scholarly journals THE SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT OF CHILDREN FROM HOMELESS SHELTERS: AN AREA OF APPLICATION OF CRITICAL REFLEXIVITY IN SOCIAL WORK

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 568-573
Author(s):  
Kateřina Glumbíková ◽  
Alice Gojová ◽  
Soňa Vávrová ◽  
Barbora Gřundělová
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Adjustment ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Homeless Shelters ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Homeless Children ◽  
Close Link ◽  
Critical Reflexivity ◽  
The Social ◽  
Research Findings

On a global scale, the number of families with homeless children is growing. Foreign research shows that homelessness is linked to social adjustment problems. In the Czech Republic there are no surveys on social adjustment in the homeless children population. This article presents partial data from a research survey focused on the situation of homeless mothers with children residing in shelters. The article aims to find out how mothers residing with their children in homeless shelters in the city of Ostrava interpret the social adjustment of their children. The research strategy is qualitative, based on a participatory approach (cooperation with two peer researchers). 33 interviews and 6 focus groups were implemented as part of the research. The research findings also point to a close link between the situation of homelessness and social adjustment of homeless children in the Czech environment, namely as a result of the necessity of socialization in a specific environment with negative consequences on the parenting style and success in school of the children combined with their experience of domestic violence. The research findings imply in practice the need to apply the concept of critical reflexivity in social work with children from homeless shelters.

scholarly journals The Use of Metaphor as an Important Tool for Understanding Oppression

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Hillock
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
The Social ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Written Assignments ◽  
Systems Of Domination

Using an anti-oppressive practice (AOP) theoretical framework and an exploratory qualitative research design, featuring semi-structured interviews and written assignments, a group of ten social workers were asked to describe their understandings of the concept of oppression. The study found that, in the case of these particular social workers, they used metaphor as a key conceptualization process to more vividly describe and understand the concept of oppression within their social work practice. This article analyzes eight categories of metaphor themes the participants used to explain their understanding of oppression: (a) pressure; (b) earth; (c) quest; (d) nature of society;  (e) seeing; (f) building; (g) dancing; and (h) water. The research findings are intended to open up dialogue and thinking about the concept of oppression, increase our knowledge base and understandings of oppression within social work practice, and assist the social work profession to build a stronger conceptual framework for understanding and naming oppression with the end goal of assisting social workers to better respond to and resist systems of domination.

scholarly journals Street level society

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Vinum ◽  
Morten Nissen
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Young People ◽  
Social System ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Street Level ◽  
The Social ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Socially Excluded

This paper aims to reflect on research findings from different empirical studies of social work with young drug users and socially excluded young people in Copenhagen. In the paper we account for historical changes in social policy and interventions into young people's drug taking in Copenhagen, and we discuss some of the most central dilemmas in today's social work with young drug users. Among other things, we identify pervasive marginalizing dynamics in the social system that result partly from the deep-rooted cultural dichotomy between stigma and taboo that organizes the drug issue, and partly from the decentralizing and specializing efforts characteristic of the Danish welfare state and its institutions. We discuss a general turn towards street level interventions to address the problems of social exclusion, as well as different attempts to create what we term street level heterotopias - sites of alternate ordering - where issues of drug use and other social problems can be dealt with and objectified in more flexible ways and handled as part of ongoing social practices of everyday life.

scholarly journals Specific Needs of Families of Deaf Parents and Hearing Children

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 39-45
Author(s):  
Eva Klimentová ◽  
Vít Dočekal
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Family Roles ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Target Groups ◽  
Natural Family ◽  
The Social ◽  
Deaf Parents ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Hearing Children

The aim of the paper is to describe specific aspects of deaf parenting of hearing children, based on an interpretation of research findings concerning the target group. Deaf parents, isolated from the verbally communicating majority by their sensory disability, face the challenge of raising and preparing hearing children for life. Our research based on semi-structured interviews with both deaf parents and hearing children demonstrates, however, that these parents do not primarily describe their parenthood as difficult or complicated. They are reconciled to their handicap and its consequences and use tools in the social environment to overcome the disadvantages of deaf parenting. Some “children” (all our respondents were adults reflecting on their childhood) describe, in contrast, their experience as a gradual reverse of natural family roles, with children eventually navigating their parents around the hearing world. These results indicate the need for further activities with these target groups in social work.

SOCIAL WORK IN THE CONTEXT OF CYBERBULLYING WITH REGARD TO SLOVAK REPUBLIC

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 303-316
Author(s):  
Miroslav Gejdoš ◽  
Silvia Kováčiková
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Online Harassment ◽  
Virtual Groups ◽  
Almost Everywhere ◽  
The Social

The aim of the undertaken topic is to analyze the phenomenon of cyberbullying in the context of social work, victimological problems, and the analysis of the online harassment process. The authors present the issue of cyberbullying in terms of definition and from the point of view of international researchers of this issue to highlight the possibility of discussing the topic of creating a social work profession in a school environment in the Slovak Republic. The authors identify participants in cyberbullying, i.e. an aggressor and a victim of cyberbullying from a social work perspective. The negative consequences of cyberbullying on the growth and development of children and youth and the social prevention of cyberbullying are shown in the article. Nowadays, in the Slovak Republic, ownership of a computer and constant Internet connection is no privilege. Everyone can use a computer, from children, students, and adults to seniors. Computers are almost everywhere. The possibilities of using the Internet are constantly expanding. For many people, computers become irreplaceable, some people are working via the Internet. Recently, social networks are becoming more and more popular, people come together in various virtual groups and share information about themselves. However, this increases the risk of misuse of information entrusted. It creates all sorts of phenomena, called cyberbullying.

