scholarly journals Developing specialists’ skills of in social sphere in the context of continuous education

2021 ◽  
pp. 228-240
Author(s):  
Viktoriia Sychova ◽  
Larysa Khyzhniak ◽  
Svitlana Vakulenko
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Sociological Imagination ◽  
Rehabilitation Services ◽  
Professional Skill ◽  
Development Working ◽  
Continuous Education ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
The Social

The article analyzes the impact of the transformation of professional activities of specialists working in the social sphere on the new approaches development to providing their continuous education. It is proved that continuous education is a professional improvement that is realized through specialists’ acquiring relevant competencies in the process of their development. It has been emphasized that there is a need for sociological support for the specialists' continuous education working in the social sphere, which includes the formation of competencies that develop a sociological imagination, the ability to construct social problems and ways to solve them in the field of social work. It has been found that sociological imagination plays a dual role in the practice of social work: on the one hand, it enables specialists to adequately perceive their professional role, to make aware of their functions following the new social reality, and on the other – to take into account the status features of different recipients of social services in an unstable social environment. The conceptual model of specialists' professional skill development working in the social sphere in the context of continuing education has been proposed. It considers the specific features of providing social and rehabilitation services in the conditions of decentralization of the social service system, and workers' training rendering social and rehabilitation services according to various programs, taking into account the peculiarities of social agencies and institutions. The paper presents the subject matter of classes contained in a curriculum developed by the authors’ educational program for conducting professional skill development courses for employees of territorial social service centres (provision of social services) and geriatric boarding houses in the Kharkiv region. The interconnection between the specialists' professional skills development working in the social sphere and the development of normative and legal, social, methodological, management, communicative and empathetic, conflictology and ethical competencies has been substantiated following the provisions of sociological imagination put forward by P. Sztompka.

scholarly journals FAITH-BASED SOCIAL WORK SERVICES: THE ANALYSIS OF THE MOSQUE CONTRIBUTION IN SRI LANKA

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 17-27
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Field Observation ◽  
Human Services ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
Difficult Time ◽  
The Social ◽  
Interview Survey

The mosque is a prime Islamic institution to articulate its vision and carry the engagement in the holistic development of the community as a community development Centre. The social service works are much highlighted and encouraged in Islam. The purpose of the study to investigate the mosque engagement in social works in two areas namely the welfare programmes and human services. This paper is mainly relied on the analysis of the data collected from the interview survey administered among the randomly selected mosque island-wide and field observation along with the review of the records and documents. The findings reveal that the mosque engagement in social services is up to the mark in both areas under the investigation. Moreover, the mosque people most likely pay attention to the social activities specially during the difficult time caused by the natural or communal disasters. This paper may provide the concerned people the idea and information to design the mosque programme in social works.

scholarly journals RESEARCH STUDY ON COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE FEATURES OF SOCIAL SPHERE SPECIALISTS

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 182-191
Author(s):  
Aleksandra S. Shcheglova ◽  
Tatyana E. Demidova ◽  
Anna. G. Akhtyan ◽  
Nataliya A. Bereza ◽  
Alfiya A. Salkhenova
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Statistical Processing ◽  
Diagnostic Methods ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
And Control

Purpose of the study: To study the ways to increase the communicative competence of social sphere specialists, aimed at the formation of professional and personal qualities, communicative skills, and development of professional interest and success. Methodology: Some theoretical and empirical research methods are used: analysis of publications in social work, normative documentation on the research issue; diagnostic methods: questioning, testing, interviews; experimental methods: ascertaining, forming, and control stages of the experiment; stating, forming and control stages of the experiment; methods of statistical processing of research results. Main Findings: The main results of the study showed that the modern practice of successful organization of social service activities requires a thoughtful approach. The head, together with the full-time psychologist, should monitor the communicative competence of the specialists working at this service and timely organize the work to overcome the manifestations of professional burnout of specialists and prevent their professional deformation. The significance of the influence of active teaching methods on interpersonal communication has allowed us to develop and test several practically effective teaching methods that increase the effectiveness of interaction with others in professional communication. Applications of this study: This study reveals the possibilities of improving the communicative competence of the specialists working at social service departments in modern conditions of systematic emotional overload when performing their professional duties. This theme is quite relevant for the activities of any service within “person to person” interaction, especially a social one, having its specifics and directed at helping a person facing a social problem. Novelty/Originality of this study: The novelty of this study is in justifying the need for organizing activities to improve the communicative competence of social service specialists using modern socio-psychological developments. In the modern practice of holding social work, this component is often overlooked, which subsequently leads to frequent conflicts among social service employees and recipients of social services, a gradual loss of interest in the work performed, and, as a result, its indifferent fulfilment.

