The potential of mentoring and befriending as a complementary form of support for a professional social service system

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 59-77
Author(s):  
Bożena Chrostowska
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Service System ◽  
Professional Support ◽  
Mentoring Programs ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
Contemporary Reality ◽  
Social Service System

Contemporary reality brings many adverse social phenomena, both for individuals and entire groups. The assistance provided by professional support systems are insufficient as in Poland as in the world. The important role of professionally organized volunteering in solving social problems is emphasized in the context of implementing tasks in the field of social services. Noteworthy proposal successfully implemented in United Kingdom are mentoring and befriending programs functioning there as a standard of assistance to people at risk of social exclusion. This form of volunteering is still little known in Poland and mentoring programs are not popular. It is difficult to find works in Polish on studies related to volunteering in the form of befriending and mentoring. Therefore, the article is to fill the gap in this regard. The article presents the assumptions, organization, forms of this type off support as well as its benefits and limitations basing mainly on the example of the solutions used in United Kingdom. Considering the growing demand in Poland for measures preventing social exclusion or supporting the process of (re)integration, the British examples as well as the existing conceptualisations and practices related to mentoring and befriending may be used as inspiration.

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.

Social Work's Evolution in the United Kingdom: A Study of Community Care and Social Control

2009 ◽  
Vol 90 (3) ◽  
pp. 336-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. David Harrison
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Control ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Community Care ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Model Of Practice

Community social work was a model of practice that was advocated by many roughly from the late 1970s through the 1980s, in the United Kingdom. The approach faded as the field of social work and social services changed drastically in subsequent years. This study conducted in 2006 and 2007, follows up a 1984 study of community social work advocates to learn how the same people understood the changes that occurred over more than 20 years. A total of 9 of the original 30 participants discussed the important role of social policy and social changes that appear to have led toward more individualized, mechanistic, and often control-oriented services.

scholarly journals Critical Factors Affecting Sustainable Success of Social Service Systems

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Mikyoung Lee ◽  
Marko Majer ◽  
Boyoung Kim
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Delivery System ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Service System ◽  
Service Delivery System ◽  
Critical Factors ◽  
Operation Method ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Service System

Increasing demand for various social services in accordance with the global social change in time requires a systematic and efficient system based on a user-oriented policy operation method beyond an administrative operation method of social services. Therefore, this study aimed to present a specific direction for the development of the social service system by empirically deriving and discussing the critical factors that can lead to sustainable success of the social service system. To this end, 12 factors in 3 areas were critically analyzed through a questionnaire survey and analysis on the basis of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method for the social service workers and users of the 50 Plus Foundation, an organization that helps the elderly in Seoul to continue their social participation. The analysis results confirmed that the service delivery system was the most important factor among the service delivery system, service administration, and service network, and, in particular, factors for users’ active system access, such as accessibility and participation possibility, were the most influential factors for sustainable success of the social service system. Ultimately, unlike in the past, system development and direction should be sought by considering service users rather than a one-sided policy approach of the government for the development and operation of the social service system.

scholarly journals It's all about needs: the role of Christian congregations in addressing the social exclusion barriers of seasonal agricultural workers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carissa Groot-Nibbelink
Keyword(s):  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Agricultural Workers ◽  
The Social ◽  
Settlement Services ◽  
Seasonal Agricultural Workers ◽  
Christian Congregations

This paper examines the role of Christian congregations in addressing the social exclusion barriers experienced by seasonal agricultural workers (SAWs). This research study reviews the ways in which local churches support SAWs specifically in the Niagara Region. This paper also examines the benefits and limitations of this support and thus offers recommendations to enhance the future work of congregations in this area. This study reveals the evolving role of Christian congregations from offering only fellowship and spiritual services to SAWs to responding to their true needs in areas such as transportation, health care, language, and social inclusion. Because SAWs continue to face significant social exclusion barriers and still remain ineligible for settlement services in Ontario, it is important that congregations continue to do this work, meeting the needs of SAWs and growing in their ability as social service providers. Key words: seasonal agricultural workers (SAWs), congregations, Christian, the Niagara Region, social services, settlement support, social exclusion, needs

