Functionality of Social Assistance Institutions. Part II  Efficacy and Barriers of Social Assistance Institutions in Opinion of Welfare  System Beneficiaries Cover Image

Funkcjonalność instytucji wsparcia społecznego. Część II  Efektywność a bariery instytucji wsparcia społecznego w opinii beneficjentów systemu
Functionality of Social Assistance Institutions. Part II  Efficacy and Barriers of Social Assistance Institutions in Opinion of Welfare System Beneficiaries

Author(s): Anna Gawron-Skarbek, Jan Krakowiak, Małgorzata Godala, Anna Garus-Pakowska, Adam Rzeźnicki, Franciszek Szatko
Subject(s): Management and complex organizations, Family and social welfare, Welfare services
Published by: Społeczna Akademia Nauk
Keywords: social support; social assistance institutions; welfare officer; welfare system beneficiary; system effectiveness

Summary/Abstract: Aim of the study was a cognition opinion of social assistance institutions (sai) beneficiaries about welfare system functionality. The study involved 120 inhabitants of Lodz who reported to sai to receive a necessary welfare. It was carried out with an authorial questionnaire interview. Over 1/3 of studied group found as comprehensive access to institutions but simultaneously almost a half found difficult to achieve a needed welfare. Welfare officers devote enough time to help their charges in gaining a welfare but they ask too probing questions. Relations between sai beneficiary and welfare officer determine the efficacy of social support.

  • Issue Year: 17/2016
  • Issue No: 10.3
  • Page Range: 245-256
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish