Nächstenliebe als berechenbare Dienstleistung

2005 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes Eurich
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Professional Standards ◽  
Economic Rationality ◽  
Basic Change ◽  
A Value ◽  
Welfare Institutions

Abstract The introduction of market principles creates a basic change in managing instruments of social services. The economic rationality is often not mediated with rationalities of professional standards or theological programs. Due to economical pressure, it becomes more and more difficult to maintain a value oriented service. On top of this, the function of ecclesiastical welfare institutions as an advocate for socially week people is in danger to get lost. Looking for answers, the article concentrates on presently discussed concepts of restructuring institutions of church welfare. These concepts are contrasted by actual developments within the domain of church welfare.

scholarly journals What the Public Think about Social Services: A Report from Scotland

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 1146-1166
Author(s):  
Trish McCulloch ◽  
Stephen Webb
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Service Workers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Welfare Institutions ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Two Stages

Abstract This article reports on findings of a government-funded research project which set out to understand what the public think about social services in Scotland. The authors were particularly keen to examine issues of legitimacy, trust and licence to operate for social services as they are framed in public perceptions. Drawing on a national online survey of 2,505 nationally representative adults, the findings provide the first and largest empirical data set on public perceptions of social services in Scotland. Data analysis occurred in two stages and employed descriptive statistical measurement and cross-tabulation analysis. The findings indicate that, overall, people in Scotland are positive about social services and the value of their impact on society. Furthermore, they believe that social services perform a valuable public role. These findings are significant for debates surrounding social services and suggest that the Scottish public has a more positive view of social services than social service workers and welfare institutions typically perceive. The findings demonstrate the need to develop a more theoretically rich understanding of the relationships between public perception, legitimacy and social licence in social services, including attention to co-productive models of engagement.

Can you fall in love with old age?

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 161-176
Author(s):  
Izabela Zapalska
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Institutional Support ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
A Value ◽  
Selection Of

This text addresses the perception of old age in the 21st century. The aim of the article is to draw attention to the issue of the diverse perception of aging and old age. The addressees of the article are employees of social services, NGO activists, the elderly and their caregivers, people who contribute to the environment in which the elderly live, as well as students of medical, social sciences and pedagogical fields of studies. The selection of literature for this study was not accidental, as the authors of selected works are the elite of world gerontology, andragogy, pedagogy, psychology, sociology, whose main area of scientific interest are issues related to old age and the aging process. These include: Aleksander Kamiński, Zofia Szarota, Artur Fabiś, Barbara Szatur-Jawoska, Paul Baltes and others. The article attempts to show old age as a period of heyday and living it in a dignified rather than chronological way. In addition, the advantages and disadvantages and of this period of human life are presented, as wells as recognised examples of good practice, institutional support and non-institutional support.. The text highlights some of the determinants that are characteristic for ageing and old age, such as: successful ageing, graceful ageing and quality of life. Such an approach to the problem helps to reflect more deeply on the issue raised, while helping to exclude metastereotypes and contribute to treating old age as a value. It will also make us reflect on the passage of time and on the last period of life, which does not have to fill us with fear, being scared of the unknown, a sense of helplessness, and for which we should learn and prepare throughout our life. The article also highlights two very important facts that old age cannot be confined, and its limits cannot be defined, as well as the heterogeneity of this social group, which does not allow for the development of a single model of old age, which would become a model used by the sciences dealing with this field of study. Finally, an attempt was made to answer the key question – Can you fall in love with old age?

scholarly journals Aroha: ‘Loving’ within a statutory and bi-cultural residential environment

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew I Sutherland
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
English Word ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Professional Standards ◽  
Quarter Century ◽  
Social Pedagogy ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Early Colonial ◽  
Residential Staff ◽  
The Relationship

‘Aroha’, as the closest Maori language equivalent of the English word ‘love’, is a concept now ingrained in practice ideals for youth residential work in Aotearoa/New Zealand, as part of a wider social services framework. This has been a purposeful shift over the last quarter century to align with the principle of bi-cultural partnership in social policy, the intentions of which can be traced to early colonial times. ‘Aroha’ will be explored as an appropriate, cross-cultural residential practice path in the relationship between young people and residential staff. Observations of how this ‘love’ has been put into practice while maintaining professional standards will be highlighted, alongside discussion of how this might interweave with similar strands of thought from the discipline of social pedagogy.

scholarly journals Recommendations of the Distance Meeting “Regional and Municipal Practices of Implementation of Professional Standards in Social Services”

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 130-135
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Professional Standards ◽  
Educational Services ◽  
State University ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Moscow State University

In fulfillment of the order of Governmental Сouncil for the Social Patronage Сhair O.Yu. Golodets on the implementation of interdepartmental models of pro- viding social and educational services in testing and implementation of social services professional standards, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education with support of Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Russian Federation held a distant alignment meeting (webinar) “Regional and Municipal Practices of Implementation of Social Services Professional Standards” on February 26, 2016. Participants of the alignment meeting made recommendations on the organization of the transition of social sphere organizations in the regions of the Russian Federation to the dealing according to social services professional standards, including the development and implementation of region roadmap for professional standards testing in the 2016–2018, professional and public discussion of regional models and regulations of interdepartmental interac- tion while providing social and educational services.

