Queer Communities (Competency and Positionality)

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael P. Dentato
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Therapeutic Alliance ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Age Cohort ◽  
Lgbt Community ◽  
Bisexual And Transgender ◽  
Queer Communities

There is a critical and ongoing need for the expansion of competency among social workers related to understanding queer identities and issues related to positionality within queer communities. It is also important to continually examine the evolving terminology and context through which the term queer has been defined over the years and relevant challenges with connectedness to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. Age cohort associations and the role of intersectionality also have relevance and underscore the multidimensional discourse necessary to develop effective competency, and engage in affirming practice with queer communities. Social worker practitioners must understand the implications for best practices associated with establishing and maintaining an affirming therapeutic alliance with queer clients, as well as the continued need for research related to understanding the unique needs of queer identities and the queer community at-large.

Adjustment Disorder Amongst Welfare Social Service Clients: The Role of Period of Service Receipt and Social Worker’s Alternation

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michal Mahat-Shamir ◽  
Ester Zychlinski ◽  
Osnat Lavenda ◽  
Maya Kagan
Keyword(s):  
Therapeutic Alliance ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Random Sample ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Adjustment Disorder ◽  
Common Life

Abstract Adjustment disorder is a maladaptive reaction to common life events. Levels of adjustment disorder can serve as one of the indicators of the effectiveness of social services interventions. Yet, the role of service receipt period and of social worker alternation in explaining levels of adjustment disorder remains unclear. In order to explore this issue, structured questionnaires were distributed to a random sample of 190 clients of a social services department in Israel. Whilst no significant differences were found between service receipt periods with regard to clients’ adjustment disorder, clients treated by a single social worker reported lower levels of adjustment disorder than those treated by alternating social workers. Furthermore, new and long-standing clients, treated by alternating social workers displayed higher levels of adjustment disorder than those treated by a single social worker. The importance of therapeutic alliance is discussed in light of the present findings.

The Role of a Social Worker in Children Dragged Into Crime According to the Turkish Penalty System in the Digital World

2021 ◽  
pp. 19-38
Author(s):  
Fahri Özsungur
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Judicial Control ◽  
Digital World ◽  
The Social ◽  
Penalty System ◽  
And Training

Social work plays an important role in managing the process of planning, supervising, and ensuring the sustainability of protective and supportive measures applied to children who are dragged into crime and in need of protection in order to prevent incompatibilities that may arise in society. Social workers are actors in the field in the execution of the process. In this chapter, these practitioners who have made significant contributions to social work by giving reports and opinions about the measures taken by the courts about the children dragged into crime, determining the criminal tendencies of the children and the necessary precautions and training, are examined closely in the context of the Turkish legal system. The chapter includes the issues of judicial control, protective and supportive measures, preparation of a plan for the implementation of cautionary decisions, confidentiality, the role of the social worker and the social worker board for children who are dragged into crime and in need of protection.

The Mentally Ill in Your Caseload

2016 ◽  
pp. 409-420
Author(s):  
Donald W. Winnicott
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Emotional Development ◽  
The Social ◽  
Dynamic Psychology ◽  
The Individual

In this talk delivered to social workers, Winnicott brings his understanding of professional psychiatry, with its attempts to treat severe mental illness using a more humane approach, together with his belief in dynamic psychology—the emotional development of the individual derived from the study of psychoanalysis—into a closer connection with one another. He charts a brief outline of psychoanalysis and interprets the psychoses through it. He sees the importance of early environmental factors in mental illness and the possible effects of this on maturation. He comments on depression both normal and psychotic in type, on his theories of personalization, of feeling real, and, through early dependence, the gradual growth of the functioning self. He also gives an empathic view of the role of the social worker in the difficult work of treating acute mental ill health.

