PECULIARITIES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL EMPOWERMENT AMONG SOCIAL WORKERS AND SOCIAL PEDAGOGUES IN THE CONTEXT OF CLIENTS’ SOCIAL INTEGRITY PROBLEMS

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 95-103
Author(s):  
Albina Kepalaitė ◽  
Asta Vaitkeviciene ◽  
Darius Gerulaitis
Keyword(s):  
Social Workers ◽  
Psychological Empowerment ◽  
Work Organisation ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Social Pedagogues

The importance of psychological empowerment with regard to employee behaviour and results of their activities was disclosed in various research. However, there is a lack of data about peculiarities of empowerment among specialists, aiming to empower subjects of their professional activities. These data would be helpful for social workers’ and social pedagogues’ work organisation, qualification, acquiring necessary skills for solving different needs of clients. Thus, the aim of this study is to disclose the peculiarities of social workers’ and social pedagogues’ psychological empowerment with regard to their clients’ social integrity problems, which they need to solve.

scholarly journals Peculiarities of Social Workers’ and Social Pedagogues’ Psychological Empowerment in the Aspects of Self-Determination Theory and Demographic Variables

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (8) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Albina Kepalaite ◽  
Asta Vaitkevičienė ◽  
Eglė Drungėlaitė
Keyword(s):  
Social Workers ◽  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Psychological Empowerment ◽  
Social Assistance ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Social Pedagogues ◽  
Sense Of Power

<p>Social workers’ and social pedagogues’ sense of power is very important for providing social assistance and support to clients and learners. Sense of power depends on meeting the needs of autonomy, competence and relatedness. Failure to meet these needs due to lack of reward, punishments or cultural rituals causes reduces or completely restricts the subjective experience of power, increasing defensiveness and psychopathology. Social workers and social pedagogues provide social assistance and support to their clients and learners based on the empowerment strategy. It is therefore important to investigate whether the very social workers and social pedagogues feel empowered. This study aims to disclose social workers’ and social pedagogues’ psychological empowerment peculiarities with regard to demographic characteristics, gender, profession, qualification category and the occupied share of the post.</p>

scholarly journals Practical Experience in the Formation of Gender Culture of Social Specialists in Non-formal Adult Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 81-88
Author(s):  
Olena Beloliptseva ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Social Workers ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Gender Culture ◽  
Educational Professionals ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Gender Education ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Social Pedagogues

The article reveals experience of non-formal gender education of social workers in terms of introduction of a gender-sensitive approach. We have analyzed scientific works in relation to the concept of gender culture, and have given the author’s definition of «gender culture of social specialists» as a special system of professional skills realization, which is actualized through the complex of formed appropriate intellectual, value-based, motivational and behavioral characteristics. They are based on the knowledge of gender theory, the development of mental needs, learned values and rules of gender-based behavior in line with the gender parity and democracy. The experience of implementing an innovative pilot partnership project «Gender Open University» has been described. We have analyzed the experience of the Center for Gender Education, which is a research department of an academy that provides scientific and practical assistance to social workers, social pedagogues, schoolteachers and students of higher educational institutions in the introduction of ideas of gender equality in professional activities. It has been determined that such a department provides a wide range of opportunities for educational professionals who work in different social areas.

scholarly journals THE ANALYSIS OF PECULIARITIES OF PERSONAL ANXIETY EXPERIENCED BY PROFESSIONALS OF SOCIOEDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF LITHUANIA

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Daiva Alifanovienė ◽  
Asta Vaitkevičienė
Keyword(s):  
Social Workers ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Anxiety State ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Successful Development ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
Innovative Solutions ◽  
Personal Anxiety ◽  
Social Pedagogues

The article analyses the peculiarities of the anxiety state of professionals of socioeducational activities (social pedagogues and social workers). Employing Spielberger’s and Chanin’s personal anxiety scale, the level of personal anxiety was identified, and, using a semi-structured interview, situations provoking anxiety experienced by professionals of socioeducational activities were identified. Data of anxiety experienced by social pedagogues and social workers in 2011 were analysed employing the factor analysis method of multi-dimensional statistics, the data of the semi-structured interview were processed using the content analysis method. It was identified that about half of the respondents experienced a moderate level of personal anxiety, enabling to mobilise, look for innovative solutions in professional activities. Severe level of personal anxiety was identified for slightly less than half of respondents; it was perceived as dangerous and preventing professionals of socioeducational activities from successful development of professional activities and even warning about possible psychosomatic disorders.

scholarly journals METHODS OF SOCIAL WORK MANAGEMENT IN THE ACTIVITIES OF A SOCIAL WORKER

2021 ◽  
pp. 51-61
Author(s):  
Maryna Lekholetova
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Work Management

The article presents an analysis of different approaches of domestic scientists to the interpretation of the concept of «social work management». The author surveys the features of management as an object of governance in the activities of a social worker. Features include the social nature of management information; the need for motivation methods that effectively influences and motivates professionals to better results in social work; availability of social workers' professional competence; the presence of problems with forecasting the results of management in the social sphere; the importance of current and final management results. The author proves the necessity of social workers' self-management skills (time management, motivation, stress resistance and recuperation, development of emotional intelligence) for the effective performance of management tasks in professional activities.  The article highlights the principles that should be followed in solving organizational and managerial tasks in social work management (purposefulness, ability of realization, adaptability, efficiency). The researcher presents the structure of social work management methods in the study (economic, administrative, social counselling, psychological and pedagogical influence, social influence). Research characterizes the methods of social work management while working with recipients of social services (methods of individual social work, methods of group social work, methods of community work, methods of social service design).

scholarly journals Blended Learning as a form of Effective Organization of Professional Training of Future Social Workers / Social Pedagogues

