The aim of the research was to study the effect of child sexual abuse on the non–accused parent/guardian's psycho–social functioning. To reach this aim, the following objectives were set: * Objective 1: To establish the non–accused's reaction to disclosure of sexual abuse of their child. * Objective 2: To investigate the extent in which the parent/guardian's psycho–social functioning was influenced by the disclosure of the sexual abuse. * Objective 3: To research the influence the disclosure of the sexual abuse had on the relationship between the child involved and the parent/guardian. * Objective 4: To investigate the outcome of the cases following the disclosure of the sexual abuse and to determine whether actions had been taken against the alleged perpetrators and whether they were at all legally prosecuted. The research was primarily based on in–depth interviews with the non–accused parents from the case loads of a welfare organisation in Randfontein. The results of the research were reported on, based on main themes and sub–themes linked to the four objectives. Regarding theme one (1), it was found that the majority of non–accused parents/guardians reacted exceptionally negatively following the disclosure of the sexual abuse in that they experienced extremely negative emotions. Theme two's (2) information was also obtained through the self–designed questionnaire. The effect of the disclosure on the non–accused parents/guardians' psycho–social functioning was studied. It was found that their psychological, emotional, financial and physical functioning was negatively affected. Theme three's (3) information was also obtained by means of the self–designed questionnaire. The relationship and bond between the child involved and the non–accused parent/guardian was investigated. It was found that the relationships between the children involved and the parents/guardians were negatively affected following the disclosure of the sexual abuse in that they experienced feelings of rejection, anger, anxiety and depression. Theme four's(4) was also obtained via self–designed questionnaires. The outcome of the disclosure was investigated. It was established that the caring situations of the children involved following the disclosure had not been significantly affected. Furthermore, it was found that the non–accused parents/guardians had not taken sufficient legal steps and that the alleged perpetrators had not been legally prosecuted in all the cases. In summary it can be stated that this research has proven that the child's sexual abuse has a negative effect on the psycho–social functioning on the non–accused parent/guardian's functioning. / Thesis (M.A. (MW))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011.

The motivation for the study had its origin in the fact that sexual abuse in South Africa seems to be a formidable problem which has a detrimental effect on the adolescent’s development and functioning. Social workers have to deal with sexual abuse often and do not always have the necessary programmes and skills acquired to follow through therapeutic intervention with these victims. Therefore this study focused on the development, implementation and evaluation of a narrative social work intervention programme where sand play techniques were integrated in the narrative process. The research problem formulated was that many adolescents suffer from the effects of sexual abuse and therefore the aim of the study was to develop and evaluate a narrative social work intervention programme for adolescent survivors of sexual abuse. The study served to broaden the body of social work knowledge by means of meaningful quantitative and qualitative enquiry. Quantitative data were obtained through the use of questionnaires and qualitative data through the use of combined sand play and narratives as approaches. Four (4) participants were included in a series of 10–15 sand play sessions. Only the data of one (1) participant was used for data–analysis. Two (2) sessions were used for general assessment and building of therapeutic relationship and an additional session was used for an interview with the parent(s). The researcher undertook mixed method research where the quantitative and qualitative approaches were combined into the research methodology of the single study. Intervention research was used as basic methodology. Purposive sampling was used in the selection of the research subject for this study. Collected data was analyzed according to Tesch’s approach to qualitative data analysis (Creswell, 1994). The researcher applied the developed social work intervention programme with four (4) adolescent participants who had allegedly been sexually abused. The sand play sessions were audio recorded and evaluated by means of data analysis. The findings of this study emphasized the psycho–social impact of sexual abuse on survivors of sexual abuse. This thesis reflects the contribution and impact that the social work intervention programme had on the adolescent survivor of sexual abuse. This programme was found to be a valuable tool that can be used in intervention with adolescents and could add to the knowledge of social workers and other professionals working with the survivors of sexual abuse. The research can be recognized as a positive demonstration of the value of a narrative social work intervention programme. Recommendations regarding future implementation of the narrative social intervention programme have been made. / Thesis (Ph.D. (Social Work))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2012.