Social exclusion in Ukraine: features and forms of manifestation in modern society

2020 ◽  
pp. 144-152
Author(s):  
Mariya Karpyak
Keyword(s):  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Ties ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Reform Process ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
Categorical Analysis ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Ukrainian Society

Modern socio-economic transformations and the development of ideas of universalization of individual rights and needs emphasize the urgency of overcoming the new forms of inequality and finding effective mechanisms for consolidation and integration of social systems to avoid negative social phenomena that threaten national security, preventing the exclusion of certain groups from public life, forming the stable social ties and interpersonal cooperation, which is an important condition for the successful development of the state and society as a whole. The changes taking place in Ukraine today are marked by the ambivalence of their impact: on the one hand, there are positive changes towards the necessary reforms, on the other – the aggravation of social tensions due to instability, bottlenecks or imperfections of the reform process itself, increasing income gaps and limiting the access of large sections of the population to resources, including basic social services, etc. Despite the significant number of scientific papers on the phenomenon of social exclusion, the issue of substantiation of the forms and features of social exclusion, as well as the dynamics of its spread in Ukrainian society remains insufficiently elaborated. Thus, the purpose of this article is to study the phenomenon of social exclusion in Ukrainian society. In the context of the study, the reasons underlying the formation of the phenomenon of social exclusion in Ukraine in the early stages of statehood are substantiated, the problems that determine its spread in modern Ukrainian society, and the consequences of the impact on society are highlighted. A categorical analysis of the phenomenon of social exclusion is carried out, in particular by forms of manifestation, criteria and factors, scale of distribution, levels of formation, and nature of social ties. Based on the analysis, the peculiarities of the manifestation of social exclusion in Ukraine at different stages of development of Ukrainian society are revealed.

scholarly journals THE CONNECTION BETWEEN DIGITAL DIVIDE AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION: IMPLICATIONS FOR SOCIAL WORK

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 194-201
Author(s):  
Thommy Sebatana Molala ◽  
Jabulani Calvin Makhubele
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Employment Education ◽  
Communication Policies

Purpose of the study: This paper aims to ascertain the nexus between the digital divide and social exclusion (inequalities) - directly and indirectly, as digital technology enables people to socialise, communicate, work, study, and conduct business. Methodology: To do this, the literature review is employed as a methodology. Specifically, the narrative or semi-systematic literature review was conducted on all sources germane to the topic under investigation. Main findings: The paper has found that the digital divide has adverse effects on the employment, education, health, social services, and socio-economic development of digitally excluded people. In addition, it has emerged that the digital divide exacerbates social exclusion. Applications of this study: To this end, Social Workers and associated professionals are empowered with knowledge about the role of the digital divide in social exclusion, thus they are expected to play active assume advocacy roles as far as Information Communication Policies are concerned. Novelty/Originality of this study: Digitalisation has embedded factors inducing poverty, inequity, and discrimination unintentionally; thereby this paper replenishes literature in Social Science to enable Social Scientists to utilise relevant information –in their research, intervention, and commentary.  

scholarly journals It's all about needs: the role of Christian congregations in addressing the social exclusion barriers of seasonal agricultural workers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carissa Groot-Nibbelink
Keyword(s):  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Agricultural Workers ◽  
The Social ◽  
Settlement Services ◽  
Seasonal Agricultural Workers ◽  
Christian Congregations

This paper examines the role of Christian congregations in addressing the social exclusion barriers experienced by seasonal agricultural workers (SAWs). This research study reviews the ways in which local churches support SAWs specifically in the Niagara Region. This paper also examines the benefits and limitations of this support and thus offers recommendations to enhance the future work of congregations in this area. This study reveals the evolving role of Christian congregations from offering only fellowship and spiritual services to SAWs to responding to their true needs in areas such as transportation, health care, language, and social inclusion. Because SAWs continue to face significant social exclusion barriers and still remain ineligible for settlement services in Ontario, it is important that congregations continue to do this work, meeting the needs of SAWs and growing in their ability as social service providers. Key words: seasonal agricultural workers (SAWs), congregations, Christian, the Niagara Region, social services, settlement support, social exclusion, needs

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.

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