Įgalinimo samprata socialinių paslaugų kontekste

Ruškus, Jonas; Mažeikienė, Natalija; Naujanienė, Rasa; Motiečienė, Roberta; Dvarionas, Džiugas

doi:10.7220/2029-5820.12.2.1

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“…The researchers [5] note that the situations of social work practice, where employees, in spite of good intentions, can inhibit their clients by suppressing their initiative. Another obstacle arises, when social workers do not feel empowered, they will not take the initiative to help the client "here and now" and are afraid to be accused by their managers or administration.…”

Section: Isolated and Limited By Directives The Reality Of Social Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…What's more, it is likely to happen that the issues raised by a social worker label this person as "problem brewing" and unable to cope with one's work? [5]. The bureaucratic provision of social services implemented by social workers is characterized by the low involvement of service users / clients as equivalent partners in solving their own social problems and having little effect on what services they would need.…”

Section: Isolated and Limited By Directives The Reality Of Social Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…WELFARE. 2016 Researchers [3][4][5][6][7] explored the dialogue-based social worker-client relationship in order to establish a contact and enable the client to change. Researchers [8,9] point out that the principles of Gestalt therapy and social work are coherent, such as: interaction between the client and the environment, understanding of the individual / client situation, empathybased aid relationships, identification of the client's strengths (ecological approach) and selfrealization recognition.…”

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confidence: 99%

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The perspective of Gestalt therapy in social work practice

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The paper analyzes social work integrating the principles of Gestalt therapy, such as dialogue and phenomenological approach, internalization, responsibility and creative adaptation. The main perspectives of Gestalt therapy, which are related to the cases of social work, contexts and possibilities of therapeutic work, are highlighted. The article also reveals obstacles (e.g. dominant, patronizing, controlling and expert model of client assistance, isolated and restricted by directives the reality of social work, institutionalized social work practices and bureaucratic dependence of social security) that impede the development of therapeutic social work in Lithuania. It can be argued that the perspective for Gestalt therapies is available to social workers who seek therapeutic social work practice methodologies, help relationships, and empower clients for change.

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Section: Isolated and Limited By Directives The Reality Of Social Workmentioning

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Section: Isolated and Limited By Directives The Reality Of Social Workmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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The perspective of Gestalt therapy in social work practice

2018

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“…It should be pointed out that, although social services at person's home are given priority, in Lithuania, research on the subject has not been conducted. The analysis of scientific literature revealed that scholars have drawn a great deal of attention to the problem of the quality of services [11][12][13][14], the management of social services and the effectiveness of services and the problem of the cost reduction of services [2,[16][17][18], the expression of empowerment in the context of social services [19,20]. In the context of the aforementioned studies, the problem of social services at home, as one of the priority areas of change in social services system is highlighted.…”

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The specifics in the work of social workers when rendering social services at the person's home

Raudeliūnaitė

2019

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The objective of the study is to highlight the specifics of the work of a social worker when rendering social services at the person's home on the basis of the experience of social workers. Qualitative research strategy was used, including semi-structured interview. The study revealed a wide spectrum of the activities of the social worker when organising the provision of social services at home: the identification and assessment of the need for a service, the planning, provision, coordination and assessment of the assistance or care at the person's home, the involvement of the service recipient in decision-making, the involvement of close relatives of the service recipient, teamwork, cooperation with other institutions, and improvement of skills of the employees. The study revealed the benefit of social services at the person's home to the recipients of the services: living at their homes, they do not feel so lonely, they feel safe, needful, capable of benefiting from the needed assistance. Difficulties, which arise when cooperating with the recipients of social services at home, are the following: people provide false information when identifying the need for a service, mental disorders of the service recipient, dissatisfaction with the rotation of the visiting care workers, complaints regarding the lack of communication. Organisational limitations of bodies providing services are linked to formalism, shortage of the staff, time restrictions for services, lack of transport, unavailability of services due to the limited financial resources of service recipients.

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“…Thus, reasonably the question arises: How much power do social workers and social pedagogues have in order to achieve changes (Ruškus, Mažeikienė, Naujanienė, Motiečienė, & Dvarionas, 2013)? Do the very social workers and social pedagogues feel empowered?…”

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Peculiarities of social workers’ and social pedagogues’ psychological empowerment in the aspects of self-determination theory and demographic variables

Kepalaitė

Vaitkevičienė

Drungėlaitė

2018

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<p>Social workers’ and social pedagogues’ sense of power is very important for providing social assistance and support to clients and learners. Sense of power depends on meeting the needs of autonomy, competence and relatedness. Failure to meet these needs due to lack of reward, punishments or cultural rituals causes reduces or completely restricts the subjective experience of power, increasing defensiveness and psychopathology. Social workers and social pedagogues provide social assistance and support to their clients and learners based on the empowerment strategy. It is therefore important to investigate whether the very social workers and social pedagogues feel empowered. This study aims to disclose social workers’ and social pedagogues’ psychological empowerment peculiarities with regard to demographic characteristics, gender, profession, qualification category and the occupied share of the post.</p>

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Įgalinimo samprata socialinių paslaugų kontekste

Cited by 10 publications

References 8 publications

The perspective of Gestalt therapy in social work practice

The perspective of Gestalt therapy in social work practice

The specifics in the work of social workers when rendering social services at the person's home

Peculiarities of social workers’ and social pedagogues’ psychological empowerment in the aspects of self-determination theory and demographic variables

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