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Przemiany instytucjonalnej pomocy społecznej w Polsce w latach 2006-2013

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Kwiatkowska M.

Społeczeństwo i Ekonomia

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2015

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issue 1(3)

21-32

EN

Social assistance to approprietly carry out its role which is to enable citizens to overcome difficult situations in lives, should have an adequate organizational structure. For that purpose institutions of social assistance providing temporary as well as 24-hour care are formed. Diversified character of provided services and the scale of services provided as well as changes in the structure of target recipients of services force also changes in the system of care and advisory institutions. The aim of the article is to show the most important directions of changes which have taken place in the institutional system of social assistance in the recent years. In the theoretical part of the article the author makes a comparison of social assistance institutions, and in the analytical part she uses simple statistical methods studying the dynamics and the structure of a given phenomenon presenting the results in tabular and graphical form. Analysed data come from the annual reports of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy from the granted benefits of social assistance − monetary, in kind and services (MPiPS- 03) in the years 2006- 2013. On their base it is possible to state that social assistance in the institutional scope is assuming more and more extended character, and there are more and more communes led by non-public entities in its structure.

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Deinstitutionalization of the social welfare system as a chance for a life of dignity for people with care and support needs .

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Chabaj-Wiater J.

Praca Socjalna

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2018

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vol. 33(3)

71-84

EN

The article discusses the social situation of people, who are older, in a difficult socio-economic conditions, disability or chronic illness. These people require support in the twenty-four-hour living caring and nursing services forms. The article presents the system of Polish social assistance in the care facilities aspects and recommendations of the European Commission with Expert Group on the Transition from Institutional to Community – based Care, that guarantee for human rights and a better quality of life. The change of the social policy system from institutional to environmental services and implemented among the local community is discussed in this study. The argumentation for the development of these services is undeniable, because human is at the center of all assistance activities.

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The ups and downs of the professionalization of social work in Poland after 1990. The comments on the debate

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Wódz K., Faliszek K.

Praca Socjalna

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2018

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vol. 33(6)

108-124

EN

The article attempts to present the process of professionalization of social work in Poland after 1989. It was shown in terms of the classical attribution model and in the concept of Abbott, in which the essence of the pro-fessionalization process is primarily the functioning of the profession in a complex system of internal and exter-nal dependencies. Analyses indicate that the process of professionalization of social work in Poland is currently far incomplete, and the ongoing and planned changes in the social welfare system are unlikely to favour its development. We deal with specific monopolistic practices of the state in shaping the institutional foundations of social assistance in accordance with the interests of the central administration, which seeks to shift responsibility for implemented activities to external entities, retaining full and even increased possibilities of exerting influence and control. This is also reflected in the ongoing attempt to standardize social services, which is ultimately an element of deprofessionalisation of social work

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Kształcenie i doskonalenie zawodowe pracownika socjalnego jako wyznacznik profesjonalnej pomocy wobec osób wykluczonych społecznie

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Jagodzińska M.

Społeczeństwo. Edukacja. Język

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2014

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vol. 2

175-180

EN

The social worker should be in possession of the following abilities: methological, social, those connected with applying legal knowledge, abilities to indicate competent institutions, make decisions and address prompt social intervention, make use of scientific knowledge in practice as well as the ability to use technical achievements at work. The competences gained through formal education, certified by means of bachelor’s or master’s degree in social work are not sufficient; it is necessary to permanently develop the workshop through participating in informal or non-formal education.

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Social work done by the school pedagogue

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Wasilewska-Ostrowska K.

Praca Socjalna

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2017

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vol. 32(3)

65-74

EN

The article focuses on the role of the school pedagogue, in particular on social assistance provided by him or her. In Poland, social workers are not employed in the educational institutions so their job is performed by the school pedagogues. This text describes the teachers’ activity in the area of social assistance, as well as the proposal of decoupling educational from the social help aspects.

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Local government, social policy and social assistance: development paths since 1989/1990

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Staręga-Piasek J.

