Gotowość pracowników socjalnych do zmian

Abstract

A social worker teaches his or her families how to be ready for changes, and how to live in the contemporary world in which changeability is the most constant element of the environment. This world places ever greater demands on social workers, and makes their social role expand to include ever increasing scope of tasks. The contemporary society is very unstable, which necessitates constant evolution of any support system. Therefore, an increasing number of innovative solutions make their way into the social care system. However, real-world experience shows that many good ideas are not implemented. One of the reasons may by reluctance to the new or limited openness to implementing new concepts. The aim of the study was to assess social workers’ readiness to change in their lives. The study was conducted on a sample of 103 social workers. The questionnaire used was the Readiness for Change Questionnaire by R. Kriegel and D. Brandt translated by A. Paszkowska-Rogacz. The study also involved the analysis of the differences in the readiness to change between social workers holding an academic degree and those with secondary education as well as the analysis of the said differences depending on the social workers’ length of service. It was found that the level of readiness to change of social workers in all analysed dimensions is mostly low. Only the length of service was found to differentiate the readiness to change. This knowledge can be used by those who manage, train, and support social workers. This study represents the first comprehensive analysis to date of the mechanisms of the relationship between readiness to change and length of service and level of education among social workers. It is unclear, however, whether the patterns observed here will continue with the changes to social work education now being introduced in Poland, or with changes in contemporary society, such as pandemics develop or disappear. Keywords: Christian identity, personal Christian identity, creative workshop, methods of shaping identity.