Project management in social work based on the example of social projects carried out in the Study of Social Work of the Institute of Sociology the University of Silesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 225-247
Author(s):  
Ewa Leśniak-Berek
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Project Management ◽  
Project Work ◽  
Educational Values ◽  
Work Unit ◽  
Specific Knowledge ◽  
Student Activity ◽  
The Social ◽  
Aspect Social ◽  
The University

The education towards the job of a social employee requires the learning of specific knowledge that ensures the interdisciplinary and versatile preparation of a future professional. In this aspect, social projects are of particular importance as due to their multitasking requirements they stimulate student activity, allow for the combination of knowledge with action and activate reflexive behaviour, which allows for the evaluation of the designed activities. The preparation and implementation of projects are related to the necessity to assume a number of roles, creating the opportunity to test oneself in new activities and to determine the degree of self-readiness to do/perform the job. The aim of the article is to highlight the educational values of designing and presenting the structure of social projects realized at the Social Work Unit at the Institute of Sociology of the University of Silesia. The text also points out the difficulties that occur during the specific stages of project work and provides tips in order to avoid such difficulties.

Contribution of the Social Work Study of the Institute of Sociology the University of Silesia in the process of professionalisation of the social worker profession – historical outline

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 7-25
Author(s):  
Kazimiera Wódz ◽  
Ewa Leśniak-Berek
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Work Study ◽  
Work Unit ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
25Th Anniversary ◽  
Historical Outline ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Rich ◽  
The University

The main goal of the article is to present the achievements of the Social Work Unit at the Institute of Sociology of the University of Silesia, accumulated during the 25 years of its functioning. Aside from the rich experience in terms of educating towards the position of a social employee, the unit is characterized by scientific research activity and is engaged in numerous cooperative endeavours locally, nationally and internationally. The entirety of the activity contributes to the pursuit of processes that strengthen the professionalism and prestige of the job of a social employee. The activity results from the belief in the significance of combining theory and practice, which is evidenced in the various forms of the realized tasks. The text was created for the 25th anniversary of the existence of the Social Work Unit and is a summary of the most important achievements.

de Joya, Petra

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yolanda Ealdama
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
The Social ◽  
The University ◽  
Welfare Agencies

Petra de Joya (1913–1987) was an eminent educator and social administrator. She spearheaded the professionalization of social work in the Philippines by advocating for the passage of laws that were instrumental for the development of social work in the country. The following laws were enacted as a result of her advocacy: (a) Republic Act regulating the social work profession in the Philippines and requiring social welfare agencies to hire professional social workers; (b) a Republic Act elevating the Department of Social Work to the Institute of Social Work and Community Development at the University of the Philippines; and (c) a Republic Act transforming the Social Welfare Administration (SWA) into the Department of Social Welfare (DSW). She was appointed as one of the first board of examiners for social work.

scholarly journals The Establishment of School Social Work in Austria – From a Project to a Regular Offer

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-134
Author(s):  
Arno Heimgartner ◽  
Stephan Sting
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
School Social Work ◽  
School Problems ◽  
Target Groups ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Teachers And Parents ◽  
The University

The contribution introduces the present situation and the basic challenges of school social work in Austria. Starting with the perception of a developing “knowledge society” (Höhne, 2004), school is seen as a life place at which social subjects and problems occur and are made manifest. The analyses are based in particular on empirical studies by the University of Klagenfurt (Sting & Leitner, 2011) and the University of Graz (Gspurning, Heimgartner, Pieber, & Sing, 2011), which were carried out in school social work facilities of Carinthia and Styria, but theyalso include Austrian-wide research projects. A methodical view is presented along the main target groups “pupils”, “teachers” and “parents”, and the basic orientations are discussed. The thematic analysis characterises school social work as a multi-thematic service (e.g., conflicts,  love, problems at school, problems of the family) that needs to oppose the reduction to single problem areas such as drug abuse or violence. The structural analyses render visible the meaning of spatial conditions, personnel competence and the social-spatial network. Finally, the possibilities of a lasting implementation of empirical research in school social work are discussed.

scholarly journals Distance Education in Social Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Changes and Challenges

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne Lischer ◽  
Seraina Caviezel Schmitz ◽  
Paula Krüger ◽  
Netkey Safi ◽  
Cheryl Dickson
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Support Needs ◽  
University Management ◽  
The Social ◽  
Initial Survey ◽  
School Of Social Work ◽  
The University ◽  
Hybrid Forms

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an extensive impact on the global higher education sector. In a written survey, staff and students at the Lucerne School of Social Work reported how they had coped with the challenges to their teaching or respective learning situation. The initial survey was conducted during the lockdown in spring 2020, and the follow-up survey was performed in the period of relaxed sanitary measures in summer 2020. During the first wave of the survey, 51 employees and 225 students participated. In the follow-up survey, 28 employees and 117 students partook. Findings indicate that the increased workload created by the transition was stressful for both staff and students but overall was handled well. Staff and students who felt supported by the university management experienced less psychological distress. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, there has been an effort to develop hybrid forms of teaching. Because the social work curriculum contains building blocks that are difficult to implement in the form of distance learning, the transition posed challenges for both staff and students. During times of transition, university management must carefully assess the support needs of staff and students and take appropriate action.

