 4612 service users and 1363 professionals, and a qualitative sample of 420 service users and 424 professionals. The findings present: (1) the program’s outcomes for service users in terms of relationship with social workers, financial circumstances, family relations, and children’s safety; and (2) the program’s impact on social workers’ attitudes and practices. Finally, we discuss the lessons learned regarding social workers’ role in combatting poverty, the construction of success in interventions with people in poverty, and the article’s limitations.

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Section: Social Workers' Implementation Of Pap Practicementioning

confidence: 99%