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Support Group for Social Workers’ Inclusion

Author(s): Enikő Deák
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Presa Universitara Clujeana
Keywords: burnout;professional identity;professional network;mental health group;intervention;

Summary/Abstract: In this article the author presents an intervention program which was addressed to social workers living and working in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The goal of the intervention was to avoid burnout, and in the same time to create a support group in order to make the relationship between colleagues more efficient and to protect the mental health of the members. The results show that the members of the group received professional and emotional support from each other, which proved benefic, assisting in the prevention of burnouts and professional socialization. The intervention used group method with a mental health aspect.

  • Issue Year: 15/2017
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 41-51
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Hungarian