The response strategy of social work with displaced families and the receiving community (within the context of sustainable development)

Abstract

The article deals with the issues of overcoming poverty, inequality, nutrition improvement, ensuring a healthy way of life, raising education quality, enhancing well-being, and building up a peaceful and open society for internally displaced persons (IDP) and the receiving community by means of the social response strategy. The goal of the research: theoretic substantiation of the response strategy in social work with IDP and the community in the context of the perspective of ensuring their sustainable development. The presented response strategy is for the first time theoretically substantiated and adapted to the Ukrainian realities in the conflict zone and takes into account the peculiarities of the DP and social work in the receiving borderline community and includes standard actions to react to extraordinary situations, activity directions – psychology-and-pedagogic, socio-medical, humanitarian, information-and-cultural assistance. The strategy is based on the principles of integration, multi-sidedness, multidisciplinary connection, resource-orientation, green-aware social work, the advantages theory, partnership, assistance for self-assistance, family-centrism, innovation, synergy, etc.; it takes into account the perspective ensuring of sustainable future for both the displaced families and the receiving community in general. The methods of the research: theoretical analysis, synthesis, systemizing, generalizing, comparison, documentation study, estimation of needs, and mathematic statistics methods. The obtained results of applying the mentioned theory under conditions of the military conflict in the Luhansk oblast (area) of Ukraine confirm its efficiency in qualitative and numerical terms and are supported by mathematic statistics methods.

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“…Socially vulnerable categories of the population have a high probability of increasing social problems in unstable times in society: economic crises, natural or man-made disasters, wars. The most vulnerable are pensioners, people with special needs, large families, orphans, unemployed internally displaced persons, the poor, homeless women, addicts of psychoactive substances -such population groups require increased state measures to solve the issue of their integration into society (Trubavina et al, 2021). It is important that the provision of social services is underpinned by a human rights-based legal framework, especially in times of crisis or war when needs are heightened.…”

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“…The implementation of this strategy is intended to help the population develop important skills of self-analysis and self-reflection, as well as awareness of their capabilities and responsibility in solving complex social problems. At the same time, I Trubavina et al (2021). emphasise the family approach and innovations that promote the development of…”

Теорії Визначення Й Оцінки Потреб І Проблем Користувачів Послуг Військово-Соціальної Роботи Як Дієвої Служби Допомоги Людям

“…Близька до неї теорія резилієнсу -опора на сильні сторони людини при наданні допомоги їй і теорія активізації щодо зусиль самої людини у вирішенні її проблем [7].…”