published_or_final_version / Public Administration / Master / Master of Public Administration

published_or_final_version / Public Administration / Master / Master of Social Sciences

published_or_final_version / Social Work / Master / Master of Social Sciences

Vytauto Didžiojo universiteto Socialinio darbo institutas siekdamas atliepti socialinio darbo studentų bei socialinio darbo praktikų poreikius, bei suteikti jiems įvairias ir patrauklias pasirinkimo galimybes, ketina kurti naują magistratūros studijų specializacijos programą socialinio darbo vadyba arba socialinių paslaugų kokybės vadyba. Tokios programos kūrimo tikslas gali būti grindžiamas socialinio darbo praktikoje vis labiau išryškėjančiu poreikiu praktikoje naudoti vadybinius gebėjimus, kurie yra aktualūs ne tik vadovaujantį darbą atliekantiems specialistams, bet ir kiekvienam socialinio darbo srityje dirbančiam asmeniui. Tyrimo tema: Poreikio įgyti socialinių paslaugų vadybos kompetencijas analizė. Tyrimo tikslas: Nustatyti socialinių paslaugų vadybos kompetencijų mokymosi poreikį. Tyrimo objektas: Socialinių paslaugų vadybos kompetencijos. Probleminiai klausimai: Kokius vadybinius gebėjimus socialinių paslaugų vadybininkai išskiria kaip reikalingus jų praktikoje? Kuriuos vadybinius gebėjimus socialinių paslaugų vadybininkai yra labiausiai motyvuoti mokytis? Tyrimo uždaviniai: 1. Išanalizuoti socialinių paslaugų vadybos kompetencijos sampratą. 2. Identifikuoti socialinių paslaugų vadybininkų praktikoje naudojamus vadybinius gebėjimus, kaip vadybos kompetencijos elementą. 3. Nustatyti socialinių paslaugų kompetencijų profesinio tobulinimo kryptis. Tyrimo problemai ištirti buvo pasirinkta kiekybinė metodologija. Tyrimo metu buvo apklausta 200 socialinio darbo... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Vytautas Magnus University School of Social Work on purpose to respond social work students and social work practicians demands, also to give them various and attractive choice facility is going to establish a new master‘s study specialization programme social work management or social services management. The aim of such programme may be substantiated with the increasing demand to use management skills in social work practice. Social work management skills are tiopical not just for managerial work, but also for every person working in social work field. The subject of the study: The analysis of the need to gain social service management competences. The aim of the study: To point out the need of learning social services management competence. The objekt of the study: Competence of social services management. Problemic questions: What skills of management do the managers of social services point out as the most required in teir practice? What skills of management the managers of social services are mostly motivated to learn? The tasis of the study: 1. To analyze the notion of the competence of social services management. 2. To identify the skills of management, used in the practice of social services managers, as an element of management competence. 3. To point out the trends in the professional development of social services competence. Qualitative methodology has been chosen to analyze the problem of the study. 200 managers in the field of social work has been... [to full text]

No abstract available. / Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of Natal, Durban, 2001.

The problem identified as the focus of this study is the absence of a scale that measures social functioning with validated norms for any population group in South Africa. The need for such an instrument is highlighted by the importance of measurement to social work practice. Descriptions and definitions of "social functioning" in social work literature are evaluated and social functioning is operationally defined. Various approaches to the measurement of social functioning and contemporary ideas concerning the measurement of marital and family life are explored. Literature pertaining to the Heimler Scale of Social Functioning (HSSF), the measurement instrument selected in this study to measure social functioning, is examined and systematized and research findings on the HSSF are reviewed. The examination of the HSSF is focussed on the reliability of the scale for three population groups in South Africa : Whites, Indians and Blacks. The HSSF was administered to client sample groups (N = 281) from three types of welfare agencies in Durban, South Africa. These welfare organisations represent the counterparts of the British welfare agencies from which samples were drawn in the original validation study of the HSSF. As English and Zulu speaking clients are included in sample groups, the HSSF had to be translated into Zulu. The questions included in the HSSF appear to be suitable in a construct that attempts to measure social functioning and the Zulu translation of the HSSF appears to be acceptable. Findings of the study show that the international norms of the HSSF cannot be applied without adjustment across racial and ethnic boundaries and certain changes to the norms for specific client groups are recommended. / Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of Natal, Durban, 1986.

This research is focused on evaluating NEED Crisis and Information Line's Youth Line training. The training prepares youth, aged 14 -19. to respond to telephone calls from youth in the community who are experiencing distress in their lives. The service is telephone-based and is provided for youth. by youth, from 4 -10 pm daily. The two purposes of this research were to assess changes in knowledge, attitudes and skills of Youth Line volunteers that result from training required for effective suicide intervention response, and to assess what worked and did not work in training. This could lead to future planning and changes for training. A total of 65 participants, divided into four training groups, completed a pre-test questionnaire prior to the start of training and of those, a total of 56 participants completed a post-test after Phase 1 of training. Phase 1 consists of 27 hours of training split into 9 sessions and 12 hours of peer support. Following each training session, each participant completed a questionnaire designed to evaluate their satisfaction with each session. A total of four training groups were evaluated. The questionnaire used to evaluate Youth Line training was comprised of the following; demographic information, a set of true and false knowledge questions. Suicide Intervention Questionnaire (SIQ), Suicide Intervention Response Inventory (SIRI-II), and set of questions regarding satisfaction with training. Following training, significant effects were found collectively for all 56 participants in all three areas, knowledge, attitudes and skills. When the 56 participants were broken down into four individual training groups, no significant results were found in knowledge and skills for one of the four training groups. Implications for further research are discussed.

Thesis (MA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2007. / "Master of Social Work (Welfare Programme management)" -- T.p. Bibliography. Also available via the Internet.

Thesis (M.I.T.)--The Evergreen State College, 2009. / Title from title screen (viewed 7/29/2009). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 145--152).

Thesis (Doctoral)--Rijksunversiteit Groningen, 2000.