This study focuses on the use of animals in social work from the perspective of social workers. The purpose of this study is to examine social workers’ experiences of animal assisted social work and how social workers view the integration of animals in various fields of social work. The research is based on a qualitative method and four semi-structured interviews were conducted with social workers. The theories incorporated in the study are Attachment Theory and Sense of Coherence (SOC). The following results are presented: Social workers are considered to have a more comprehensive understanding of clients compared to their associates who do not hold a degree in Social Work. The Social Work Programme prepares you for work in various roles in numerous work places and the social workers claim to sympathise with the many aspects which affect clients. Some of the positive aspects of incorporating animals in social work include opportunities to experience the outdoors and exercise when spending time with the animals but also the additional satisfaction of being able to offer clients these benefits. The social workers are aware of potential safety risks in handling and associating with the animals and these safety risks appear to have a negative impact on animal assisted social work. According to the social workers, animal allergies can be minimized and should not be the focal point. SOC and its three components – Comprehensibility, Manageability and Meaningfulness have been applied to the social workers experiences of animal assisted social work and their experiences shared indicate that animals can hold properties of an attachment figure. Animals have a calming effect on clients, and assist in the connection between social worker and client.

Po Lietuvos neprikausomybės atkūrimo, šalies politinis ir ekonominis vystymąsis atskleidė daugybę, neišspręstų ar naujai iškilusių, socialinių problemų (klausimų), todėl iškilo socialinių darbuotojų poreikis įvairiose visuomenės gyvenimo srityse, tame tarpe ir sveikatos priežiūroje. Sparčiai didėjo supratingumas, kad sveikatos priežiūra yra ne tik ligų diagnozavimas, gydymas, prevencija. Labai svarbi visuomenės sveikatos sudėtinė dalis yra pačio paciento slauga. Šiandien socialinių paslaugų pasiūla pacientams yra nepakankama Lietuvoje. Savarankiškumą praradę ar sunkiai sergantys ligoniai turi gauti kvalifikuotas socialines paslaugas. / After Lithuania regained its independence, many of the country's unsolved social problems soon became apparent. These problems illustrated the need for a properly trained labor force of social workers equipped to deal with them, particularly in the field of health care. It soon became clear that effective health care prevention was every bit as important as diagnosing and curing disease. A very important component of such health care is the nursing care and social support that patients receive, but the provision of such care is still insufficient in Lithuania . Patients that have lost their independence and are seriously ill must receive adequate care and support.

對於社工,一般大眾的瞭解不深,常伴隨著「做好事」、「幫助窮人」、「有愛 心」等刻板印象;或是負面的「拆散家庭」、「多管閒事」、「官僚」;甚至有許多 人以為社工就是志工,是不支薪而樂於付出的一群。創作者自幼長期接觸社工與 其工作環境,盼透過影像創作方式,呈現台灣社工所面臨的某些現實。 《標準量表》從一兒虐案出發,以類紀錄片的方式帶出相關人事物,討論案 中每個角色所面臨的困難與心理衝擊,以及案發後所有人如何適應、回歸、繼續 生活。特別將視角集中在負責本案的基層社工,以她為敘事中心,講述一個社工 與家暴家庭的互動故事,呈現社工在個案服務工作中的心情轉折,讓觀眾有機會 認識這些心理負擔與壓力。並期待透過本片,建構一個兩難的世界,畢竟真實社 會中的習題,往往不是結束在一個定點,而是事情發生後,人們怎麼繼續走下去。 / We don’t know much about social workers, who sometimes been thought of “doing things good”, “helping the poor”, “kind and compassionate”; or accompanied with some negative thought, “destroy families”, “make uncalled-for meddling”, and “officialdom”. Even some people think social workers are volunteers, who are happy and willing to help people without salary. The writer of this story has contacted with social workers since she was a child and tries to show some reality of them by visual productions. Standard Scale of Humanity is a story of a basic level social worker and a child-abused family, and produced by skills of mockumentary. The film lets every character in the case talks about her stories, feelings, and how to back to the normal life after the tragedy, so the audiences have chances to know more about the pressure, load, and difficulties of social workers and offenders. Moreover, the production hopes to create a situation of dilemma, because things not always stop at a particular point in the real world, after all, it is more important to know how to live after something bad happened.