The role of social partnership in modernizing the system of social services for older persons

2020 ◽  
pp. 25-30
Author(s):  
Rita Khamadeeva ◽  
Natalia Bolshakova
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Service System ◽  
Social Partnership ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Service System

The article considers the role of social partnership in the modernization of the social service system for older people. It is noted that changes in the social sphere are necessary not because the social service system does not cope with its tasks, but because the changed reality, social problems and needs of older people make new demands on it.

“New new media” in social welfare

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-43
Author(s):  
Sergo Kuruliszwili
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
New Media ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Vocational Training ◽  
The Social ◽  
Ict Tools ◽  
Desk Research

The article is describing the use of ICT tools in social welfare, equally in area of social work, vocational training for social service and shaping the social policy. Based on the desk research the author explains the basic issues related to the implementation of new media tools into the practice of social work – case studies – and characterizes the potency of digitalization in the process of modelling the social welfare, innovative preventions measures and the improving the qualifications of social services.

scholarly journals Interdepartmental Occupational Standards for Social Service Providers and Their Role in Improving Job Performance

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu.M. Zabrodin
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Social Service Providers ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
The Social ◽  
Qualification Framework ◽  
Occupational Standards ◽  
Main Strategy

The paper presents an analysis of the occupational standards development abroad and in Russia. It focuses on interdepartmental occupational standards for social service providers. While creating occupational standards for social services as an integrated industry it is advisable to consider the design of whole system and its macro-level effects in a document called “sectoral qualification framework”. It is pointed out that 1) real professional activity in social sphere has a clear humanitarian focus, and its objects are radically different population groups; 2) the complexity of the social work is often associated with the interaction between various professionals and their activity have to be interdepartmentally organized. The author identifies the factors influencing development and implementation of professional standards in different countries and consider the main strategy directions of development and application of occupational standards of education and social service providers in Russia.

Buddhism-based charity, philanthropy, and social work: A lesson from Vietnam

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 1075-1087 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huong T Hoang ◽  
Trang T Nguyen ◽  
Jerry F Reynolds
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Charitable Giving ◽  
Service System ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
The Social ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Social Service System

Private and public social services, including social work centers, are limited to disadvantaged Vietnamese people, such as orphans and people with HIV/AIDS. Buddhism-based organizations (BBOs) have been acknowledged as an avenue to extend social services in Vietnam. This article reviews the social service system and BBOs in Vietnam using secondary data and findings from an empirical study on Buddhist charitable giving. A proposed model linking BBOs to social work centers seeks to improve the efficacy and effectiveness of service delivery.

Information and Legal Resources in Social Work: New Technological Challenges

2021 ◽  
pp. 22-29
Author(s):  
I. N. Pleshakov ◽  
V. D. Seleznev ◽  
N. N. Khomutova
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Legal Decisions ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
Adequate Response ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Challenges

The article examines information resources and legal support in social work, taking into account changes in the parameters of interaction between social services and recipients of social services. Digitalization in the field of social services is causing changes in the forms of interaction between subjects and between subjects and information. In this regard, the issues of the regulatory framework are being rethought again. With the advent of a new methodology for achieving the parameters of the “knowledge society”, the effectiveness of social services for the population is increasing. At the same time, there is a risk of potential threats to human rights, information security, and the preservation of the model of humanism as the basis for constructing practices in the social sphere. Timely legal decisions and civic engagement will help not only to provide an adequate response to new challenges, but will also contribute to the deep modernization of the social sphere.

