Field Of Social Welfare Research Articles

Determinants of Turnover Intention of Social Workers

This research explores determinants of turnover intention of social workers. Retention of social workers is critical in the social welfare field because a high turnover rate is directly related to the deterioration of service quality. Of the many factors affecting turnover intention, this research focuses on emotional labor and organizational trust. The former characterizes social workers’ tasks in that they are regularly in contact with service clients. Surface acting, one of the emotional labor strategies, has shown a negative impact on employee attitudes. However, representing a psychological state of employees toward their organization, organizational trust leads to positive attitudes and behaviors. This research also explores antecedents of emotional labor and organizational trust. Interaction characteristics of emotional labor are considered for the former, and supervisory support and autonomy are tested for the latter. To examine the relationships among the variables, the research conducts structural equation model analysis on 242 social workers in South Korea. The analysis confirms that emotional labor increases turnover intention whereas trust reduces it. The analysis also demonstrates that autonomy and supervisory support enhance organizational trust, while surface acting is affected by the variety of emotions displayed and the duration of emotional labor.

Challenges and Responses to the Vulnerability of Families in a Preschool Context

Problems in vulnerable families are multilayered and include the intersection of physical, psychosocial and other forms of distress. The multidimensional nature of the problems of these families is closely linked to the fact that there are many institutions in the field of education, social welfare, health care and others, in which treatment and support are not satisfactory or adapted to their needs. The article presents the partial results of a large-scale qualitative research study, results that refer to the position of vulnerable families in the context of preschool education. The study examined how vulnerability is experienced by parents of preschool children, how the expert workers in the preschools involved in the study responded to the parents’ vulnerability, and how they cooperated with experts from other services outside the preschool. A qualitative research method was used in the study. Data was collected partly through semi-structured interviews with various expert workers employed in two preschools, as well as with the parents of children in the preschools; the interviews were conducted individually and in focus groups. Using thematic analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2006), we have identified four representative themes: amongst parents, the two recurring themes can be subsumed under the headings “from door to door” and “adaptation/flexibility”, and amongst experts, under the headings “powerlessness/incompetence/lack of information” and “power/innovation/sensitivity”. The study finds that the ability to effectively contend with vulnerability presumes a reconceptualisation of the attitude of institutional preschool education towards the family, including a change in the professional role of preschool teachers.

Nevyriausybinių organizacijų vaidmuo užtikrinant socialinę gerovę: teorinės prielaidos sociologijoje

Šio straipsnio tikslas – remiantis sociologijos teorijomis išnagrinėti nevyriausybinių organizacijų veiklos socialinės gerovės srityje teorines prielaidas. Straipsnyje aptariamas nevyriausybinių organizacijų vaidmuo socialinės gerovės srityje, pateikiant šių organizacijų supratimo ir jų vaidmens aiškinimo, interpretavimo užtikrinant socialinę gerovę trijų teorinių prieigų – struktūrinio funkcionalizmo, socialinio konflikto ir P. Bourdieu lauko teorijų – kontekstą. Struktūrinio funkcionalizmo ir konflikto teorijų pasirinkimą lėmė tai, kad į tyrimo objektą žvelgiama pasitelkus makroperspektyvą, o P. Bourdieu lauko teorija leidžia sujungti tiek makrolygmens, tiek ir mikrolygmens tyrimus.Struktūrinio funkcionalizmo teorija pasirinkta todėl, kad leidžia žvelgti į visuomenę tarsi makroperspektyvos kontekste, sustruktūruojant visų jos dalių funkcijas ir disfunkcijas į simbolinius rėmus ir taip atskleidžiant tarsi dvi visuomenės puses: tobulą ir siektiną bei netobulą ir problematišką. Toks kraštutinumų vaizdas leidžia išryškinti trūkumus ir struktūruotai identifikuoti tam tikras visuomenės ydas, siekiant patenkinti ir atkurti tvarkos poreikį joje. Konflikto teorija pasirinkta kaip atsvara funkcionalizmui ir šios paradigmos aukštinamai tvarkai paneigti, siekiui į tą patį objektą – nevyriausybines organizacijas – pažvelgti ne per tvarkos, o per kaitos, pokyčių ir jiems darančių įtaką konfliktų prizmę.P. Bourdieu lauko teorija leidžia fiksuoti lauko struktūrą, veikėjus, jų daromą įtaką, pokyčius socialiniame lauke.Struktūrinis funkcionalizmas – pozityvių kraštutinumų paradigma, kuriai šiuolaikinė visuomenė yra pernelyg dinamiška, per stipriai individualizuota. Socialinio konflikto paradigma leidžia struktūriškai identifikuoti konkuruojančias puses ir intuityviai daryti prielaidas dėl konkurencijos priežasčių, t. y. nustatyti, dėl kokios galios ir kokio autoriteto yra konkuruojama. Tačiau pastaroji paradigma negali paaiškinti gana sudėtingos šiuolaikinės visuomenės, greitai kintančių jos poreikių, vertybių, požiūrių. Socialinės gerovės lauke susikertantys visų trijų visuomenės sektorių – valstybės, rinkos, trečiojo sektoriaus – interesai dėl galios įgijimo yra nuolatinis procesas, kuriam vystantis, priklausomai nuo įvairių kapitalų – socialinio, ekonominio, kultūrinio – pasiskirstymo, gali keistis agentai, jų galia, vaidmuo ir net vieta, iš kur agentai veikia socialinę piliečių gerovę, keisdami savo padėtį iš dominuojančiųjų į dominuojamuosius ar atvirkščiai.