本研究以已婚社會工作員為對象，瞭解已婚社會工作員的工作與家庭衝突對其家庭生活滿意度的影響。研究透過兩種管道進行資料的蒐集：一種是由台灣社會工作專業人員協會與台灣兒童暨家庭扶助基金會協助樣本的提供；另一種是使用線上問卷，共回收154份有效問卷。本研究有幾點發現：首先，已婚社會工作員面臨了工作與家庭的衝突，且工作干擾家庭的情況較嚴重。其次，已婚社會工作員在家庭生活滿意度的不同構面中，以家務處理滿意程度最低。再者，已婚社會工作員不會因性別的不同在工作與家庭衝突和家庭生活滿意度兩方面有所差異。在工作特質變項上，已婚社會工作員的工作年資愈少、擔任第一線社工員、每週工作時數和每月加班時數愈多者，工作與家庭衝突的情況愈嚴重。在工作投入與勝任感方面，已婚社會工作員對社工專業愈投入，其家庭干擾工作的程度愈低，亦不會因此產生工作干擾家庭的感受；當已婚社會工作員愈難獲得合適的工作作息且愈無法勝任工作時，工作與家庭衝突的程度愈高；而已婚社會工作員對社工專業愈投入者，其家庭生活滿意度愈高。此外，已婚社會工作員的工作與家庭衝突程度愈高，家庭生活滿意度就會愈低。最後，針對研究結果，研究者提出以下建議：已婚社會工作員應瞭解自我角色的情況，在家務處理上取得配偶和家人的支持，並學習有效的時間管理與適度的自我調適；實務界則應正視社會工作員的工作壓力負荷量大的問題。 / This research takes married social workers as research subject to understand how the conflict between work and family affects their family life satisfaction. Our data was collected from two measures. Some are provided by the Taiwan Association of Social Workers and the Taiwan Fund for Children and Family while the rest comes from 154 effective questionnaires collected by an online survey. Through this research, we discovered the followings. First, married social workers do encounter work-family conflicts and their family lives are rather interfered by their work. Second, in terms of different factors of the family life satisfaction, married social workers stand at the lowest level in the satisfaction of house work management. Furthermore, married social workers, regardless of sex, share the same experience regarding work-family conflicts and the family life satisfaction. In terms of the variable of job characteristics, the work-family conflict is much more severe if married social workers have less years of job experience, act as frontline social workers, or have more weekly work hours and overtime hours per month. On the aspect of work devotion and job competency, as they devote more to become professional social workers, their family lives are less likely to be interfered by their work, and thus they don't have the feeling of interference. If they have more trouble balancing between work and rest and become less competent in their jobs, the work-family conflict would be more serious. Meanwhile, if more devotion is put into becoming professional social workers, the family life satisfaction would be higher. In addition, when married social workers suffered from more severe work-family conflicts, their family life satisfaction becomes lower. This research provides several suggestions based on the research result. Married social workers should know more about their roles in work, gain supports from their spouses and family members on housework management and learn better skills on time management and self-adjustment. In practical view, the problem of work stress and overload in social workers should be emphasized.

