scholarly journals PROSPECTIVE FOSTER PARENTS‘ ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE PROVIDED SOCIAL WORKER‘S ASSISTANCE: A CASE OF AN X LITHUANIAN TOWN

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (7) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Irena Leliūgienė ◽  
Inga Stūglytė – Novickienė ◽  
Angelė Kaušylienė
Keyword(s):  
Social Service ◽  
Foster Parents ◽  
Service Workers ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Rights Protection ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Social Service Workers ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Children Rights

The article introduces the significance of social worker's assistance to prospective foster parents: a case of an X Lithuanian town. The best place for the child development and improvement is the family. For some reasons not all the children are raised in families. Some children have no possibility to live with their biological families, therefore according to the established legislation, they live in foster homes under the supervision of foster parents or are adopted. Children adoption in our country is regulated by different acts of legislation. The activity of the ombudsperson for children’s rights is governed by the Law on the Ombudsman for Children Rights Protection of the Republic of Lithuania (2000), Civil Code of the Republic of Lithuania, Regulations of organization and management of children guardianship (2002), etc. Research <strong>aim</strong> is to analyze the social service worker's assistance to the prospective foster parents. The following objectives to reach our <strong>goal</strong> are presented: to analyze theoretical conception of adoption procedure and enforcement; to discuss the system of the social service workers’ assistance to prospective foster parents; to investigate foster parents' approach towards the social service worker's assistance and to reveal the main problems. <strong>Research methods</strong>: analysis of the scientific literature – scientific analysis of adoption issues. The stages of adoption procedures and the requirements overviewed and analysed are provided; document analysis: documents, acts of legislation, laws and regulations of child adoption regulations are analysed and overviewed; a qualitative study: semi-structured interview, analyzing the foster parents' approach towards the social service workers' assistance; problems and probable solutions are identified. The research results are obtained by content analysis. <strong>The article presents the following generalizations:</strong> 1) adoption is considered as a social process when specific rights and responsibilities are provided to foster parents in order to guarantee the child's safety. In case of inter-country adoption, the adoption opportunities are estimated, the child is prepared for the adoption and the family for the child is selected. At that period foster parents face internal and external factors. Seeking to grant the children rights and smooth adoption process, professional social workers should coordinate it; 2) institution of the Ombudsman for Children Rights of the Republic of Lithuania and State Child Rights Protection and Adoption Service under the Ministry of Social Security and Labour are also engaged in the adoption and foster care; 3) the research results reveal that the biggest problems for prospective foster parents are extensively long adoption period, lack of social service workers' assistance and poor knowledge on the available assistance.

Psychiatry in Its Social Aspects

1931 ◽  
Vol 77 (316) ◽  
pp. 178-184
Author(s):  
Georgina R. F. McTavish
Keyword(s):  
Social Service ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Service Workers ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Social Service Workers ◽  
Patient Department

The social aspects of psychiatric work are assuming more importance, and it is being recognized that the work of an out-patient department for psychiatric cases is greatly facilitated and enhanced by the co-operation of social service workers, who have made a study of the economic and environmental conditions of the family.

scholarly journals Fear and floods in Serbia: Citizens preparedness for responding to natural disaster

2016 ◽  
pp. 303-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir Cvetkovic
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Random Sample ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City ◽  
Safety Procedures

The consequences of the floods that had affected the area of Serbia in 2014 indicated a very low level of preparedness of population to respond to natural disasters. Therefore, the aim of quantitative research is to examine the impact of fear on the willingness of citizens to respond to a natural disaster caused by the flood in the Republic of Serbia. Bearing in mind all local communities in Serbia where floods occurred or there is a high risk of flooding, there was selected a random sample consisting of 19 out of 150 municipalities and 23 towns and the city of Belgrade. In the selected communities, a research was undertaken in those areas that had been most affected in relation to the amount of water or potential risk of flooding. The survey used strategy of testing in households with the use of a multi- stage random sample. The research results indicate that the citizens who have a fear of floods are familiar with safety procedures to a greater extent in relation to citizens who do not have the fear; they have taken the preventive measures; they point out that they still are not ready to respond, but plan to do so in the next 6 months; they would evacuate to the upper floor of the house; they point out that someone in the family has educated them about the flood. In contrast to that, citizens who do not have the fear are not doing anything to prepare themselves to react in such situations, they are confident in their own abilities to cope with the consequences of floods, etc. The originality of the research lies in the fact that in Serbia there has never been conducted a research to examine the state of preparedness of citizens to respond. Bearing in mind that the research is based on the territory of Serbia, conclusions can be generalized to the entire population. The research results can be used when creating a strategy for improving the level of preparedness of citizens to respond.

scholarly journals Rozważania na temat podmiotów systemu oświaty

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1 (3)) ◽  
pp. 59-69
Author(s):  
Danuta Kurzyna-Chmiel
Keyword(s):  
Educational System ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
Education Law ◽  
Service Workers ◽  
Legal Term ◽  
The Law ◽  
Social Service Workers

The legislator considers the term “educational system” as one of the basic education laws. The legal term (included in the Education Law Act) “the educational system covers” lists its elements. They include, for example, various types of schools, kindergartens, alternative forms of preschool education, children’s holiday homes, centers of education. This system realizes recognized values, principles, as well as certain postulates and guidelines contained in the law. In essence, it is a collection of organizational units, whose activity is regulated by the Education Law Act. The majority of these activities are addressed to pupils. Some elements are also addressed to teachers and serve to develop them. Colleges of Social Service Workers do not fit in with the rest of the educational system.

THE SOCIALDANGEROUSOF SOME CRIMES AGAINST THE FAMILY IN CRIMINAL LAW AND THE ISSUES OF CRIMINALIZATION OF CERTAIN ACTS IN THIS AREA

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 87-96
Author(s):  
Zulkhumor Ibrokhimova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Child Disclosure ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Practical Standpoint ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Objective Side

This article deals with the social danger of some crimes against family and family relations in the Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan. From a scientific, theoretical and practical standpoint, the author analyzes the signs of the objective side of the elements of some crimes against the institution of the family, defined in Chapter V "Crimes against family, youth and morality" of the Criminal Code of Uzbekistan. In particular, such crimes as evasion from the maintenance of minors or disabled persons, evasion from the maintenance of parents, substitution of a child, disclosure ofthe secret of adoption, violation of the legislation on marriageable age were comprehensively considered. In addition, the issues of criminalization of certain acts against the family, which are not recognized as criminal in the Criminal Code, were raised and relevant proposals were presented

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