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The contested concept of vulnerability – a literature review
2018
The concept of vulnerability is widely used in the social sciences as well as in policy making, health and social care services and in social work, referring to a variety of groups or individuals, ...
Radical Experiences of Portuguese Social Workers in the Vanguard of the 1974 Revolution
2019
ABSTRACTThis article focuses on the contribution of social workers to the Portuguese democratic transition in the 1970s. Their involvement in urban social mobilizations and in the cooperative movem...
Research‐based knowledge about social work and sustainability
2020
The deteriorating work-related well-being among statutory social workers in a rigorous economic context
2014
This article examines the connection between economic pressures and impaired well-being at work experienced by Finnish statutory social workers. The survey data were collected during the years 2011–2012. The respondents (N = 817) were social workers in statutory social services. The overall response rate was 46.5 and nearly 60% of all Finnish municipalities participated in the study. This study affirms the worrying state of the well-being at work of statutory social workers. Up to 43% of the respondents reported worsening of their work-related well-being during the past two years. On average, they had experienced impaired work-related well-being at least once a month. Nearly 18% reported ex…
Making sense of domestic violence intervention in professional health care
2011
Intervening in domestic violence in the health care and social service settings is a complex and contested issue. In this qualitative, multidisciplinary study, the barriers to but also the possibilities for health care professionals in encountering victims of violence were scrutinised. The focus was on omissions in service structure and practices. The data consisted of six focus group interviews with nurses, physicians, social workers and psychologists in specialist health care (n = 30) conducted in Finland in 2009. The aim was to explore professionals' processes of making sense of violence interventions and the organisational practices of violence interventions. Four types of framing of th…
Honouring Hans-Uwe Otto
2020
Hans-Uwe Otto’s way of celebrating special commemorative occasions, including his last and 80th birthday, was always by means of challenging us to a topical, at times controversial academic debate ...
An examination of the views of young people in the Romanian residential care system regarding their relationship with biological family members and t…
2017
ABSTRACTThis paper reports findings from research conducted in six Romanian residential care homes. The aim of the paper is to examine the views held by young people, currently living in residential care, about the importance of their biological families and the option and challenge of reintegration. The data reflect the ideas and perspectives of 44 young people captured through a narrative interview approach using social mapping activities. The results indicate that most children and young people know at least one birth parent and maintain contact on their own initiative; most do not place a high level of importance on such relationships which are generally characterised by lack of confide…
Fidelity and influencing factors in the Systemic Practice Model of children's social care in Finland
2020
Given that multiple countries have recently adopted social work practice models in children’s services, it is striking that only a few studies have systematically analysed both the level of fidelity and potential implementation barriers and facilitators. The aim of this study is to provide an in-depth analysis of how and why the Reclaiming Social Work (RSW) model works in different settings. The study context was the implementation in Finland of an adaptation of the model, the Systemic Practice Model (SPM). This mixed-methods study evaluates 1) fidelity to the SPM and 2) the possible influencing factors. The results reveal high variability in the extent of fidelity in 23 implementation site…
Privāto meža īpašumu kopīga apsaimniekošana
2019
Kopīgu resursu pazīmju (robežas ir sarežģīti nosakāmas ekosistēmās un resursi ir izgūstami jeb pastāv konkurence resursu patēriņā) dēļ ilgtspējīga meža apsaimniekošana ir kopīga meža apsaimniekošana, kas nozīmē kooperēšanos jeb praktisku sadarbību saimnieciskajā darbībā, bet plašākā nozīmē – apsaimniekošanā iesaistīto aģentu sadarbību. Promocijas darba mērķis ir izzināt privāto meža resursu kopīgas apsaimniekošanas veicinošos un kavējošos faktorus Latvijā tās dažādās organizatoriskās izpausmēs un tīklos (nevalstiskās organizācijas, meža īpašnieku kooperatīvi, baznīca, ģimenes kooperēšanās u.c. gadījumos). Mērķa sasniegšanā risināti divi uzdevumi. Pirmkārt, izvērtēt kā socioloģiski jaunā vei…
Pārrobežu sadarbība pierobežas teritorijās
2021
Promocijas darba mērķis ir izpētīt pārrobežu sadarbības procesu pierobežas teritorijās un tajā iesaistītos aģentus. Darba teorētisko ietvaru veido aģentu tīkla teorija, robežobjektu teorija, pārrobežu sadarbības jēdziena un mūsdienu pierobežas un lauku teritoriju attīstības raksturojums. Empīrisko datu ieguvei izmantota Alūksnes novada Latvijā un Veru apriņķa Igaunijā gadījuma izpēte. Pētījumā secināts, ka ES iekšējā un ES ārējā robeža atkarībā no to radītiem apstākļiem pārrobežu sadarbībai un pierobežas teritoriju attīstībai analizējamas kā viens robežobjekts, kuram atkarībā no robežas veida atšķiras primārā funkcija – sociālās pasaules vienojoša vai tās nodaloša. Savukārt ES pārrobežu sad…