Syftet med denna uppsats var att beskriva hur socialarbetarens yrkesroll och yrkesidentitet kan konstrueras i uppdraget som biståndshandläggare och i förhållande till rådande diskurser inom området. Kunskapsläget inom fältet visade att arbetet som biståndshandläggare är komplext och att det därför kan vara svårt att arbeta på det sätt lagen föreskriver. Dels beroende på att den ideologiska och ekonomiska samhällsutvecklingen kan leda till lagändringar och organisatoriska förändringar, dels beroende på hänsynstagandet till det allmänna intresset. Studiens empiriska material utgörs av intervjuer med fem biståndshandläggare/socialsekreterare, varav den ena inte hade ett myndighetsutövande uppdrag. Ett diskursteoretiskt perspektiv användes som verktygslåda för att analysera socialsekreterarnas utsagor och för att besvara studiens syfte och frågeställningar. Studiens resultat visade på att yrkesrollen konstrueras diskursivt, avhängigt kontexten och i förhållande till organisationens uppdrag för den enskilde socialsekreteraren. Socialarbetaridentiteten/ identiteterna tillskrevs olika former av betydelser men också olika former av diskursiva krav och förväntningar på både beteende och handlande. / The aim of this study was to describe how the social worker’s professional role and work identity can be constructed in the case manager’s assignments and in relation to the existing discourses in the field. Previous research in this field has shown that a case manager’s work is complex and that it can be difficult to perform their assignments according to the law. Partly because of the ideological and economic development in society, which might lead to changes in the organization, and partly due to the consideration of public interest. The empirical part of the study consists of interviews with five social workers. One of these social workers did not have a regulatory exercise assignment. To reach the aim of the study, a theoretical discourse perspective was used. The result showed that the work identity of the case manager is constructed through the discourses of the context and in relation to the assignments given to each case officer from the organization. The social worker identity was assigned with different meanings and different discursive requirements and expectations regarding how to behave and act.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:46:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ThalytaMNB.pdf: 410842 bytes, checksum: 318436b906e977e4b55f1945d235ad45 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-10-23 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / The present research study the work professional of the Social worker in the National Institute of Social Security of Rio Grande do Norte s State, especially about the working terms, the demands and working process of Social worker in consequence of the limits established with disorganization of his institutional space derived of the Counter-Reforms of the State and of Social Security. In decade of 1990 there was in Brazil adhesion to the neoliberal politics what configured a new organization of work and a new performance of the State. Inside this context, it was accomplished the Counter-Reforms with emphasis in the privatizations, reform of the Social Security and of the device of the Brazilian State, among other actions. Particularly, in Social Service reforms brought profound consequences for the Social workers of INSS, among it: reduction of professionals and in his institutional space. This study situates the Social Worker of Social Security in front of the contemporary modifications in the world of work as well as in front of the consequences come upon of the Counter-Reforms implemented and executed by the neoliberal governments in the country of way the of frame and to enter to the globalized world and the new order of the capital. From the qualitative research based in the critical and dialectic theoreticianmethodological perspective that study the phenomena from your relations, mediations and contradictions, was possible unveil the limits and the possibilities of the professional work of the Social worker in INSS placed the Counter-Reforms of Social Security. Synthetically, the results of this investigation indicate that, there is an worsening in the inconsistency of the work with relation to social worker's functional situation and his working terms in the institution / O presente estudo trata do trabalho profissional do (a) Assistente Social no Instituto Nacional do Seguro Social no Estado do Rio Grande do Norte. Focalizaremos as condi??es de trabalho e suas as demandas em face dos limites estabelecidos com a desestrutura??o do seu espa?o institucional oriundos das Contra-Reformas do Estado e da Previd?ncia Social. Na d?cada de 1990, houve a ades?o do Brasil ? pol?tica neoliberal, o que configurou uma nova organiza??o do trabalho e uma nova atua??o do Estado. Dentro desse contexto, foi realizada a Contra-Reforma com ?nfase nas privatiza??es, Reforma da Previd?ncia e do aparelho do Estado, dentre outras a??es. Particularmente, na Previd?ncia a reforma trouxe profundas conseq??ncias