Social Service Evaluation: A Research Problem or Problematical Research?

A group of Indigenous health and social service evaluators called the “Three Ribbon” panel came together in Toronto, Canada with the goal of informing a set of evidence-based guidelines for urban Indigenous health and social service and program evaluation. The collective knowledge and experiences of the Three Ribbon panel was gathered through discussion circles and synthesized around the following areas: barriers with conducting Indigenous health and social service evaluation; decolonizing principles and protocols that support community self-determination and centralize Indigenous culture and worldviews; and guidelines to inform health and social service evaluation moving forward. The wisdom and contributions of the Three Ribbon Panel creates space for Indigenous worldviews, values and beliefs within program evaluation practice and has important implications for evaluation research and application.

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SOCIAL SERVICES AS A SOCIAL INVESTMENT ON THE EXAMPLE OF A NEW INSTITUUTION OF SOCIAL CENTERS IN POLAND, FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE SOCIAL WORKERS

SOCIETY INTEGRATION EDUCATION Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference ◽

10.17770/sie2021vol6.6344 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 ◽

pp. 65-78

Author(s):

Mirosław Grewiński ◽

Marek Kawa

Keyword(s):

Labor Markets ◽

Social Workers ◽

Social Services ◽

Empirical Research ◽

Social Service ◽

Research Problem ◽

Social Investment ◽

Main Research ◽

The Social ◽

The Family

The aim of the article is to present the empirical research conducted among Polish social workers in November of 2020 on the newly created institution named in Polish - - Centrum Usług Społecznych, CUS (Social Service Centers). The article also presents the theoretical framework, but mostly the authors focus on presenting empirical research of 79 social welfare centers in Poland. The main research problem proposed within the article was how social workers perceive the creation of a new institution in municipalities - social service centers and what deficits and strengths they see in the field of creating new social services, that meet new challenges such as aging of society, transformations of labor markets and changes within the family, ecological threats and new pandemics.

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