scholarly journals Panacea, placebo or prudence: Perspectives and constraints for corporate dialogue

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 219-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Øyvind Ihlen ◽  
Abbey Levenshus
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Main Argument ◽  
Economic Rationality ◽  
A Value ◽  
Systemic Level

Public relations has long been preoccupied with the notion of dialogue, and the advent of social media ushered in new enthusiasm. Still, despite the technology on offer and the fact that dialogue has become a value that ‘everyone’ embraces, most research concludes that little actual dialogue takes place between corporations and their stakeholders. Scholars have pointed to a host of different factors to explain this, ranging from practitioners’ lack of time to their lack of understanding of what dialogue is. This article discusses perspectives on corporate dialogue with a focus on the constraints identified in the literature, before presenting the main argument that not enough attention has been paid to the macro limits at the systemic level. The article issues a call to locate dialogue attempts within a system where a limited economic rationality reigns, which, in turn, constrains what individual practitioners can achieve.

Challenges of municipal community work

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Witold Mandrysz ◽  
Marek Perlinski ◽  
Lars Evertsson
Keyword(s):  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Project Work ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Welfare Institutions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Pros And Cons

This chapter focuses on the pros and cons of involving professional social workers, employed in municipal social services, as animators of local community organising projects in urban, socially and economically degraded residential areas. Such projects aim at the active inclusion of inhabitants in improving their own situation and to promote social development. Local authorities can face great difficulties when using their own staff as the driving force of local community organising. The main difficulty is that many inhabitants have a negative attitude towards welfare institutions and frequently refuse to cooperate. The fact that the social workers are animating the project work for the local authority complicates the situation.

scholarly journals Model Sistem Rujukan Gelandangan dan Pengemis di Camp Assesment Dinas Sosial DIY

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-54
Author(s):  
Asep Jahidin ◽  
Sarif
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
System Model ◽  
Referral System ◽  
Case Conference ◽  
Welfare Institutions ◽  
Medical Health ◽  
The Government

This article disucesses referral system model of beggars and homeless treatment as part of social problems solution in Yogyakarta. The government of Yogyakarta has published the Special Regulation of Yogyakarta, among others Regulation No. 16 of 1956, (16/1956) and Provincial Regulation No. 1 year 2014 on Handling Homeless and Beggars. The goal is doing outreach to prevent homeless and beggars in cooperation with the police, Provincial Satpol PP and Dinsosnakertrans in Yogyakarta province are Kota, Sleman, Bantul, Gunung Kidul, and Kulonprogo utilizing Social Service Assessment Camp for identification and assessment. Camp Assessment is a temporary shelter for homeless and beggars (Gepeng). The finding shows that in the Assesment Camp, these groups have access to social services in the form of basic needs, medical health and coaching/guidance. In addition, social services guidance or coaching provided by the Assesment Camp for the sprawl is in the form of guidance of motivation, sports, religion, art, Mental Social and Citizenship. Upon obtaining social services, clients are involved in Case Conference meetings to determine whether a client can be repatriated or referred to social welfare institutions in accordance with the client’s source system. The research utilises a qualitative approach by field research and literature review. This article suggests for instensification of supervision and monitoring on the program to ensure sustainability aspect. Keywords: assessment, homeless, beggars, social services assessment camp, referral system model.

scholarly journals Idea „otwartej administracji publicznej”. Sfera oczekiwań i odczuć

Prawo ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 327 ◽  
pp. 17-25
Author(s):  
Jolanta Blicharz
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Economic Rationality ◽  
Market Mechanisms ◽  
The Public ◽  
Mutual Relations ◽  
Civil Sector

The idea of “open public administration”: The sphere of expectations and feelingsThe positive value of “open administration” will depend on whether the mutual relations between the public and the civil sector will be truly authentic or rather will be based on instrumentalization on the part of public sector. However, the most important issue connected with the application of market mechanisms in the fi eld of social services is related to the confl ict of values. This confl ict manifests itself in the collision of economic rationality professionalization of social services systems with the spirit of civil society based on solidarity, cooperation and trust.

scholarly journals Finnish social services students’ perceptions of purpose and helping unknown others

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Niina Manninen ◽  
Elina Kuusisto ◽  
Kirsi Tirri
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Good Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Life Purpose ◽  
A Value ◽  
The Social ◽  
Helping Others ◽  
Personal Level ◽  
Social Level

This mixed methods study introduces the concept of purpose in the social pedagogical education of Finnish social services students ( N = 151). The aim of this study is to specify the purpose profiles of the students and to investigate how students with different profiles define the intended outcome of having a purpose in life and why they want to help unknown others. Three purpose profiles are identified: dabbler, purposeful and dreamer. Most of the social services students appear to be dabblers, who differ from the purposeful group in that they keep searching for new purposes in life. Purposeful students were the most able to address values as their guiding principles in life, although what was most important for students in all profiles was to pursue a pleasant life rather than a value-driven or some form of good life. Purposeful students also specified value-based helping goals more than others and felt that their own well-being was the key to helping others. The study points out that students’ awareness of their values and purposes should be promoted during their social pedagogical education. Most students might not be aware why they are pursuing a helping profession. Students could be supported in identifying helping unknown others as their life purpose in order to promote their wellbeing, satisfaction at work and wider understanding of the personal level and social level impacts of helping.

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