The challenges and the problems of reintegration policy as viewed from the perspective of various helping professions. The dependencies of post-penitentiary assistance and the barriers to its efficiency on the basis of Ośrodek Profilaktyki I Resocjal Cover Image

Wyzwania i problemy praktyki reintegracyjnej z perspektywy przedstawicieli różnych zawodów pomocowych. Uwarunkowania pomocy postpenitencjarnej oraz bariery jej skuteczności na przykładzie Ośrodka Profilaktyki i Resocjalizacji „Mateusz” w Toruniu
The challenges and the problems of reintegration policy as viewed from the perspective of various helping professions. The dependencies of post-penitentiary assistance and the barriers to its efficiency on the basis of Ośrodek Profilaktyki I Resocjal

Author(s): Emilia Zielińska, Joanna Lajstet
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Family and social welfare
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: wykluczenie społeczne; praca socjalna; reintegracja zawodowa; reintegracja społeczna; pomoc postpenitencjarna

Summary/Abstract: This study was dedicated to report the contents of the seminar „Social work and the professional and social reintegration. The challenges and the problems thereof from the vantage point of various helping professions”. The meeting bearing this title took place thanks to the initiative of Sekcja Pracy Socjalnej Polskiego Towarzystwa Socjologicznego [The Section of Social Work of the Polish Sociological Association] and Pracownia Badań Jakości Życia of UMK [The Institute of the Research on the Quality of Life]. The speakers being representatives of different helping institutions raised the issues pertaining to the process of social and professional reintegration of the people threatened with the social exclusions or the ones already socially excluded. The study particularly exposded the opinions by the representative of Ośrodek Pomocy Społecznej [Social Welfare Centre], Centrum Integracji Społecznej [The Centre of Social Integration], and the Association „Mateusz” running Ośrodek Profilaktyki i Resocjalizacji [Social Rehabilitation and Prevention]. What was presented, was the outline of the problems and the obstacles in the process of reintegration as well as the factors contributing to the efficiency of the support. What was also raised was the issue pertaining to the specific group of people of a low economic status, such as the people leaving penitentiary institutions. In this section of the article, the considerations concerning the pillars of efficacy were based on the operations of the centre „Mateusz” located in Toruń. Its advantage reducible to the formula of a family house and the work with one’s protégées based on empowerment was regarded as a factor contributing most to the efficiency of the presented solution. What was also presented were the results of the empirical analyses and the constructive conclusions.

  • Issue Year: 20/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 23-37
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish