Areas Of Social Assistance Research Articles

Psicologia institucional na assistência social

The field of social assistance is a promising area for psychologists to work in. The tools and theoretical foundations of this field are under constant self-assessment in order to improve ethical practice in the community. The aim of this study is to reflect on the experience of a one-year extracurricular internship in Basic Social Protection, assessing the practice of psychologists and the challenges of going beyond the role of social technician. The research uses José Bleger’s institutional psychology, normative documents from the Ministry of Social Development and CREPOP’s technical references to carry out a conceptual analysis. This analysis aims to introduce, reflect on and support the training of psychology students to work in the area of social assistance, explaining the possibility of including institutional psychology in this field. The study works with Bleger’s concept of “psycho-hygiene”, applied to the work of social workers and institutional psychologists. It concludes that the work of these professionals can contribute to preventing situations of illness within institutions. Bleger’s work remains relevant and coherent in the ethical training of psychology professionals.

Deinstytucjonalizacja w obszarze pomocy społecznej. Uwarunkowania, założenia i ewaluacja polityki w Unii Europejskiej

The article describes the issue of deinstitutionalisation policy in the area of social assistance in the European Union (EU). It presents the genesis, context and evolution of this policy. Based on the analysis of materials available on the official websites of the European Commission (EC), it addresses the issues involved in the assumptions of the deinstitutionalisation policy, its main stakeholders, the place it occupies in EU priorities, implementation instruments and ways of setting the boundaries of deinstitutionalisation in the area of social assistance. It discusses terminological issues, including sociological interpretations of the concept of deinstitutionalisation and the resulting connotations with Erving Goffman’s concept of total institution. It analyses the most important documents related to addressing these issues at the EU level and their implementation. It also contains selected important elements involved in monitoring and evaluating deinstitutionalisation processes in Member States before the coronavirus pandemic, considered from the perspective of common indicators for children, children with disabilities, adults with disabilities, adults with mental health problems and seniors. It presents the main barriers, trends and challenges of deinstitutionalisation processes in the EU.

Ipotezele capitalismului lui Max Weber dintr-o perspectivă a religiei

One of the most complex forms of government in society is undoubtedly capitalism. Several ideologues (sociologists, anthropologists, historians, theologians) have leaned on this ideology, some of them considering that it is the best performing social system, while others, on the contrary, have seen in capitalism an obvious failure, categorizing it as a purely pragmatic, profit-based system, without remorse amputating the social assistance area and greatly diminishing the empathy of the religious. In fact, these researchers see capitalism as a spartan way of leading the world, in which the poorly prepared for society have little chance of asserting themselves in relation to those who are prepared and trained to win and who make any opportunity a success. In the twentieth century, we are witnessing a radical change in capitalism, through the working hypothesis of Max Weber, who saw the Christian religion in a dynamic and reforming way. In fact, success was a form of God's predestination for the individual, the spirit of capitalism being compatible in the Weberian view with Calvin's ethics.

Directions and principles of research and application involvement in clinical sociology and social work

The aim of the article is to reflect on the directions and principles of research and applied activity undertaken from the perspective of clinically oriented sociology and social work; the focus of the study is the question of the importance of cooperation between social welfare organizations, analyzed from a dialogical perspective. The empirical inspiration of the presented considerations are actions taken as part of the project 3D Cooperation. Model of multisectoral cooperation in support of individuals and families. The basic recommendation resulting from the analysis is the necessity to rethink the clinical approach in sociology and social work in such a way that the fusion of specific research and application perspectives of these two disciplines strengthens the inter-institutional dialogues initiated in the area of social assistance. Thus, the dominant research and application orientation, synonymous with “an individual and a family” and the “help” provided to them, can be balanced with an approach open to the development potential related to exploring the essence, forms and meanings of cooperation undertaken by people involved in assistance activities.

Assessment of Child Sensitive Social Protection Programmes in Nepal

Studies have shown that social protection programme can be detrimental to children if it is not designed and implemented in a proper way. Even programmes focusing on children can be counter-effective and can leave a long-term adverse effect in the lives of children. This article aims to assess the children focused social protection programmes in Nepal from a child rights perspective with a specific consideration around the area of social assistance. This article adopts a Core Diagnostic Systems Assessment Instrument (CODI) tool and is primarily based on secondary data. Results show that the current social protection system, especially focused on children, in Nepal lacks several elements of child sensitivity such as ‘adequacy’, ‘respect rights and dignity’ in designing and implementation. Furthermore, though the Government of Nepal prioritise social assistance by channeling reasonable funding, the share of children focused programmes is relatively low. Any investment made on children currently, would result in their better future and the country at large. Thus, increasing social assistance targeting children will contribute to better child protection and eventually have significant development impacts. This will also be critical in ensuring the rights of children in general and vulnerable children in particular.

