scholarly journals Public Perception about Social Work Profession

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 177
Author(s):  
Fatbardha Osmanaga
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Public Information ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social

The perception of social work profession is very important, because there are people that are beneficiaries of social services. So, if we have positive perceptions, will have a strong relationship between social workers and people and the quality of services will be better.We have a quantitative study. The main purpose of the paper is to know the public information and perception about the social work profession. The research questions of the paper are:1.What is the information of Shkodra citizens regarding the social work profession?2.What is the perceptionof Shkodra citizens about the social work profession?3.What is the opinion of Shkodra citizens regarding the areas of social work?4.What is the opinion of Shkodra citizens regarding the roles of the social worker?The population of the study is composed of residents of the city of Shkodra. The sampling consists of people who have reached the age of 18. It is sed the survey method. A questionnaire composed of four parts is used. The first part includes the demographic data of the participants, the second part includes data about the information of participants for social work profession, the third part includes data related to the perception that they have regarding social work profession and the fourth part includes data about the opinion of the participants for the fields and roles of the social workers.The syrvey was created on the basis of different sources. There are given the coclusions and the appropriate suggestions. Keywords: Shkodra city, social work, public perception.

Social Work and Public Social Services Practice: A Status Report

1996 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Gibelman ◽  
Philip H. Schervish
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Labor Force ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Additional Data ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Status Report ◽  
The Public ◽  
Education Experience ◽  
The Social

The authors review the current status of the social work labor force within the public sector by means of an analysis of the National Association of Social Workers member data base for 1988 and 1991, with additional data drawn from a 1993 member survey. Changes in the proportion and composition of the public social services labor force are documented, including education, experience, gender, and ethnicity. The decreasing professional social work labor force within public social services is discussed within the context of the realities of public social services practice and social work's historic place within this sector. The authors encourage debate about the implications of these trends, focusing on whether social work should influence labor-force trends or be influenced by them.

scholarly journals The Perception of Social Workers in the N-E Area of Romania on Supervision

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 224
Author(s):  
Elena Unguru
Keyword(s):  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Control Dimension

The supervision relationship is a long-lasting evaluation, oriented towards a number of purposes: improving the professional activity of supervised persons, monitoring the quality of services provided by practitioners, and promoting professional practice in general. The aim of the research is to analyze the main axes of the social construction of the supervision of social services in public institutions for child protection in the N - E area of Romania. The research was based on the questionnaire survey and was carried out between October 2018 and January 2019 in the public social work institutions in Bacău, Botosani, Iaşi, Suceava, Neamţ, Vaslui counties. Social workers prefer the supportive side to the administrative one, while supervision managers put the focus on the control dimension, but accompanied by the formative one.

GuiMarket

2010 ◽  
pp. 1193-1205
Author(s):  
M. Manuela Cruz-Cunha ◽  
António Tavares ◽  
Isabel Miranda
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
The Public ◽  
Goal Definition ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cost Efficient ◽  
The U.S

The healthcare sector has been continuously growing in importance in the past years throughout the entire world, and particularly in most Western countries and the U.S., where we witness an increase of expenditure in health per capita every year. This is related to many aspects of contemporary society, including an increase in life expectancy, the public demand for a better quality of life and better health services. This must be met with more cost-efficient approaches, and new technology-based solutions for providing health and other services. The chapter contextualizes the utilization of electronic marketplaces (e-marketplaces) for the social and healthcare sectors, how this field has been evolving in recent years, current challenges and trends, and their contribut to society. The authors also discuss a pilot project of an e-marketplace for healthcare and social services currently being developed in the Guimarães Municipality, including its goal, definition and implementation, as well as the commercially available enabling technology and tools.