scholarly journals An Empirical Approach to Study Smartphones’ Usage in Academic Performance of University Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 279-286
Author(s):  
Nargis Abbas ◽  
Uzma Ashiq ◽  
Syeda Mahnaz Hassan ◽  
Muhammad Alam
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Academic Life ◽  
Academic Learning ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
The Social ◽  
The University

The purpose of this study was to find out the advantages and disadvantages of smartphone usage in the academic life of Social Work students at the University of the Punjab, Lahore. The quantitative research methodology was adopted in this study. The survey of Social Work students from the university was done by employing purposive sampling technique. Students having smartphones were part of this study. A structured questionnaire was used to collect the data from 203 Social Work students of the University of the Punjab. The SPSS was used to analyze the data among the smartphone users. The Social Work students used smartphones not primarily for academic purposes but for social activities. It also operated as a learning aid, which was absolutely essential to students which made them capable to find quick information and got their time saved. Smartphones were also seen more as a distraction in the classroom rather than learning aid as smartphone produce distraction in the classroom and this distraction diverted students’ attention in the class. Students multitasking and non-academic usage of smartphone produced negative impact on students’ learning and resultantly lower their academic performance. Smartphone usage seemed great if smartphone is capitalized to achieve the benefits associated with its use; resultantly the Social Work students can possibly enhance their academic learning that may lead them to success in their academic life.

scholarly journals Social work placements

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-12
Author(s):  
Janine Buck
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Student Experiences ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Work Skills ◽  
The Social ◽  
Practice Teaching ◽  
Site Supervisors ◽  
Part Time ◽  
The University

This article is a reflective account of my student experiences of practice teaching whilst on placements during the Social Work Degree. I consider what and how my Practice Teachers and on-site supervisors have been able to teach me about Social Work and Social Work skills and what I have learnt about myself as a person and future practitioner. I look at what, I believe makes a good Practice teacher and how different styles of teaching have enhanced my learning. I reflect on the benefits, under the new degree, of increased days on placement and how this has helped me in applying theory, methods and models which are not always easy in the classroom.At the time of completing this article I am three quarters of the way through my last placement of 100 days. I am undertaking my Social Work degree at the University of Northampton, which has a full time degree course of three years and a part time route taking four years. I am due to graduate with a B.A Honours degree in Social Work in July 2007.

The role of the social project in the development of palliative and hospice care

2020 ◽  
Vol 1(16) (2020) ◽  
pp. 114-120
Author(s):  
Oksana Oksenyuk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Student Teaching ◽  
Hospice Care ◽  
Psychological Support ◽  
Project Work ◽  
Planning Stage ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Project ◽  
Social Counseling

The aim of the study. Emphasis is placed on the aspects of the development of social work in palliative and hospice care, in particular, through the implementation of a social project by the students - future social workers. The purpose of the social project implementation is to provide quality social services to people in need of palliative and hospice care, in particular, moral and psychological support, social and household assistance through the involvement of volunteers and benefactors. A set of research methods is presented to help implement the practical project "Hospice: Philosophy of Care" (developed by the student-teaching creative group of Rivne State University for the Humanities). The preparatory stage of project work requires the use of sociological methods of social work (interviewing patients and their habitat); the research stage requires organizational methods (conducting promotions, searching for trustees), social training of the volunteers; at the planning stage organizational methods were also used, in part - the technology of social modeling; at the activity stage psychological methods (work with a case) were used, accordingly, a complex of tactics of individual work; at the analytical stage organizational methods, social counseling and planning, social training of volunteers were used; at regenerative stage the elements of social forecasting, modeling were used. The result. It is substantiated that due to the strengthening of moral and psychological support and social assistance through the involvement of volunteers and benefactors, the quality of social services in palliative and hospice care institutions will increase. The step-by-step structure of realization of the social project has been developed, the maintenance and methodology of realization of the stages of the project have been described. The universality of the proposed methodology for finding potential benefactors and other socially vulnerable categories is emphasized. The prospects for further research are associated with the disclosure of opportunities and results of social projects to solve existing problems in social work in palliative and hospice care.

Social Working the Borderlands

2021 ◽  
pp. 13-36
Author(s):  
Jacques Boulet
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Ecological Change ◽  
Ecological Context ◽  
Teaching Position ◽  
The Social ◽  
The University ◽  
True Values

This chapter describes why and how the author decided to leave his social work teaching position at an Australian university and start a cooperative that could more appropriately respond to the changing social and ecological context and could be more commensurate with the true values of the social work profession. The chapter moves from the author's experiences and philosophical motivations guiding his decision to move from the university context to the establishment of a social and ecological change cooperative and the invitation to colleagues and students to join the re-contextualizing experiment to the reasons why the cooperative format was chosen. The programs, projects, and partnerships, which have been realized in the course of the 23 years since the start of the Borderlands Cooperative, are documented and reflected upon, leading to final recommendations for a social work practice that remains true to its historical mission whilst responding to the contemporary contextual challenges.

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