Wybrane świadczenia w polskim systemie pomocy społecznej - próba analizy

Celem artykułu jest przedstawienie struktury wybranych świadczeń - pieniężnych lub niepieniężnych - w systemie pomocy społecznej oraz zidentyfikowanie kluczowych w Polsce trendów w tym obszarze w latach 2012-2018. Przeprowadzone na potrzeby artykułu analizy sygnalizują, że zapowiedź odejścia od transferów pieniężnych na rzecz świadczeń pozapieniężnych, aktywizacji społecznej czy zawodowej ma jedynie charakter deklaratywny.W analizowanym okresie wystąpił negatywny trend polegający na zwiększeniu się liczby odbiorców świadczeń realizowanych w formie pieniężnej przy spadku liczby osób objętych wsparciem w formie pozapieniężnej. Rosła także liczba świadczeń przyznawanych z powodu dysfunkcji zdrowotnych i niepełnosprawności, malała zaś liczba świadczeń z powodu bezrobocia i ubóstwa.Ponadto nastąpiło zwiększenie zatrudnienia w sektorze pomocy społecznej, ale przy jednoczesnym spadku zatrudnienia pracowników socjalnych.

Planning and evaluation of public social assistance policies

The main objective of the study is to analyse how the public policies in the area of social assistance are planned and evaluated in Romania. The first part of the study presents how the social assistance policies have been integrated into the social inclusion strategies, in a in try to identify the main priorities, as well as the way in which the strategic measures have been implemented in five key areas: broadening and development of public social assistance system, professionalisation of public social assistance services, connections between strategic strands in social assistance, social assistance financing, and monitoring and evaluation of social assistance system. The analysis is done in a broader context of planning an evaluation of public policies in Romania, a relatively new practice adopted by the public administration. The study underlines the state of the social assistance system from the perspective of each above mentioned area and tries to identify the main results of the implementation of the strategies. The available data shows that despite that, starting with 2002, the strategies from social inclusion area have included specific measures for social assistance, the results are modest, particularly in the area of community services, which has negative consequences on the capacity of the entire system to provide support for those in need. The public local social assistance services have a low rate of professionalisation, being weakly integrated into the county services system, which might generate an increase cost of the services, rather aiming to diminish the effects of the social problems than to prevent them. The social assistance remains marginalised, the previous achievements being rather a result of some incidental or particular investments, without a clearly defined vision about the role of public social assistance system.

Internal coordination of social security in the Netherlands

This article outlines the internal coordination of regional and local social security schemes in the Netherlands. The Netherlands is a decentralised state with a strong central government. Social security is largely a matter for central government. The article therefore focuses on the area of social assistance and social care, characterised by a system of ‘regulated decentralisation’. It outlines the state of decentralisation, the conflict rules and the coordination mechanisms and, finally, describes the financial regime of the decentralised schemes.

Precariedade e interdisciplinaridade no trabalho da Assistente Social na esfera pública

Resumo Este artigo resulta de uma pesquisa com gestoras assistentes sociais nas esferas jurídicas, da assistência social e da saúde no Distrito Federal no contexto das políticas de proteção social. Objetivou-se analisar as percepções sociais dessas gestoras sobre a questão da precariedade e da interdisciplinaridade do trabalho de assistentes sociais em sua interação com psicólogos(as). A metodologia do estudo é qualitativa por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas. Os resultados apontam para a precarização do trabalho social no contexto de neoliberalização, com consequências de sobrecarga e de estresse no cotidiano das profissionais.

Aspectos controvertidos y perspectivas de evolución del régimen jurídico del tercer sector y el voluntariado

El presente artículo analiza el régimen jurídico que da cobertura a las actuaciones del tercer sector de acción social y el voluntariado desde el año 2015. El propósito del trabajo es, en primer lugar, encuadrar conceptualmente las organizaciones y personas que se dedican a atender a colectivos con dificultades diversas: discapacitados, infancia, drogodependientes, tercera edad, etc. En segundo lugar, se aclara cuál es la distribución de competencias en materia de asistencia social, pues el nuevo marco regulatorio genera confusión desde esta perspectiva. Las últimas páginas hacen hincapié en algunos asuntos claves que no han sido objeto de atención por parte del legislador estatal, como la reserva de contratos, pero que son fundamentales para fortalecer a estos dos actores destacados en la lucha contra las desigualdades.

As contribuições da sociologia relacional para as análises das organizações sociais do campo da assistência: o caso da rede parceria social/RS

This article aims to recall the contributions of the sociological relational approach to the understanding of the collective actions and associationism in Brazil. Firstly, the main concepts which hold this analysis perspective are taken back, demonstrating how it permits analysing the actions of the social workers as strategic ones and at the same time, conditioned by the positions that they occupy inside a relationship area. In the second part, are described the results of the survey that was done with social organizations which participated of the program “Rede Parceria Social” in Rio Grande do Sul, between 2008 and 2010, which become possible to evidence the eterogeneity of these organizations and their appropriations of the open policies opportunities in the social assistance area from the critical juncture of the years 1990.

Stalking of social healthcare workers: preliminary results of a study conducted by the region of Apulia, Italy

This study has the aim to represent the degree of information/training about the identification of possible stalking acts and their frequency, within the context of public and private National Healthcare and Social Assistance. Socio-demographic data both of victims and possible stalkers, circumstances of events and the emotional responses of victims are gathered up by a multiple choice questionnaire , made by 20 questions, given to a sample of 101 subjects, which are practitioners within Healthcare and Social Assistance area (doctors, psychologists, nurses, social-health operators) both of public and private health facilities. Considering our sample, subjects which point out harassments linked to stalking are 30/101 (29.7%). Female sex is mainly represented F=22/30 (73, 3%) compared to male sex M=8/30 (26, 7%). 30, 14% of female health operators (nr 22/73) and 28, 57% of male health operators (nr 8/28) affirm that they are victims of harassments. The results indicate a lack of attention towards the stalking phenomenon, a limited trust of victims to the institutions, but also the persistence of a backward culture, within social and health services, about stalking, preventatives strategies of it and counter-actions of the harassment. Only a small part of them, 16.1%, reports what is happened or turn to anti-violence centres. The study highlights that information about stalking and its psychological consequences on victims/operators are insufficient in social and health area. It is necessary the star up of awareness campaigns, which gives information to practitioners of public and private Healthcare and Social Assistance area about characteristics of stalking and the way by which avoid its risks and prevent it.

O "Programa Alfabetização Solidária": terceirização no contexto da reforma do Estado

O presente trabalho busca analisar o Programa Alfabetização Solidária a partir de um modelo de Estado proposto pelo governo do presidente Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1997-2002). Considera-se que a proposta de Reforma do Estado ali desenvolvida, a partir do conceito de publicização, teve sua derivação na área social-assistencial do governo na Comunidade Solidária, um ensaio de terceirização na área das políticas sociais. O Alfabetização Solidária, subprograma deste, foi a versão para a área de educação. De modo que algumas características desse Programa específico devem ser discutidas e contextualizadas à luz de um marco mais amplo, analisando conceitos como terceirização, filantropia, empregabilidade temporária, participação social e direito à educação.

REDES SOCIAIS: UM ESTUDO DE CASO SOBRE A FAZENDA DA ESPERANÇA

This article is a case study on the Farm of Hope, a non-profit filantropic entity that aims at recovering drug addicts, based on 3 fundamental elements: sharing common space, work and practice of spirituality, and whose actions in the areas of Social Assistance, Health and Education have promoted a social transformation of the actors involved. The article presents a study on the contribution of networks in the solution of social issues, since these occupy the void created by the withdrawal of the State on this issue. The Farm of Hope was created out of individual actions and consolidated itself in the structure of a hierarchical network, based on established trust relationships between the various actors who shared an interest in responding to the drug problem in the community, allowing the creation of joint between the various organizations: public, private and non-profit in a way to contribute to the management of social politics. As results of this study, we have: the identification of internal and external relationships of Farm of Hope with the community and partners and the formation of strong and weak ties, revealing an important element of innovation in meeting social needs. Finally it was pointed out new possibilities of topics for research by viewing the relationships in the network and its consequences.

Proteção social no Brasil: o que mudou na assistência social após a Constituição de 1988

This paper discusses the changes in the social assistance component of social protection in the two decades that followed the 1988 Constitution. It discusses the transformations of social protection and social assistance in the past decades and the processes that in the 1990 s advanced the reform of social assistance policies in Brazil without, however, producing great changes in how services were delivered. By 2000 there had been a great expansion of resources as well as benefits and services coverage in social assistance. This paper argues that conditional cash transfer programs, though created and spread in an international context of restrictive policies, when integrated into Brazil s public and universal system of social assistance, substantively widened the scope of social protection. Some effects of the expansion in the Brazilian social protection system are identified: less income inequality; creation of an institutional capacity in the area of social assistance; the social, political and symbolic meaning of the inclusion of a large segment of the population in a public system of social assistance by means of a provision structure that does not belong to traditional devices of philanthropy and clientelism.

Cooperatives as a social enterprise in Italy: a place for social integration and rehabilitation.

This article analyses the history and development of an integrated cooperative established in 1981 in northern Italy. Integrated cooperatives, otherwise known as social enterprises, are among the most interesting activities developed in the area of social assistance and rehabilitation in recent years in Italy. In particular, they acquired relevance in the care of mentally disordered people by providing them with job opportunities, which is an important rehabilitative and integrative factor. The aim of social enterprises is two-fold. They have the economic goal of offering remunerative work just as any other commercial enterprise, as well as the social mandate of promoting the physical, social, and mental health of their members. A positive coexistence between market competition and rehabilitation is therefore constantly pursued. This research aimed at analysing the working and social experience of people employed by the cooperative during its 10-year life. The study was limited to those who had a social or health problem when entering the cooperative. The investigation was promoted by cooperative members, who felt the need to document their experience and to undertake initiatives towards evaluating the rehabilitative value of the social enterprise. The results show that cooperative members come from different marginalized areas of social and health distress, of which the two largest are social service users and psychiatric service users. There is a noticeable turn-over rate, which underlines one function of the cooperative as being a transitional working context from which users can gain access to other more rewarding job opportunities in the labour market.