Unvollständige Professionalisierung und Konflikte im Bereich der Sozialarbeit / Incomplete Professionalization and Conflicts in Social Work

1972 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Baldo Blinkert
Keyword(s):  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Organizational Innovation ◽  
Professional Role ◽  
Control Performance ◽  
Professional Career ◽  
Occupational Expectations ◽  
The Social ◽  
Knowledge And Acceptance

AbstractSince long one can observe definite tendencies to professionalize the role of social workers. In a research project will be investigated with which type of unplanned consequences these tendencies are connected. The research will be concluded towards the end of 1972. The following hypotheses will be tested: (1) The lesser the possibilities to integrate practical procedures into the professional base of knowledge, the greater the loss of plausibility of the professional role at the beginning of the professional career. (2) The greater the incompatibility between expectations for control and structures of control performance, the more conflicts will occur in welfare organizations. (3) Patterns of adaptation will be adopted in the course of the professional career which enable a settlement of the discrepancies between occupational expectations of the social worker and restrictions of his organization. Such patterns of adaptation are the following: avoidance, organizational innovation, immunization of the base of knowledge and acceptance of bureaucratic role interpretations.

Balancing in the role of a professional family assistant – from a distanced concern to an institutional trap

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 59-78
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Szpunar
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Moral Dilemmas ◽  
Professional Role ◽  
Family Assistance ◽  
Social Pedagogy

The article unveils the complexity of the professional role of a family assistant as well as areas close to other social professions. In addition, it shows the character of social work, which has its roots in the assumptions of social pedagogy of the 60s of the 20th century, as well as, in a similar scope, in the current expectations for social workers. The statutory requirements of family assistance, practiced and desirable work styles of assistants in Poland are described. The article presents the situations and activities of an assistant when working with families. Emphasis is placed on the multidimensionality of assistants’ work. A family assistant, like a social worker or social educator, balances his/her professional role from an empathic attitude through a distanced care to the institutional trap. These dilemmas and paradoxes together with their types and areas are described. Moreover, the article shows examples of moral dilemmas and paradoxes of family assistants’ professional actions.

scholarly journals PERAN PEKERJA SOSIAL DALAM PENDAMPINGAN ANAK SEBAGAI SAKSI PADA PROSES PERADILAN PIDANA DI PENGADILAN NEGERI KLAS I A PADANG

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-210
Author(s):  
Lifiana Tanjung
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Research Result ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Cooperation Network ◽  
Social Worker Role

Professional Social Workers according to Article 1 paragraph (14) of Law Number 11 of 2012 on the Criminal Justice System of Children in the Class IA Court of Padang the child as a witness has been damping by social workers but in practice not all children who witnessed accompanied by social workers the. The problem discussed is how the role of Social Worker in Child assistant as Witness and constraint and optimization of social worker role in child assistance as witness to criminal justice process in Class Court of First Class A Padang Specification of this research is analytical descriptive research with sociological juridical approach. The data used are primary data and secondary data, The data obtained are analyzed qualitatively and presented in the form of analytical descriptive. Based on the research result, the role of social workers in assisting the child as witness in the judiciary is to make the child social report to be used as the guidance of the court hearing. Social workers should be able to make children express opinions and express themselves freely. Listen to the child's opinion of a criminal incident he / she has heard, seen and experienced by himself / herself. Social Workers should create an atmosphere of discussion that does not make children more cornered. The obstacles faced by social workers in their role as witness counselors are the limited number of social workers, scholarly backgrounds or non-supportive counselors, lack of cooperation network, time of implementation of assistance that is sometimes not in accordance with the plan, has no shelter for children so it should find a place of reference for the child. Optimizing the role of social workers in assisting children as witnesses is to equip judges on the understanding of social research

The Role of the Social Worker in a Rehabilitation Center for the Visually Handicapped

1976 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-71
Author(s):  
Raymond Blakeslee
Keyword(s):  
Full Advantage ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Rehabilitation Center ◽  
The Social ◽  
Visually Handicapped

The social worker in a rehabilitation center for the visually handicapped plays a vital role in helping the client to take full advantage of the services offered; however, this role is often imperfectly defined in planning programs. Problems and responsibilities faced by social workers are examined, and the functions of social workers in two agencies are presented.

