‘BELEDİYELERİN SOSYAL HİZMET ALANINDA YAPTIĞI FAALİYETLER: İZMİT ÖRNEĞİ

Author(s): İbrahim GÖKTAŞ / Language(s): Turkish / Issue: 44/2019

Municipalities are the most functional units of local government in our country, both in terms of administrative and budget. In recent years, it is seen that municipalities have become an important actor with their social policy practices. Especially since the 1990s, municipalities have started to provide services in areas that cover the social service problems of the people as well as general municipal services, and some have started to improve the quality of the services they provide. In recent years, municipalities have provided a wide range of services for “women, children, disabled people, the elderly, the poor, the needy in care, the destitute, refugees, " which have been described as disadvantaged groups.

„Caritas Christi urget nos” (2 Kor 5, 14) – duchowość caritas

Author(s): Zbigniew Sobolewski / Language(s): Polish / Issue: Special/2017

Caritas of Elk Diocese celebrates the 25th anniversary of its activity. From the beginning it helps in a material and spiritual way to the poor and to those who are in need. Caritas runs many specialist units. Caritas takes care of the development of Caritas units in schools and in parishes in its diocese. Spirituality biased on faith is what distinguish Caritas from other nongovernmental organizations that bring help to different social groups like: poor, sick, elderly, orphans, homeless, unemployed and socially excluded because of their poverty. The main motive for Caritas’ activities is servant to the poor people in the same way we would do it to the Christ. Reference to the Christ, imitation of Christ’s example, his respect for poor people and to the spirit of solidarity and brotherhood with poor are the main points of reference in spiritual formation of Caritas’ employees and volunteers. Caritas of Elk Diocese takes care of ecclesial identity in its works of mercy. Caritas takes care not only of material and spiritual forms of help but also about Christian character of its activities. This article talks about basic spirituality of Caritas, mainly the need of religious and moral formation of employees and volunteers who works for Caritas in Elk. In reference to the latest states of popes it was shown the evangelic sources of Caritas’ spirituality, moral imperative of the responsibility for poor and attributes of the church’s charitable activity such as: unselfishness, respect for the human’s dignity and its rights, gratefulness and solidarity.

„Jak ktoś uwierzy, to wtedy jest jemu łatwiej”. Koncepcja pomocy dla kobiet rezygnujących ze sprzedaży usług seksualnych na przykładzie katolickiego Ośrodka dla dziewcząt i kobiet zagrożonych prostytucją i chcących porzucić jej uprawianie

Author(s): Adrianna Surmiak / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 1/2018

There is little discussion of institutional assistance for women abandoning prostitution in the academic literature. There is especially lack of analyzing the catholic perspective which sometimes is, as in case of Sharon Oselin and Ronald Weitzer, linked with radical feminism. In the article, I reconstruct the model of assistance for former female sex workers using the example of the Catholic Center for girls and women at risk of prostitution and wanting to abandon it. I also analyze the views of the Center’s staff regarding prostitution, prostitutes, and how they should function after giving up selling sexual services. I draw on my ethnographic research which I conducted (intermittently) in 2005-2016.

„Musíte makat a poslouchat, no“: Vězení, potlačování autonomie a responsibilizace u vězněných a propuštěných osob v ČR

Author(s): Jiří Mertl / Language(s): Czech / Issue: 4/2020

This article discusses the prisonisation effect and the consequent responsibilisation of persons in and released from prison in the Czech Republic. Drawing on data from several research projects focused on the social circumstances of persons released from prison, the employability of imprisoned persons, and penitentiary and post-penitentiary care (94 semi-structured interviews and four focus groups conducted with people released from prison, and with social workers, prison staff, and other experts in the field), it is argued in the article that the high levels of recidivism and the overall marginal position of people after they are released from prison in the Czech Republic are the result of the prisonisation effect, which is strongly reproduced in prisons and is not alleviated after a person is released back into society. Thus, people released from prison are not used to making independent decisions and exercising initiative, and ultimately they fail to cope with the post-release social and institutional demands, whereby they end up being marginalised and/or returning to prison.

„Současný systém říká rodičům: nedávejte děti do jeslí, ale určitě je dejte do školky“

Author(s): Jan Schneider,Lada Wichterlová / Language(s): Czech / Publication Year: 0

Prohlašuje Jan Schneider, ředitel Zdravotnického zařízení Podolí, které spravuje i jedny z pražských jeslí. O dnešní situaci jeslí si s ním povídala Lada Wichterlová.