Searching for Poverty-aware Social Work: Discourse Analysis of Job Descriptions

2010 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 313-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
MICHAL KRUMER-NEVO ◽  
IDIT WEISS-GAL ◽  
LIA LEVIN
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Job Descriptions ◽  
Professional Discourse ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Political Perspective ◽  
The Social ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Textual Silence

AbstractThis article aims to enrich the current limited body of knowledge regarding social work professional discourse. More specifically, it seeks to examine the extent and ways in which the social work intra-profession discourse, as it is manifested in formal job descriptions of social workers in Israel, reflects the commitment to working with people living in poverty and to confronting poverty. We provide a brief review of the concept of professional discourse and the role of formal job descriptions in this discourse in general, and in Israel in particular. ‘Poverty-aware social work’ is then conceptualised. Against this background, we analysed 75 job descriptions in order to ascertain whether, and in what ways, references to poverty appear in defining client populations, in directions for assessing their situation, and in defining the goals and methods of professional intervention. The research findings reflect a textual silence in relation to poverty issues in job descriptions. The analysis of poverty-related sub-topics in these documents suggests that job descriptions offer, and simultaneously reproduce a conservative and a-political perspective on poverty and on social work practice with people living in poverty.

Beta Testing in Social Work

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-168
Author(s):  
Dorian E. Traube ◽  
Stephanie Begun ◽  
Robin Petering ◽  
Marilyn L. Flynn
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Consumer Markets ◽  
The Social ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Beta Testing

The field of social work does not currently have a widely adopted method for expediting innovations into micro- or macropractice. Although it is common in fields such as engineering and business to have formal processes for accelerating scientific advances into consumer markets, few comparable mechanisms exist in the social sciences or social services. Given that beta testing is successfully used to scale innovation in business and engineering, why is there no method for beta testing in social work? Could this be the reason that innovations in social work practice remain decades behind scientific research findings? This article explores reasons for the scarcity of options for scaling innovation in the field of social work and proposes a method for shortening development cycles for social work innovations to ensure that advances reach consumers—and ultimately improve their lives—more quickly.

scholarly journals Does grooming facilitate the development of Stockholm syndrome? The social work practice implications

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 47-56
Author(s):  
Shirley J. Jülich ◽  
Eileen B. Oak
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Critical Reflexivity ◽  
The Social ◽  
Stockholm Syndrome ◽  
Actuarial Risk ◽  
The Relationship

INTRODUCTION: This article focuses on the problem of risk instrumentalism in social work and the way it can erode the relationship-based nature of practice and with it, the kinds of critical reflexivity required for remedial interventions to keep children safe.METHOD: By exploring the relationship between the process of grooming and the condition known as Stockholm syndrome, the article seeks to address this problem by offering some concepts to inform a critical understanding of case dynamics in the sexual abuse of children which can explain the reluctance of victim-survivors to disclose.FINDINGS: Beginning with an overview of the development of actuarial risk assessment (ARA) tools the article examines the grooming process in child sexual abuse contexts raising the question: “Is grooming a facilitator of Stockholm syndrome?” and seeks to answer it by examining the precursors and psychological responses that constitute both grooming and Stockholm syndrome.CONCLUSION: The article identifies the underlying concepts that enable an understanding of the dynamics of child sexual abuse, but also identifies the propensity of practitioners to be exposed to some of the features of Stockholm syndrome.

scholarly journals Directions in Veterinary Social Work

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 633-651
Author(s):  
Sana Loue ◽  
Aviva Lauren Vincent
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Conflict Management ◽  
Compassion Fatigue ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Professional Associations ◽  
The Social ◽  
Interdisciplinary Nature ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Animal Violence

This article introduces readers to the emerging and growing field of veterinary social work. The article provides a definition of veterinary social work and presents an overview of current research findings relating to the various domains that comprise the field: animal-assisted interventions, the link between human and animal violence, animal-related grief and bereavement, compassion fatigue, and conflict management. Additional topics explored include the interdisciplinary nature of the field, the social work host settings, and relevant professional associations and organizations. Ethical issues arising in the practice of veterinary social work are discussed.

scholarly journals Ethnic diversity fosters the social integration of refugee students

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zsófia Boda ◽  
Georg Lorenz ◽  
Malte Jansen ◽  
Petra Stanat ◽  
Aileen Edele
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Integration ◽  
Social Adjustment ◽  
Ethnic Diversity ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Success Factor ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Refugee Students ◽  
Refugee Youth ◽  
The Social

Abstract Refugee migration has become a global megatrend, and many asylum seekers are school-aged. As social integration is a key to their well-being and success, it is pivotal to determine factors that promote the social integration of refugee youth within schools. Using a large, nationally representative social network dataset of 39,154 students in 1,807 classrooms across Germany, we examine the social relationships of refugee adolescents with their peers. We find that, overall, refugee adolescents are less accepted by their classmates than their peers from other minority groups and the German majority. Crucially, however, ethnic diversity is a success factor in refugee students’ social integration: they have more friends and are less often rejected as desk mates in more diverse classrooms. Descriptive and multivariate methods for social network analysis reveal that this effect results from two basic processes: 1) more opportunities to meet other ethnic minority peers, who are more accepting of refugees in general, and 2) a significantly higher acceptance of refugee adolescents by ethnic majority peers in more diverse settings. This work provides a scientific basis for organizing future allocations of young refugees to classrooms in ways that promote their social adjustment and mitigate the negative consequences of prejudice and intergroup bias.

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