Permanent Decision Making: Counseling Women for Sterilization

1982 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-81
Author(s):  
Judith Ross Goodman ◽  
Elizabeth Engeler Hiestand
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
The Social

Recognizing that individuals make few irrevocable decisions in a lifetime, the role of the social worker in helping clients evaluate contraceptive and fertility needs is one of paramount importance. Practice dilemmas for social workers and issues generated by sterilization requests are pinpointed and examined.

scholarly journals PERAN PEKERJA SOSIAL DALAM PENDAMPINGAN PSIKOSOSIAL ANAK KORBAN KEKERASAN SEKSUAL DI LEMBAGA KONSULTASI KESEJAHTERAAN KELUARGA (LK3) “MELATI” KABUPATEN KARAWANG

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-101
Author(s):  
Kartika Al Ashzim Kartika Al Ashzim
Keyword(s):  
Case Management ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Case Manager ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Public Places ◽  
Violence Against Children

Abstract Children are the forerunner of the birth of the next generation that will determine the fate of the nation. Today many children do not get what they are entitled to. That way, the frequent occurrence of violence against children that occurs both in schools, homes, and in public places is more attention to protect children from acts of violence, both physical, psychological and sexual violence. This is the background to understanding the role of social workers in mentoring children victims of sexual violence in LK3 "Melati". This study uses qualitative methods that are descriptive. The results of this study prove that LK3 social workers "Melati" provide assistance by consulting client cases and then referring to relevant institutions. So that the stages of mentoring are carried out using case management stages. The method applied by LK3 social worker "Melati" is casework and case management methods. Of the seven roles of social workers according to Zastrow, social workers at LK3 "Melati" use the role of a case manager in psychosocial assistance to children victims of sexual violence. AbstrakAnak merupakan cikal bakal lahirnya generasi penerus yang akan menentukan nasib bangsa. Saat ini banyak anak yang tidak mendapatkan apa yang menjadi haknya. Dengan begitu, sering terjadinya kekerasan terhadap anak yang terjadi baik di lingkungan  sekolah,  rumah, maupun di tempat umum menjadi perhatian lebih untuk dapat melindungi anak dari tindak kekerasan, baik kekerasan fisik, psikis maupun seksual. Hal tersebut menjadi latar belakang untuk memahami bagaimana peran pekerja sosial dalam pendampingan anak korban kekerasan seksual di LK3 “melati”. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif yang bersifat deskriptif. Hasil penelitian ini membuktikan bahwa pekerja sosial LK3 “melati” melakukan pendampingan dengan cara konsultasi kasus klien dan kemudian merujuk ke lembaga-lembaga yang terkait. Sehingga tahapan pendampingan yang dilakukan yaitu memakai tahapan manajemen kasus. Adapun metode yang diterapkan oleh pekerja sosial LK3 “Melati” adalah metode casework dan manajemen kasus. Dari ketujuh peran pekerja sosial menurut Zastrow, pekerja sosial di LK3 “Melati” lebih menggunakan peran sebagai case manager dalam melakukan pendampingan psikososial terhadap anak korban kekerasan seksual. 

scholarly journals Społeczna rola pracownika socjalnego: jej kształtowanie i odgrywanie w perspektywie dramaturgicznej Ervinga Goffmana

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 243-255
Author(s):  
Jesica Warzecha
Keyword(s):  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Erving Goffman ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Subject

The social role of social worker: its shaping and acting in Erving Goffman’s dramaturgical perspective The subject of the work is shaping and playing the social role of a social worker in the dramaturgical perspective of Erving Goffman. The article is based on the author’s own research carried out for the purposes of the BA thesis. A qualitative method was used, namely an in-depth interview and participant observation. The aim of the article is to describe and explain how the social role of a social worker is shaped and played in the light of Erving Goffman’s dramatic concept on the basis of research carried out at the Municipal Social Welfare Center. Social workers and students of social work participated in the study. The main hypotheses adopted in this work are the assumptions that the social role of a social worker is shaped and played by participation in performances with a defined interactive order, and that each of the performances contains a defined interactive order to which certain, constant elements are subordinated. The collected data was analyzed using the Atlas.ti qualitative analysis software. The research shows that social workers shape and play their social role by preparing in the backstage and during performances on stages, which are: studies, internships and professional work both in the center and in the field.

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