A Study on the Job Experience in Social Enterprise for Social Service Provider

2015 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
hyun ju Kang ◽  
Eun Eui Yim
Keyword(s):  
Social Service ◽  
Service Provider ◽  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Job Experience ◽  
Social Service Provider

A new method to identify collaborative partners in social service provider networks

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 565-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Sun ◽  
Wenan Tan ◽  
Lingxia Li ◽  
Weiming Shen ◽  
Zhuming Bi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Service ◽  
Service Provider ◽  
New Method ◽  
Provider Networks ◽  
Social Service Provider

An integrative transformative service framework to improve engagement in a social service ecosystem: the case of He Waka Tapu

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (4/5) ◽  
pp. 423-437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Hepi ◽  
Jeff Foote ◽  
Jörg Finsterwalder ◽  
Moana-o-Hinerangi Moana-o-Hinerangi ◽  
Sue Carswell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Service ◽  
Service Provider ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Service Research ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Social Service Provider

Purpose This study aims to understand the engagement between an indigenous social service provider and marginalised clients deemed “hard-to-reach” to gain an insight into how to improve the client’s engagement and well-being through transformative value co-creation. Design/methodology/approach The exploratory study’s findings draw on primary data employing a qualitative research approach through document analysis and in-depth interviews with clients, social workers and stakeholders of the focal social service provider in New Zealand. Findings The findings indicate that there are inhibitors and enablers of value or well-being co-creation. The lack of client resources and a mismatch between client and social worker are primary barriers. Other actors as well as cultural practices are identified as enablers of well-being improvement. Research limitations/implications This research reports on a single social service provider and its clients. These findings may not be readily transferrable to other contexts. Practical implications Findings indicate that social service providers require a heightened awareness of the inhibitors and enablers of social service co-creation. Social implications Both the integrative framework and the findings provide a sound critique of the prevailing policy discourse surrounding the stigmatisation of members of society deemed “hard-to-reach” and the usefulness of such an approach when aiming at resolving social issues. Originality/value This is the first exploratory study that reports on the engagement between a social service provider and its clients in a dedicated Māori (indigenous) context by employing an integrative research approach combining transformative service research, activity theory and engagement theory.

Lay Help for the Caregivers of Demented Outpatients: Impact on Health Status of Patients, Caregivers and Lay Helpers

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (S1) ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
G. Stoppe ◽  
V. Paseka ◽  
R. Knaus
Keyword(s):  
Informed Consent ◽  
Social Service ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Control Group ◽  
International Studies ◽  
Memory Clinic ◽  
Social Service Provider ◽  
Caregiver Interventions ◽  
Caregiver Role ◽  
The Impact

International studies showed that caregiver interventions are efficacious especially when they provide the possibility to be free from caregiver role for some hours. Up to now there is no research available concerning the impact on the psychological and physical health of the involved persons.In a program developed by the memory clinic of University of Goettingen, Germany, and a diaconic social service provider, 64 lay helpers were trained for their role in a 40-hours-course. after informed consent, at three times (T0, T1 (after 6 months), T2 (after 1 year), lay helpers, caregivers and the demented patients were interviewed and standard scales were used (SCL-90, BDI, MMSE, GDS, BEHAVE-AD, NOSGER, IADL, RuD, Adult Attachment Scale etc.).31 demented patients were included, however from only 16 results at T2 could be obtained. Most patients werde moderately to severely impaired. However, during the study, their mood, mobility and circadian stability improved. the situation of the caregivers remained stable, the lay helpers showed no “negative” trends except for the result that their attitude to ageing significantly deteriorated.The data should be interpreted with caution because of the low number of persons included and the lack of a control group. in addition lay help is typically variable and other external factors might influence the results. However, because of the broad range of parameters investigated, interesting results are nevertheless worth discussion.

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