„Круг друзей“ – клубът, клубната дейност и кръгът на приятелите на руския език

Author(s): Dafinka Boteva / Language(s): Bulgarian / Issue: 1/2017

The article shows good practice in the field of foreign language learning in Bulgaria. The author shares some approbated practical methods and case studies in this area. Specific examples for drawing lessons and for evaluation of acquired knowledge are shown.

№ 41 - Serbia: Institutional Social Care and Human Security

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 2009

№318 The state’s weakened immunity The causes of the measles outbreak in Ukraine

Author(s): Krzysztof Nieczypor / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 2020

According to data compiled by the World Health Organization, since 2018 Ukraine has had the world’s second highest number of measles virus infections. A major increase in the number of individuals infected with measles has been recorded since 2017, when 4,782 cases of measles were diagnosed (in 2016 the corresponding number was a mere 90). In 2018, more than 54,000 infections were recorded, which accounted for more than 64% of all measles cases diagnosed across Europe. In 2019, the situation deteriorated even further. Ukraine’s Ministry of Health estimates that between January and November 2019 more than 57,000 individuals contracted measles. Altogether, in 2017–2019 in Ukraine more than 115,000 individuals caught measles and 41 of them died (including 25 children). || The main reason behind the rapid surge in the incidence rate is the low measles vaccination rate resulting from the crisis in the Ukrainian healthcare sector and from the spread of disinformation regarding the alleged adverse effects of vaccines and their ineffectiveness. This has caused the proportion of infants vaccinated against measles to fall to 42% in 2016, with the corresponding proportion recorded for children aged six and younger being 31%; these were among the world’s lowest vaccination rates. Measures taken by the Ministry of Health have resulted in a major increase in the vaccination rate in Ukrainian society and a reduction in the related epidemiological threat. A major problem continues to be posed by the illegal trade in fake vaccination certificates, which emerged as a result of a powerful anti-vaccination campaign on the Internet and of citizens’ distrust of state healthcare institutions. As a consequence, measles continues to be one of the biggest challenges faced by the state’s health policy.

№323 How the COVID-19 pandemic will develop in Ukraine

Author(s): Tadeusz Iwański,Sławomir Matuszak,Piotr Żochowski,Krzysztof Nieczypor / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 2020

According to data compiled by Ukraine’s Ministry of Health, by 27 March more than 200 cases of COVID-19 were confirmed nationwide, with five fatalities. However, there is a risk of the epidemic soon developing on a much larger scale. This is due to the high daily increase in the number of in¬fections diagnosed, the unpreparedness and inefficiency of the healthcare sector, the shortage of medical equipment, the ongoing dispute in the Ministry of Health, and the organisational and financial weakness of the Ukrainian state combined with of the ruling elite’s limited experience of governance. At the present stage, the possible consequences of the pandemic are difficult to forecast. However, it is certain that Ukraine will see a deep recession (the most optimistic forecasts spell a 5% drop in Ukraine’s GDP in 2020).

УЧАСТИЕ ГОСУДАРСТВА В ГРАЖДАНСКИХ ПРАВООТНОШЕНИЯХ

Author(s): Vladimir Alekseevich Babakov / Language(s): Russian / Issue: 6/2015

The paper is devoted to the study of issues on definition of the legal capacity of the state as a participant of civil-law relations, an area that needs improvement of the legal regulation. The aim of the paper is to determine the legal capacity of the state with regard to the threetiered system of its involvement in civil relations, as well as to consider problems concerning the responsibility of officials for actions of the state and its bodies. The conclusion is made about the need to ensure accountability of officials for harm caused by the state.

Участието в проекти – качествен инструмент за мотивация на ученици и учители

Author(s): Ivaylo Staribratov / Language(s): Bulgarian / Issue: 4/2017

The article shares the school experience in developing and participating in various projects over the last ten years. The approach to accomplishing these projects is an essential part of the motivation for better inclusion in the learning process both by students and teachers. Professional competencies are enhanced substantially among students who have completed internship outside of Bulgaria. The acquaintance of the teachers with the organization and curricula of the other European countries increases the quality of the regular educational process in our school.