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1 (339)) ◽  
pp. 265-279
Author(s):  
Yaroslava Yurkiv ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Social Pedagogy ◽  
Online Lectures ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
National University ◽  
Effective Organization ◽  
Social Pedagogues

The article reveals some of the most important aspects of the organization of blended learning on the example of training future social workers / social pedagogues. Describes the experience of using Moodle, Microsoft Teams and Zoom in blended learning. There are such aspects as the possibility and features of conducting online lectures and practical classes. The article reveals in detail the technical capabilities of Moodle, Microsoft Teams and Zoom, which were used by teachers and students majoring in 231 "Social Work. Social pedagogy. Practical Psychology ”at the Taras Shevchenko Luhansk National University during the period of self-isolation. The presented material allows us to conclude that, despite the urgency and generality of the introduction of blended learning during the pandemic, its organization was well thought out and allowed to effectively organize the educational process.

scholarly journals “This Isn’t Just about Things, It’s about People and Their Future”: A Qualitative Analysis of the Working Conditions and Strains of Social Workers in Refugee and Homeless Aid

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (20) ◽  
pp. 3858 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanja Wirth ◽  
Janika Mette ◽  
Albert Nienhaus ◽  
Zita Schillmöller ◽  
Volker Harth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Job Demands ◽  
Work Organisation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Psychological Strain ◽  
Job Content

Large parts of Europe have been affected by an influx of refugees and increasing homelessness in recent years. Social workers provide care services for refugees and homeless people, but little is known about their working conditions. The aim of this study was to examine their job demands, resources and health strains. 26 semi-structured interviews were conducted with social workers in refugee and homeless aid in Hamburg and Berlin between October and December 2017. The interviews were analysed following Mayring’s qualitative content analysis. Additionally, the job demands and resources of social workers with and without long-term psychological strain were compared. Respondents particularly experienced demands concerning their job content and work organisation, including emotional and quantitative demands. Appreciation expressed by clients and social support from the team served as key resources. Respondents had problems switching off from work, were exhausted and exhibited signs of long-term psychological strain, such as symptoms of burnout or depressive states. Workers reporting long-term psychological strain were more likely to consider themselves as being adversely constrained by legal requirements and to describe inadequate supervision offers and team conflicts. In conclusion, the results indicate the need for job-specific health promotion measures reducing particularly demands concerning social workers’ job content and work organisation and further strengthening their social support.

The problem of ill-treatment of children in modern Russian family

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oksana Besschetnova
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Family Violence ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Behavioral Responses ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Social Pedagogues ◽  
Undergraduate Programs

The tutorial discusses one of the most urgent problems of modern childhood — family violence, its types, causes, main symptoms and behavioral responses, methods and technologies of providing social-psychological support based on modern domestic and foreign scientific research. Addressed to students studying on undergraduate programs in areas of training 39.03.02 Social work, 44.03.02 "Psycho-pedagogical education", 44.03.05 "Pedagogical education", practicing social workers, social pedagogues, sociologists, psychologists, undergraduates, graduate students, and a wide range of people interested in the issues of family, parenthood, motherhood and childhood.

scholarly journals THE EXPERIENCE OF SOCIAL PEDAGOGUES AND SOCIAL WORKERS WHEN PROMOTING POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR IN CHILDREN AT DAY-CARE CENTRES

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 386-401
Author(s):  
Rita Raudeliunaite
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Leisure Time ◽  
Meaningful Use ◽  
Positive Relationships ◽  
Data Content ◽  
Day Care Centres ◽  
Social Pedagogues ◽  
Individual Conversations

The article presents the study, the purpose of which is to reveal the experience of social pedagogues and social workers when promoting positive behaviour in children at day-care centres. The qualitative type of research was chosen when applying the method of semi-structured inteview. The data of the study were processed by applying the method of data content analysis. 3 social pedagogues and 5 social workers, who work at children day- care centres, participated in the study. The data of the study revealed that when promoting positive behaviour in children at day-care centres social pedagogues and social workers create positive relationships with children and strengthen positive interrelationships between children, have individual conversations with children. Meaningful use of children’s leisure time plays an important role when promoting positive behaviour in children. In this case, it is important that the activities, which are organised for children, would be personally and socially meaningful, that they would encourage independence and responsibility in children and humane relationships. When promoting positive behaviour in children social pedagogues and social workers encourage the culture of teamwork and cooperation in order to maintain partnership relationships with parents of the child and other specialists by sharing their experience and rendering assistance to other.

Journey from passion to satisfaction: roles of belongingness and psychological empowerment

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (3/4) ◽  
pp. 321-341
Author(s):  
Deepti Pathak ◽  
Shalini Srivastava
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Psychological Empowerment ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Meaningful Work ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Work Passion

PurposeThe present research work is intended to investigate the work passion and job satisfaction relationship of social workers in Delhi/NCR and examine the influence of belongingness and psychological empowerment on the association. The study has used self-determination theory to support the relationship.Design/methodology/approachThe study used the standardized instruments to assess the relationship. Statistical tools such as SEM, convergent and discriminant validity, reliability, and moderated regression analysis were used to analyze the data.FindingsThe study found that psychological empowerment and belonging moderated the association between passion and job satisfaction.Practical implicationsHR managers and practitioners should promote a culture of openness, empowerment, collectivism, and meaningful work to ensure the fulfillment of psychological needs of the social workers.Social implicationsThe fulfillment of psychological needs can become a significant motivator for the social workers as due to political and administrative constraints, giving financial incentives or introducing variable financial pay would not be possible.Originality/valueThe authors were not able to locate any paper exploring the relationship between work passion and job satisfaction of social workers. The present research work proposes that there are certain psychological needs, which can be fulfilled other than monetary needs in order to motivate social workers for their work.

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