scholarly journals РАЗВИТИЕ ИННОВАЦИЙ КАК УСЛОВИЕ ЭФФЕКТИВНОСТИ СЕРВИСНОГО МЕНЕДЖМЕНТА В СОЦИАЛЬНОЙ СФЕРЕ [INNOVATION DEVELOPMENT AS A CONDITION FOR THE SERVICE MANAGEMENT EFFICIENCY IN THE SOCIAL SPHERE]

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 66-75
Author(s):  
Alla Yaroshenko ◽  
Marta Konovalova
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Service Management ◽  
Innovation Management ◽  
The Public ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
Innovation Culture ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Public Sphere

Nowadays the modernization transformations of social services for the public sphere highlight the need of service management. The basic principles of innovation management and innovation culture are determined as a factors of social efficiency of service management. The development of private organizations that specialize in providing analog service to the public requires the state to operate on competitive basis. Therefore, to better address issues such as the provision of quality public social services and competitive functioning of the social care system is an important to develop service management. It is extremely difficult to shift to service management in public organizations. Therefore, it is obvious that the introduction of administrative innovations and innovation culture in public social service will stimulate the development and efficiency of service management in the social sphere. Key words: innovation, social service, service management, social sphere.

scholarly journals Public Relations in Organizations in Student View: Accumulator of Management Tools or Formation of Partnership and Friendly Relations

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 1326-1330
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
External Environment ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
The Social ◽  
Functional Features

The relevance of this article is the need to study the students' understanding of public relations as a means of management. The experience of countries with a developed social sphere shows that the use of public relations in the management of social work institutions can improve the social status of social services, form a positive public opinion and, as a result, ensure the social effectiveness of services provided. The purpose of the research is to analyze students' perceptions of the essence of public relations as a means of managing social services in the external environment. Research methods: as a research method, we used a questionnaire survey, which allows us to qualitatively investigate public relations in the organization through the eyes of students. Results of the research: the article considers the students' views on the means of managing social services in the external environment, and reveals the role of public relations in the management of social services in the external environment in the representation of students. The novelty and originality of the research consists in the analysis of public relations as a means of management in the external environment in relation to the activities of social protection institutions in the representation of students. It is revealed that, in the view of students, public relations accumulate management tools and include: the use of various forms of communication aimed at identifying common views or interests of different groups; they contribute to the formation of partnership and friendly relations between the social service, clients and the General public; ensure the achievement of mutual understanding based on truth and full public awareness and, ultimately, form a positive public opinion and a favorable image for the social service. The essential aspects, specific features, structural and functional features and opportunities of public relations as a means of managing social services in the external environment are highlighted in the students' view. It is determined that in the students' views, the management of the social service does not have a well-thought-out concept of organizing public relations, which leads to ineffective management of the social service in the external environment and is used in social work spontaneously. Practical significance: the data obtained in this work can be used in social psychology, Economics, advertising psychology, management psychology, as well as for further theoretical development of this issue.

scholarly journals Social services as a basis of city development: models of legal regulation

2020 ◽  
Vol 164 ◽  
pp. 11025
Author(s):  
Zhanna Sinkevich
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
City Development ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
Development Models ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
Legal Method ◽  
The Social

The article examines social service. The aim of the article is to pose a problem in terms of understanding the legal category of social services, determining its place in the system of legal relations and industry, identifying areas for development of legislation for provision of social services, both within the framework of its provision by entities related to public institutions and in the social sphere. The leading approach to the study of this problem is analysis, synthesis, formal legal method and comparative legal method. The authors suggest that an indication of intersectoral nature of relations requires legislative determination and establishing principles for interaction of these industries. The analysis allows to conclude that relations in the field of social services in the framework of development of socio-economic relations, with the modern legislative vector, seek to enter the sphere of economic, private, entrepreneurial relations, introducing into this category an element of publicity.

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