scholarly journals Functional definition of public organization as a social service provider

2019 ◽  
Vol 0 (60) ◽  
Author(s):  
М. Ю. Токар
Keyword(s):  
Social Service ◽  
Service Provider ◽  
Public Organization ◽  
Social Service Provider ◽  
Definition Of

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.

scholarly journals Pakiwaitara - social work sense for supervision

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 25-31
Author(s):  
Jacquelyn Elkington
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Dominant Culture ◽  
Social Service Delivery ◽  
Values And Beliefs ◽  
Definition Of

Pakiwaitara (Elkington, 2001) came about as a gap identified in social service delivery between western, middle class, dominant culture and the healing of Māori whānau in crisis. While education has responded to this gap by offering bicultural training, ensuring more Māori components within degree programmes, etc, social services statistics are still high for Māori and indigenous peoples. It has helped to shift the definition of cultural supervision to inside the definition of specialised professional supervision (Elkington, 2014), but now continued invisibility of values and beliefs, particularly that of Tauiwi, exacerbate the problem. The challenge must still be asserted so that same-culture practitioners are strengthened in same-culture social work practice (eg, by Māori, for Māori), and to avoid when possible, or otherwise by choice, white dominant-culture practice, for all-and-every-culture social work practice (eg, by Pākehā, for everyone).

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