Case Management and Social Support System for Families in Distress: A Social Work Response

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
W akar Amin
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Case Management ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Support System ◽  
Armed Conflict ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Support System ◽  
The Disappeared

History is witness to the fact that warring factions in any armed conflict often commit several human rights violations like murder, rape, torture etc., and the act of disappearance of person is one among them. While the persons who are subjected to disappearance are the primary victims, the families they leave behind are the secondary victims. The situation makes families of the disappeared person suffer great anguish when their loved ones go disappeared. The phenomenon produces anguish, fear and unspeakable sorrow for thousands of families. Appreciating the importance of social work professionals in helping families deal effective with their life situations the present paper aims to provide a case for social work interventional techniques of Social Support System (SSS) and Case Management to modify and make the social environment conducive for the families to live a normal life.

Participation in Child Welfare Services Through Information and Communication Technologies

2011 ◽  
pp. 73-90
Author(s):  
Susan Tregeagle
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Child Welfare ◽  
Case Management ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Social Work Interventions

Case management systems were designed to open the way for increased participation of young people and their families in child welfare interventions, and, their standardised format provides a valuable opportunity to use ICT in social work practice. Existing research is unclear about how effectively case management affects participation, nor, the impact of ICT on social work interventions. This paper describes the findings of qualitative research with service users about their experiences of case management and how ICT could further their involvement in critical decisions for families. Service users are keen to use ICT and this could help overcome the limitations of paper-based case management systems and exploit the communication potential of the internet and mobile phones. However, before ICT could be used, the complex ‘digital divide’ affecting disadvantaged families would need to be addressed and social workers’ understanding and current use of ICT would need to be explored.

Developing standards for school social work case management

2015 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 159-187
Author(s):  
Cheul Su Yoon ◽  
Kyu suk Jung
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Case Management ◽  
School Social Work

Grandparent-Headed Families: Needs and Implications for Social Work Interventions and Advocacy

2007 ◽  
Vol 88 (4) ◽  
pp. 561-566 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carole B. Cox
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Case Management ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Support Groups ◽  
Social Work Interventions

As the growth of grandparent-headed families continues, increasing numbers of social workers will find themselves dealing with the multitude of issues that these families face. Understanding the needs and concerns of these families is critical for the development of appropriate interventions, which include counseling, support groups, working with schools, and case management. This article discusses specific interventions social workers can use in working with these families. In addition, because their needs and problems are often systemic and not the result of any individual pathology, it stresses (a) the importance of working with grandparents to help them become self-advocates and (b) the role of social workers in changing unresponsive and insensitive policies and systems.

scholarly journals Current trends in the training of social workers

2020 ◽  
Vol 100 (4) ◽  
pp. 16-23
Author(s):  
S Mulikova ◽  
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M Abdakimova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Case Management ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Professional Standard ◽  
Normative Documents ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Level Of Training ◽  
Definition Of

The analysis of the program and normative documents of the republic in the field of social work showed that the level of training of social workers does not meet the needs of the social services sector. Changes in the so-cio-economic sphere, the attitude of society towards social work, international practice dictate the need for organizing work and training social workers, taking into account the requirements of a professional standard in this field. The presence of a professional standard in social work obliges educational institutions to bring the content of the educational program for the training of social workers in accordance with the requirements of the standard, focusing on the formation of professional competencies. The formation of professional com-petencies and the definition of learning outcomes requires the use of training technology in the educational process — case management. Case management is a technology that reflects the content of the labor function of a social worker.

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