Уязвими групи лишени от свобода: Наръчник

Author(s): Alejandro Forero Cuéllar,María Celeste Tortosa,Klaus Dreckmann,Dimitar Markov,Maria Doichinova / Language(s): Bulgarian / Publication Year: 2015

In prison, certain groups of inmates are subject to disadvantages due to specifics of their origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, etc. These groups usually need special treatment, which is not always provided, which leads to unequal treatment and violation of their rights. This handbook examines the situation of such vulnerable groups within the prison systems of Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Lithuania and Spain. Starting from the classification of the UN Handbook on Prisoners with special needs and looking at the different national contexts, the authors identify different groups as vulnerable in different countries. In order to encompass as many groups as possible, their list was extended to include some particularly marginalised groups, such as sex offenders, prisoners with disabilities, etc. Each group is viewed in context, explaining the situations of vulnerability both generally and in the selected countries. From one side, the handbook presents the efforts for compensation of vulnerabilities in every country available in the legislation or provided by prison authorities or other actors. From the other side, it identifies the gaps in the measures and practices, which vary both from country to country and from group to group.

ФАКТОРЫ ФОРМИРОВАНИЯ МЕЖСИБЛИНГОВОГО ВЗАИМОДЕЙСТВИЯ В СЕМЬЯХ С ПСИХИЧЕСКИ БОЛЬНЫМ РЕБЕНКОМ

Author(s): Sergej Aleksandrovich Sudjin / Language(s): Russian / Issue: 2/2016

The article is devoted to the characteristics of the relations between sibs in families with a mentally ill child. The features of these interactions in the context of one of the sibs mental illness are analyzed; the factors of inter-sibs relations configuration are considered. The main factor among them is gender. This aspect affects both the extent of mutual emotional intimacy between sibs and extent of involvement in the problem-solving of mentally ill brother or sister. Among other factors to be noted are the order of mentally ill childbirth, the age of healthy sibling at the moment of the first manifestation of illness, type of disease as such and its duration. The conclusion is drawn about the necessity of social work with healthy siblings in the process of the rehabilitation of families with a mentally ill child. Article represents the review of foreign literature on the problem of the intersiblings relations burdened by a mental disorder of one of them. These articles were published between 1962 and 2015, covering the main milestones of interest to this problem. In the late sixties in medicine the research was directed at estimating the stress level and psychological features of a joint growing with a sick brother or sister. The attention was paid also to the social and emotional consequences which adult siblings might experience. This direction went in parallel with growing of self-help groups’ popularity in Western Europe and the USA. Another factor was the increasing popularity of narratives about the joint socialization of healthy and mentally sick children. In the 1980s the research projects focused on description and studying healthy sibling problems such as the lower self-esteem, stigmatization, and shame. Later the scientific interest shifted towards studying the variables which are associated with the burden which healthy siblings experienced during cohabitation with a sick brother or sister. It was conncected with using the multidimensional data analysis in social and psychological researches and emergence of new methods of empirical information collection.

Форми и политически инструменти за стратегическо направляване на образователни институции и спортни организации

Author(s): Ivan Sandanski / Language(s): Bulgarian / Issue: 6/2017

The article sets out to unpack the modes of governance and related policy instruments for steering educational establishments and sport organisations employed by the Sofia municipality Department of Prevention, Integration, Sport and Tourism (DPIST). These instigate a process of institutionalization the actions and behaviours of local schools, kindergartens, sport clubs, youth organisations, and various social groups participating in DPIST funded or supported projects and sport initiatives. Four primary modes of strategic steering are identified including coercion, voluntarism, targeting and framework regulation. The process of steering collective actions, policies and resources is premised on creating a system of institutionalized rules. In fact, such a process takes hybrid forms. The key mechanism for achieving both the strategic and sport policy intentions of Sofia municipality has been the machinery of project management. It is also demonstrated that the pursuit of the new promoted vision envisaging Sofia as a vibrant city of juvenile, active and innovative people where sport, in combination with education, volunteering and entrepreneurship, is seen as the key means and agent of social change, however, requires a proactive forward thinking and strategic approach. It is directed towards pursuing some future, but still unknown desired state in terms of necessary social time, space and projection. Due to this uncertainty Sofia municipality reasonably has relied on a set of already tested in the social practice sources of reasoning and mechanisms of cognitive knowledge and social interventions.

Художествената галерия и децата – творческо общуване

Author(s): Zdravko Toshev / Language(s): Bulgarian / Issue: 1/2017

The perception of the works of art displayed in art galleries is very important for the development of children’s artistic talents. Field trips leave deep and lasting impressions in the memory of most of them and are remembered for a long time. This intensifies their watchfulness, boosts their thinking and imagination, improves their memory and develops their artistic imagination.The ability to perceive artwork is built gradually, carefully, patiently, with the help of adults. Children could stay indifferent to works of art for a long time, if a teacher or parent does not focus their attention on them. They are supposed to take children to museums and galleries, make them familiar with the variety of artwork by attending exhibitions in art galleries, get children feel love, lasting interest and need of contact with artwork.