사회복지 분야 NCS기반의 교육요구 분석

사회복지 분야 NCS기반의 교육요구 분석

As configurações urbanas e as trajetórias de mulheres: refletindo sobre as questões de gênero.

Este artigo visa a investigar a violência contra a mulher na cidade de Três Lagoas/MS, bem como a análise sobre as ações de áreas como a Assistência Social, a delegacia da mulher e o empoderamento feminino. Pretende-se discutir a relação entre o aumento de casos de violência contra a mulher e a crescente urbanização e migração na cidade. A reflexão sobre as questões de gênero está relacionada às configurações culturais, com as complexas relações entre homens e mulheres. Para o artigo, utilizamos os dados do Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE), dos impressos jornalísticos, da Assistência Social e da Delegacia da Mulher.

Social work and macro-economic neoliberalism: beyond the social justice rhetoric

Macro-economic policy shapes and structures social welfare policy, services, and their implementation. As a result, the commoditisation of social welfare services and the use of markets as well as private sector management philosophies and tools have colonised and fashioned the design, provision and implementation of social welfare policy and structures. The impact has been far reaching, from limiting social welfare responses of elected democratic government to shaping the profession in a range of intended and unintended directions. Written from a UK perspective, this paper proposes a discussion of the impact of macro-economic neoliberal policies in the field of social welfare and explores the implications for social work practice. The paper also promotes a debate within the profession regarding the importance of macro-economic analysis and possible responses, as well as suggesting a way forward within European and, more broadly, international practice contexts.

Family Planning for Low-Income African American Families: Contributions of Social Work Pioneer Ophelia Settle Egypt.

Historically, African Americans made huge contributions to the field of social welfare and the social work profession, yet little has been written about them in the professional literature. This article explores the contributions of pioneering social worker Ophelia Settle Egypt. A thorough assessment of her pioneering role would reveal her unique work as an educator, researcher, and grassroots social worker, but the focus here is on her innovative commitment to the Planned Parenthood movement. Egypt's work around population control in her Southeast Washington, DC, neighborhood with low-income African American families in the early 1950s became a labor of love in her community that can help inform current practice approaches in urban environments with African American populations.

지역아동센터의 스포츠정책 과제

This study is to evaluate the condition and criteria of sports activity program of local children’s center under the cases, and through this, the political project of sports activity of local children’s center is found to provide the basic data to establish the service system of sports welfare for low-income household’s children.BR The sports program of local children’s center was very restrictive, and the limits of human resources in the local children’s center such as absolute insufficiency of facility and space, difficulties in reservation of external sports facility, insufficient budget, and multiple roles by one person were appealed. Furthermore, the low-income supportive program provided by the central and local government and sports association was definitely shortBR For low-income household’s children, as sports may socially, mentally, and physically contribute greatly, the policy of active vitalization of sports activity in local children’s center is required, and when the transition of paradigm in sports value by sportsdom and local children’s center (social welfare field) is raised, sports will contribute not only to low-income household’s children in the local children’s center but also the proposition of social issues through sports.

Moral distress among social workers: The role of insufficient resources

The present study examined moral distress among Finnish social workers and the role of perceived resource insufficiencies in explaining it. The aim was to shed light on this understudied phenomenon in the field of social welfare. The study focused on work‐related moral distress, defined as impaired wellbeing that is connected to the continual inability to implement actions that one considers morally appropriate. The survey data were collected with an electronic questionnaire between the years 2011 and 2012. The respondents (n = 817) were social workers in the public social welfare services and the overall response rate was 46.5 per cent. Nearly 11 per cent of the respondents reported experiencing moral distress and perceived resource insufficiencies strongly explained this experience. Moreover, social workers with moral distress reported that they were less willing to continue in their post, were more frequently on sick leave and had positive work‐related experiences less often than their colleagues who did not experience moral distress.Key Practitioner Message: ● The concept of moral distress is useful in describing the experiences of social welfare workers when they are unable to practise their profession according to their moral code and the emotional burden related to this inability; ● Perceived resource insufficiencies are strongly associated with experiences of moral distress among frontline social workers; ● Social workers experiencing moral distress are less willing to continue in their work, take sick leave more often and less frequently have positive experiences related to their work.

Michael E. Lamb: Award for Distinguished Senior Career Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest.

