Transformation of Social Services in Ukraine: the Deinstitutionalization and Reform of the Institutional Care System for Children

• Authors: Kryvachuk Liudmyla

Title variants

PL

Transformacja usług społecznych na Ukrainie: deinstytucjonalizacja a reforma opieki instytucjonalnej nad dziećmi

• Languages of publication: EN PL

Abstracts

EN

This article focuses on the study of current transformation processes occurring in Ukraine in the provision of social services to various groups of children, in particular orphan children and children deprived of parental care. The meanings of the concepts of “orphan child” and “child deprived of parental care,” aspects of establishing this group of official status children, giving the right to receive appropriate social services and provide social and legal protection are considered. The features of the deinstitutionalization and reform of the system of institutional care for children in modern Ukraine are investigated in the context of the legal, organizational and social aspects of this reform. The necessity and importance of the process of deinstitutionalization for the formation, successful socialization, personal development of the child and ensuring the right of each child to be brought up in the family or in the environment closest to the family has been substantiated.

PL

Artykuł dotyczy współczesnych procesów transformacyjnych zachodzących na Ukrainie w zakresie zabezpieczenia usług społecznych dla różnych kategorii dzieci, w tym dla dzieci-sierot i dzieci pozbawionych opieki rodzicielskiej. Rozważano nad istotę pojęć „dzieci-sieroty” i “dzieci pozbawiony opieki rodzicielskiej”, specyfikę ustanowienia tej kategorii dzieci o statusie oficjalnym, co daje prawo do otrzymania odpowiednich usług społecznych i zapewnia ochronę społeczną i prawną. W artykule omówiono cechy deinstytucjonalizacji i reformy systemu opieki instytucjonalnej nad dziećmi we współczesnej Ukrainie w kontekście prawnych, organizacyjnych i społecznych aspektów tej reformy. Podkreśla się konieczność i znaczenie procesu deinstytucjonalizacji dla socjalizacji a rozwoju osobowości dziecka i zapewnienia każdemu dziecku prawa do wychowania w rodzinie lub w środowisku najbliższym spokrewnionym z rodziną

Keywords

EN

deinstitutionalization; reforming; orphan children; children deprived of parental care; social services; family forms of education; institutional care

PL

deinstytucjonalizacja; reformy; dzieci-sieroty; dzieci pozbawione; opieki rodzicielskiej; usługi społeczne; rodzinne formy opieki; opieka instytucjonalna

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny im. Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie. Instytut Spraw Społecznych
• Journal: Labor et Educatio
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 129-148

Dates

published

2018

Contributors

author

Kryvachuk Liudmyla

• The Pedagogical University of Cracow, Poland

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