para os Assistentes Sociais do INSS, dentre elas: redu??o no quadro de profissionais e no espa?o institucional. Assim, situamos o Assistente Social da Previd?ncia diante das modifica??es contempor?neas no mundo do trabalho, como tamb?m diante das conseq??ncias advindas das Contra-Reformas implementadas e executadas pelos governos neoliberais no pa?s como forma de se enquadrar e adentrar ao mundo globalizado e ? nova ordem do capital. A partir da pesquisa qualitativa, fundamentada na perspectiva te?rico-metodol?gica cr?tica e dial?tica que busca estudar os fen?menos a partir das suas rela??es, media??es e contradi??es, foi poss?vel analisarmos os limites e as possibilidades do trabalho profissional do Assistente Social no INSS p?s as Contra-Reformas da Previd?ncia Social. Os resultados dessa investiga??o indicam que h? uma maior precariza??o do trabalho, no que se refere a situa??o funcional do Assistente Social, e as suas condi??es de trabalho na institui??o

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:46:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 PatriciaCSC_DISSERT.pdf: 2041700 bytes, checksum: 9bb4f101921d02b0270b0ba3e38df77f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-02-26 / The requirements in the world of work in the contemporary impact on quality of life, health workers in their relations with users and other professionals of the healthcare team. Given this reality, this study discusses the working conditions in health and disease process of (a) having social goals as analyze the implications of working conditions in the disease (the) social workers in state hospitals Metropolitan Region Christmas (NMR); identify the main diseases affecting social workers in hospitals in the SESAP NMR and reveal the relationship between the disease processes of social and working conditions in hospitals in the state NMR. The research was guiding questions to reveal how to configure the work, conditions of work and of the disease process (the) social worker. To grasp the socioeconomic profile of (the) social workers, the characterization of the work, duties and responsibilities in the sociooccupational, factors that interfere with the disease process of (the) social workers of RMN, and actions and investments Policy on Occupational Health RN correlating to illness today is that we set for the unveiling of the movement of the object of study through the methodological approach with documentary research aimed at literature review; extensive direct observation correlated to real life observation and application of 66 (sixty-six) questionnaires. The data from the closed questions were treated using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). The open questions were transcribed and then analyzed the light of theoretical work on the subject. The research reveals that social workers are subject to conditions and labor relations precarious illness causing health problems because some of these professionals, among them are: stress, allergies and skin conditions or, Read / WMSD among other diseases. Thus, we understand the need for debates about the relationship work (the) social worker and worker health before the contradictions of capital also present in public health services / As exig?ncias no mundo do trabalho na contemporaneidade repercutem na qualidade de vida, na sa?de dos trabalhadores, nas suas rela??es com os usu?rios e demais profissionais da equipe de sa?de. Diante desta realidade, este estudo discute as condi??es de trabalho na ?rea da sa?de e o processo de adoecimento da (o) assistente social, possuindo como objetivos analisar as implica??es das condi??es de trabalho no adoecimento das (os) assistentes sociais dos hospitais estaduais da Regi?o Metropolitana de Natal (RMN); identificar as principais doen?as que afetam Assistentes Sociais nos hospitais da SESAP na RMN e desvelar a rela??o entre os processos de adoecimento das (os) assistentes sociais e as condi??es de trabalho nos hospitais estaduais na RMN. A pesquisa teve como quest?es norteadoras a fim de revelar como se configuram o trabalho, as condi??es desse trabalho e o processo de adoecimento da (o) assistente social. Para apreender o perfil socioecon?mico das (os) assistentes sociais; a caracteriza??o do trabalho, as atribui??es e compet?ncias no espa?o s?cio-ocupacional; os fatores que interferem no processo sa?de-doen?a das (os) assistentes sociais da RMN, e a??es e investimentos da Pol?tica de Sa?de do Trabalhador no RN correlacionando ao adoecimento nos dias atuais ? que partimos para o desvelamento do movimento do objeto de estudo atrav?s do percurso metodol?gico com pesquisa documental destinada ? revis?o bibliogr?fica; observa??o direta extensiva correlacionada ? observa??o na vida real e aplica??o de 66 (sessenta e seis) question?rios. Os dados das quest?es fechadas foram tratados utilizando-se o Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). As quest?es abertas foram transcritas e posteriormente analisadas ? luz da produ??o te?rica sobre a tem?tica. A pesquisa revela que os assistentes sociais est?o submetidos a condi??es e rela??es de trabalho precarizadas, ocasionando adoecimento devido alguns agravos ? sa?de destes profissionais, dentre esses se encontram: o stress, alergias e ou dermatoses, Ler/DORT entre outras doen?as. Assim, entende-se a necessidade de debates sobre a rela??o trabalho da (o) assistente social e sa?de do trabalhador diante das contradi??es do capital, tamb?m, presentes nos servi?os p?blicos de sa?de