The APA Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest recognize persons who have advanced psychology as a science and/or profession by a single extraordinary achievement or a lifetime of outstanding contributions in the public interest. The 2015 co-recipient of the Award for Distinguished Senior Career Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest is Michael E. Lamb. Lamb was selected because his "work profoundly shaped the fields of developmental psychology, social welfare, child and family policy, and law." Lamb's award citation, biography, and a selected bibliography are presented here.

History(Review and Prospect in the Fields of Social Welfare of the Year 2014)

History(Review and Prospect in the Fields of Social Welfare of the Year 2014)

Senior Citizen's Welfare(Review and Prospect in the Fields of Social Welfare of the Year 2014)

Senior Citizen's Welfare(Review and Prospect in the Fields of Social Welfare of the Year 2014)

Child and Family Welfare(Review and Prospect in the Fields of Social Welfare of the Year 2014)

Child and Family Welfare(Review and Prospect in the Fields of Social Welfare of the Year 2014)

Health Care(Review and Prospect in the Fields of Social Welfare of the Year 2014)

Health Care(Review and Prospect in the Fields of Social Welfare of the Year 2014)

Theories and Principles of Social Welfare(Review and Prospect in the Fields of Social Welfare of the Year 2014)

Theories and Principles of Social Welfare(Review and Prospect in the Fields of Social Welfare of the Year 2014)

International Welfare(Review and Prospect in the Fields of Social Welfare of the Year 2014)

International Welfare(Review and Prospect in the Fields of Social Welfare of the Year 2014)

Community Development and Community Care(Review and Prospect in the Fields of Social Welfare of the Year 2014)

Community Development and Community Care(Review and Prospect in the Fields of Social Welfare of the Year 2014)

Social Work(Review and Prospect in the Fields of Social Welfare of the Year 2014)

Social Work(Review and Prospect in the Fields of Social Welfare of the Year 2014)

Þátttaka í sjálfboðastarfi á Íslandi

Í greininni er fjallað um þátttöku Íslendinga í sjálfboðastarfi. Rannsóknin sem byggir á gagnasafni Evrópsku lífsgildakönnunarinnar (EVS) frá 1990-2010 er sett í samhengi við alþjóðlega fræðilega umræðu um sjálfboðaliða og þátttöku í sjálfboðastörfum. Um þriðjungur Íslendinga 18 ára og eldri tók þátt í sjálfboðastörfum 2009-2010, örlítið færri en 1990, 75% voru í félögum og er það svipað hlutfall og 1990. Flestir vinna fyrir íþrótta- og tómstundafélög og félagsaðild í þeim er einnig mest. Því næst koma velferðarfélög en hlutfallslega mest hefur dregið úr sjálfboðastörfum á sviði velferðarmála. Karlar eru mun líklegri en konur til að sinna sjálfboðastörfum hjá íþrótta-og æskulýðsfélögum en í öðrum sjálfboðastörfum er ekki munur á kynjum. Algengara er að fólk eldra en 50 ára sinni sjálfboðastörfum en yngra fólk, sérstaklega fyrir velferðarfélög. Háskólamenntaðir eru líklegastir til að sinna sjálfboðastörfum. Staða á vinnumarkaði hefur áhrif hvort fólk vinnur sjálfboðastörf, sérstaklega meðal íþrótta-og æskulýðsfélaga. Gift fólk er í öllum tilvikum líklegra en aðrir hópar til að stunda sjálfboðastörf og þeir sem búa í dreifbýli eru einnig líklegri en þeir sem búa í þéttbýli til að sinna slíkum störfum. Niðurstöðurnar eru að meginstefnu sambærilegar niðurstöðum erlendra rannsókna og veita mikilvægar upplýsingar um þátttöku í sjálfboðastarfi á Íslandi og þróun hennar í alþjóðlegu samhengi.

Social Enterprise – A New Phenomenon in the Field of Economic and Social Welfare?

AbstractDrawing upon insights from historical institutionalism, this article critically examines the origins of social enterprise and its emergence into the mainstream policy arena. It begins by relating the social enterprise idea to major non‐state/non‐private institutional traditions, including the European social economy, US non‐profits and the UK charitable sector, and places it within the specific field of economic and social welfare. In so doing, the article contests the idea that social enterprise is a new phenomenon in the social welfare field and proposes instead that the supposed ‘novelty’ of social enterprise as an organizational form and a subject of public policy lies primarily in the nature of the socio‐political and economic context of the 1980s–1990s, during which time it became ‘en vogue’. The process of institutionalization of social enterprise and its ascension into the mainstream policy arena is examined in more detail in the case of England during the time New Labour was in office and beyond, and lessons are drawn from this experience concerning both the role that social enterprise plays or is expected to play as a vehicle to address economic and social needs, and how this is intertwined with both a dominant neo‐liberal discourse, as well as alternative perspectives that emphasize more equalitarian and sustainable development paths. The article concludes with some reflections in relation to the apparent consensus that seems to exist around social enterprise as a legitimate subject of public policy and the resulting social enterprization of public services which is currently taking place in England.