Цветан Тодоров (1939–2017) – апостолът на хуманизма, мечтателят за свобода

Author(s): Valentina Sharlanova / Language(s): Bulgarian / Issue: 4/2016

Цифрові компетентності соціальних працівників як передумова готовності до навчання літніх людей

Author(s): Andrii Karkach,Tetyana Semigina / Language(s): Ukrainian / Issue: 05/2021

The purpose of the study is to determine the level of readiness of social workers to teach digital technologies to the elderly in universities of the third age, which operate based on territorial centres of social services. The study was conducted in the Poltava region from June 2020 - October 2020. The sample was social workers who provide educational services to students of the University of the Third Age. The total number of respondents was 73 people. The digital literacy analysis of social workers providing geronto-education services was conducted according to five main parameters: information literacy, computer literacy, communication and media literacy, and technology literacy. The results of the digital literacy assessment show that two-thirds of social workerteachers have enough knowledge, skills and follow the right attitudes. At the same time, digital skills received an average of 3.2 points (3.4 urban and 3.0 rural) out of 5 possible. The majority of social workers (66 people, 90%) have been actively using digital technologies in the geronto-educational process of the Third Age University for less than ten years. The study found out that 96% of social workers-gerorogists desire to move to online learning in the current situation, of which 78% expressed a desire to undergo professional retraining in online learning. As the main obstacles to mastering and developing gerorogical technologiesinnovations, social workers named: insufficient awareness of digital innovations, lack of scientific and methodological literature on social technologies for teaching elderly people; lack of logistics for the application of gerorogical digital innovations; lack of material incentives. The results of the study indicate the need to develop social workers-gerorogists: knowledge in the field of modern computer technology and software, as well as the principles of their work; skills of using modern technologies (gadgets and applications); installations in the field of verification of information from the Internet and mass media; attitudes about the benefits of modern gadgets for the daily life of a professional.

Четем заедно – едно по-различно семейство

Author(s): Magdalena Atanasova / Language(s): Bulgarian / Issue: 8/2017

Четящият студент, четящото дете – едно малко прозорче, една величествена гледка

Author(s): Mariana Mandeva,Boryana Tutseva,Gabriela Nikolova,Tsvetelina Kovacheva / Language(s): Bulgarian / Issue: 8/2017

Through the theoretical rationale and the sharing of innovative Pedagogical practice of the circle “The Reading Student, The Reading Child” – University of Veliko Tarnovo, Faculty of Pedagogy proves the possibilities of Non-formal education to turn the reading in elementary school age into a key for harmonious multidimensional building of the child’s personality.

Чи завжди цифри мають значення: огляд парадигм дослідження у соціальній роботі

Author(s): Tetyana Semigina / Language(s): Ukrainian / Issue: 07/2020

Social work both in Ukraine and globally is currently developing its own research approaches and knowledge. The article - based on the analysis of foreign scientific literature and the experience of implementing the intervention "Workshop of Opportunities", which was accompanied by an implementation of multi-method research - describes the modern paradigms and strategies of research in social work.It is determined that in the scientific literature we often talk about positivist, interpretive and critical paradigms of research in social work, which differ not only in methodology but also in involving various participants in the research process to build knowledge, which is fundamentally important for the activity and development of social work. It is noted that non-positivist paradigms of research are becoming more widespread, within which subject-subject relations are formed and people who are traditionally excluded from this process are involved in the construction of knowledge.Various research strategies (research in action, narrative analysis, ethnographic research, etc.) and a multimodal approach that may represent the integration of practice and theory of social work are considered. Examples of the use of such strategies in foreign research in social work are given.Self-reflection of participation in the development, implementation and evaluation of the results of the experimental intervention "Studio of Opportunities", which aimed to improve the quality of life related to health in HIV-positive women with children under 6 years by integrating medically and economically oriented programs. The methodology of external and internal evaluation is described, which confirmed that such new interventions can be introduced in social work, for which there are no standardized, validated measurement tools. The conformity of the used research strategies to the ethical principles of social work is discussed, the advantages and limitations of the application of different paradigms (positivist and critical) research are determined.