Public Perception on the Role of Kiai in Yogyakarta

2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 133
Author(s):  
Marmiati Mawardi
Keyword(s):  
Public Perception ◽  
Religious Life ◽  
Social Background ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
People’S Perception ◽  
Special Region

<p><em>Thi</em><em>s paper is a summary of the research conducted in the province of Special Region of Yogyakarta, and put people in the Yogyakarta City, Sleman Regency and Kulonprogo Regency as sample. This research aimed to discribe people’s perception of the of kiai (Islamic scholars) in the field of empowerment for improving the quality of religious life and increasing religious harmony in Special Region of Yogyakarta. The analysis results showed that the kiai has considerable role for improving the religious diversity among community and improve the quality of religious harmony. The public view on the dimension of beliefs, rituals and social very negative an relatively small. This reality showed that Yogyakarta people’s religious knowledge was quite diverse, so there is a different perception. People’s perception of the role of kiai in improving the quality of religious life and religious harmony based on the social background of respondents of all categories, respondents said that kiai have positive role.</em></p>

scholarly journals KUALITAS PELAYANAN PUBLIK DALAM PEMBUATAN IZIN TRAYEK OLEH DLLAJ KABUPATEN BOGOR

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Tedi Helmi ◽  
R. Akhmad Munjin ◽  
Irma Purnamasari
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
The Public ◽  
Delivery Performance ◽  
Score Analysis ◽  
Independent Variable

The purpose of this study is: To determine the quality of service route permits by DLLAJ Bogor. The method used in this study is a survey method, whereas other types of research using descriptive method of research was conducted to determine the value of an independent variable, either one or more variables (independent) without making comparisons, or connect with other variables. The population in this study is the number of recipients of route permits issued by DLLAJ Bogor district of 72 tracks with as many as 6699 route. The sampling technique that uses Simple Random Sampling method. Analysis of the data in this study is a quantitative analysis using Likert Scale and Weight Means Score analysis formula. The results showed that the public perception of the effectiveness of service of route permits by DLLAJ Bogor Regency has been performing well, with a total score of 3.45. This means that the service delivery route permits by DLLAJ Bogor Regency indicates that the level of service has been good, but still needs to be improved in terms of both efficiency and its participatory Keyword: Quality, Service Delivery, Performance, Route Permit,

scholarly journals The ‘quality’ of social work students in England: a genealogy of discourse 2002–18

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joe Hanley
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Fast Track ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
The Self ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Discursive Formation ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Social

Students entering university-based social work qualifying education are increasingly constructed in policy as lacking in quality. This article presents a genealogy of discourse examining major reports and policy documents in England from 2002 to 2018 in order to understand how the dominant discourse around these students has changed since the introduction of the social work degree as the minimum qualification for practice. Key findings from the genealogy are that the quality of students has increasingly been described in negative terms, and this is linked in the discourse to a lack of employer involvement and the poor public perception of the profession. Fast-track social work qualifying programmes are presented as the self-evident answer to these issues within this discursive formation. However, it is ultimately shown that the current discursive direction may actually be leading to a self-fulfilling prophecy that deters students from joining the social work profession through any qualifying route.

scholarly journals PENGARUH LINGKUNGAN KERJA SOSIAL TERHADAP KINERJA KARYAWAN DIREKTORAT AKADEMIK DI SEBUAH PERGURUAN TINGGI DI INDONESIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 201
Author(s):  
Abdul Holid ◽  
Rini Intansari Meilani
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Good State ◽  
The Social ◽  
Simple Regression Analysis

Social work environment is one of the dimensions of work environment which has been proven empirically to have a positive and significant influence on the employees’ performance, as presented in this article. By using explanatory survey method, a research intended to find out the influence of social work environment on employees’ performance was carried out by administering a set of Likert scale questionnaires to 30 employees of an academic directorate of a higher education institution in Indonesia. The results of descriptive statistical analysis showed that the variables under study were in very good state. Simple regression analysis confirmed that the social work environment had a positive and significant influence on the employees’ performance. To increase the influential relationships between the two variables, the quality of the relationships among the employees as an essential element of social work environment must be constantly taken into the consideration of the institution and be mproved so that the constructed social work environment can optimally support the quality of the employees’ performance.ABSTRAKLingkungan kerja sosial adalah salah satu dimensi lingkungan kerja yang ada disetiap institusi yang telah terbukti secara empiris memiliki pengaruh yang positif dan signifikan terhadap kinerja karyawan, seperti yang dipaparkan dalam artikel ini. Dengan menggunakan metode survey eksplanasi, sebuah penelitian yang ditujukan untuk mengetahui pengaruh dari lingkungan kerja sosial terhadap kinerja karyawan dilakukan dengan menyebarkan kuesioner yang dikembangkan dengan model skala likert kepada 30 orang karyawan direktorat akademik pada sebuah perguruan tinggi di Indonesia. Hasil analisa statistik deskriptif menunjukkan bahwa lingkungan kerja sosial dan kinerja karyawan berada pada kategori sangat baik. Analisa regresi sederhana pun menunjukkan bahwa lingkungan kerja sosial memiliki pengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap kinerja karyawan. Untuk meningkatkan keterkaitan pengaruh diantara kedua variabel, kualitas hubungan sesama karyawan sebagai bagian yang essential dari lingkungan kerja sosial harus terus diperhatikan oleh institusi dan ditingkatkan sehingga lingkungan kerja sosial yang tercipta dapat secara optimal mendukung kualitas kinerja karyawan.

scholarly journals Social work in the public services in Brazil - disclosing ruling relations in a local context

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-146
Author(s):  
Trond Heitmann
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Local Context ◽  
The Public ◽  
Professional Careers ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship

This article about social workers in the public social services in Brazil explores professional social work practice through the subjective standpoint of the social workers. Inspired by institutional ethnography, this approach explicates how understandings of social work are interpreted and implemented in various contexts. The findings show that the formalization of the relationship with the employer through contracts of employment implicate that the disciplinary normative definitions of social work succumb to institutional regulations, which are not necessarily discipline specific. In addition, the temporary character of the contracts of employment makes the social workers align their practice to institutional frameworks and demands, as they are personally interested in renewal of the contracts and the maintenance of their professional careers. With this approach, disciplinary, political, ideological, legal and moral definitions of social work are not viewed as the essences of social work, but rather as contextual processes that are locally activated in different contexts. At the same time, it underscores social work as a political profession which should naturally include interventions on political, juridical, economic and organizational levels. Consequently, professional social work is not one thing, nor only one profession, but rather professional practices adapted to a variation of contexts. This perspective is significant to help detect areas of intervention for social change.

scholarly journals Social (Im)Mobility and Social Work with Families with Children. Case Study of a Disadvantaged Microregion in Hungary

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 184
Author(s):  
Andrea Rácz ◽  
Dorottya Sik
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Mobility ◽  
Talent Development ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Social ◽  
Services And Supports ◽  
Families With Children

The aim of this study was to analyze the perception of families and concerned social workers. The research was conducted in an underprivileged and disadvantaged microregion in North Hungary. The main focus was on the available health, educational, child welfare, and social services and supports. The starting point was to enquire about the target group’s knowledge of these services. The study examined the extent to which social work is able to provide support to disadvantaged, marginalized families with children and the way the dysfunctional operation of the system contributes to the perpetuation of the clients’ living conditions. Analyzing the quality of these services and supports is crucial to understanding the social mobility opportunities of the children living in this microregion. The results show that without capability and talent development for the children and given the lack of welfare services, the social mobility opportunities of these families are extremely low in Hungary.

scholarly journals Crossing borders: key features of migrant social workers in New Zealand

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 16-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Bartley ◽  
L. Beddoe ◽  
J. Duke ◽  
C. Fouché ◽  
P. Harington ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Border Crossing ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Key Features

The emergence of a mobile, professional social work workforce, successfully managing the demands of service-users, policy makers and the public at large in different countries across the globe, provides unprecedented opportunities for professional border-crossing. It is timely to generate New Zealand-specific data on professionals employed in the social services workforce in New Zealand so as to inform educational and institutional responses to this complex phenomenon. A study that seeks to develop a profile of migrant social workers in New Zealand and key issues experienced by these professionals, is underway. This article reports on the first phase of the project, comprising an examination of the key features of registered social workers in New Zealand with an overseas social work qualification and a review of issues and challenges faced by migrant professionals more generally, and by migrant social workers in particular. 

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