Under hösten 2016 genomfördes en enkätundersökning på en familjecentral i syfte att utvärdera vad föräldrarna på familjecentralen upplevde som bra och mindre bra i enskilda samtal med en kurator på verksamheten. Resultatet av enkäten var till största del positivt, vilket ledde till att kuratorerna på familjecentralen önskade öka kunskapen kring vad som varit bra, samt undersöka vidare vad föräldrarna upplever som mindre bra i samband med samtalen. På uppdrag av dessa kuratorer har denna studie utformats med syfte att öka kunskapen kring föräldrars erfarenheter i samband med enskilda samtal med en kurator på en familjecentral, med fokus på vad föräldrar upplever som resurser och hinder i samtalen. Empirin har samlats in med hjälp av kvalitativ metod för att fånga föräldrars uppfattningar om de enskilda samtalen och för att få en djupare förståelse för dessa uppfattningar. Empirin består av åtta stycken semistrukturerade intervjuer med föräldrar som har deltagit i enskilda samtal med en kurator på den aktuella familjecentralen. Den insamlade empirin har analyserats med hjälp av fyra teoretiska utgångspunkter vilka är Bernler och Johnssons teori för psykosocialt arbete, allians, empati samt aktivt lyssnande. Det slutgiltiga resultatet visar att det som föräldrar främst upplever som resurser i de enskilda samtalen är relationen till kuratorn, att få konkreta råd, tillgängligheten till kuratorerna och familjecentralen samt trivsamma lokaler. Resultatet som belyser hinder i samband de enskilda samtalen berör föräldrarnas önskan om att få prata med kuratorn på familjecentralen om fler ämnen än sitt barn och sin föräldraroll, att erbjudas uppföljning efter avslutad kontakt och att kuratorernas delade lokaler med öppna förskolan kan upplevas som besvärligt. Studiens slutsatser är att föräldrarna uppskattar familjecentralen och att verksamheten är en bra arena för socialtjänsten att arbeta förebyggande på. En annan slutsats är att föräldrarna uppskattar kombinationen av både få stöd och konkreta råd från kuratorerna samtidigt som de får formulera sina egna behov. Det finns även indikationer på att familjecentralen kan behöva utöka sitt stöd eftersom att föräldrar beskriver att de hade velat prata om annat än det som rör föräldraskapet. / During the fall of 2016, a survey was implemented at a family center with the purpose to evaluate what the parents who visited the family center experienced as positive and negative aspects during individual counseling with a social worker at the family center. The survey showed a positive result, which led to that the social workers at the family center wanted to increase the knowledge about which aspects the parent found positive. They were also keen on to investigate more closely if the parents experienced some negative aspects during the counseling. On behalf of the social workers at the family center, this study has been designed to increase knowledge about parents' experiences of individual counseling with a social worker, focusing on what parents perceive as resources and obstacles in the counseling. The material of the study has been gathered using qualitative methods to capture parents' perceptions of individual counseling and to gain a deeper understanding of these views. The material consists of eight semistructured interviews with parents who have participated in individual counseling with a social worker at the current family center. The collected material has been analyzed using four theoretical starting points which are Bernler and Johnssons' theory of psychosocial work, alliance, empathy and active listening. The final result shows that what parents primarily perceive as resources in the individual counselings is the relationship with the social worker, getting hands on advice, the access to the social workers and the family center, as well as the enjoyable premises. The result that highlights obstacles in the individual counseling concerns the parents' desire to talk to the social worker at the family center about more than just their child and parenthood, to be offered a follow-up after the contact has been completed and that the professionals shared premises with the open preschool can be problematic. The conclusions of the study include the fact that the parents appreciate the family center and that the family center is a good arena for social services to work preventively on. Another conclusion is that parents find that a combination of both support and concrete advice from the counselors as well as the possibility to formulate their own needs is an appreciated balance in the individual counseling. There are also indications that the family center may need to expand its support since parents describe that they wanted to talk about other subjects other than parenting.