Praca Socjalna

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2020

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vol. 35(4)

5-17

EN

The paper discusses the first and second local government reform in Poland. The article describes the essence of social assistance institutions: social assistance centers, county family assistance centers and regional social policy centers. The article ends with consideration of the place of social assistance in local government social policy.

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Social assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic – first comments related to practice

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Mańkowska B.

Praca Socjalna

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2020

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vol. 35(2)

72-83

EN

The purpose of the article is to draw attention to the challenges and threats faced by social assistance institutions in the face of the second month of the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland, with particular emphasis on disturbing phenomena and behaviours involving employees of these institutions. The text, on the one hand, supported by examples derived from personal experiences and reports of the social workers themselves, on the other, by the author's observations and reflections, can serve as a warning against hasty, chaotic actions undermining the morale and reputation of the social assistance system. In the current particularly difficult time for all, it should pass the test in responsible management, coherent cooperation, developing effective solutions and missionary character – serving the ones in need.

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Analysis of the effectiveness of local family violence prevention system from the perspective of social assistance

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Kowalczyk B., Rys K.

Praca Socjalna

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2017

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vol. 32(3)

141-166

EN

The article presents research on the family violence prevention system family from the perspective of social assistance. The position of social welfare and the role of social worker in this system are discussed. A specific social position and the key role of social worker in the system of prevention of violence have been confirmed. Study also shows the diversity of the system preventing domestic violence, which differs depending on the size of the municipality. In smaller communities, it is based primarily on the social workers and in the larger communties it is largely supported by other professionals: psychologists and lawyers.

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Back to the Past? Social assistance and the coronavirus epidemic: preliminary analysis

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Chaczko K., Paprota N.

Praca Socjalna

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2020

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vol. 35(2)

37-53

EN

The article intents to answer what conclusions drawn from the past experiences of the social assistance system may be useful for functioning of the system in the approaching economic crises produced by the coronavirus epidemic. Using comparative analysis, an attempt was made to compare selected elements of the social assistance system from the transformation period of the 1990s with the situation of social assistance in the last decade. Then, there are defined threats to the functioning of social assistance in case of the economic crisis.

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Selected conditions for the functioning of local social policy based on the example of social assistance

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Krzyszkowski J.

Praca Socjalna

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2020

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vol. 35(4)

19-33

EN

This presented paper concerns local social policy and social assistance. In the first part, definitions of local social policy and theories on local social policy are presented. The second part of the paper analyses the main reforms of social policy and social assistance in Poland along with selected findings of studies on local social policy and social assistance.

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The situation of employees of social assistance facilities during the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) coronavirus epidemic in Poland

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Glac W., Zdebska E.

Praca Socjalna

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2020

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vol. 35(2)

129-142

EN

The article is a presentation of the results of research conducted in Poland in April 2020, during the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus epidemic, on the situation of employees of the nursery homes. The research was conducted using an electronic survey method on a group of 160 (N = 160) employees. The aim of the study was to provide a preliminary and ongoing analysis of the work conditions of employees of social assistance facilities during the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic (COVID-19). The article also indicates the context of the legal situation in which the research was conducted, in relation to the administrative bodies taking actions under special provisions to secure the situation of employees and residents of the social assistance facility. As a result of the research, it was found that the majority of employees covered by the survey indicated deficiencies in personal protective equipment, as well as a situation of insecurity at work. The thesis about the necessity to take urgent legal and factual actions aimed at securing DPS employees in a way that guarantees their safety as much as possible, taking into account the obvious possibility of infection, which, however, by providing protection measures and performing procedures – may be limited.

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From care to social assistance – transformation in a municipality of the province of Lublin. On the thirtieth anniversary of ‘I implore and recommend’ by the Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki .

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Kozak M.

Praca Socjalna

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2020

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vol. 35(2)

179-198

EN

Aid activities in Poland have a long history. Over the centuries, it took various forms and evolved from mutual assistance, philanthropy, and charity to organized, purposeful activities. Memories of my experience of working in institutional care and then of social welfare concern the period of the turn of the Polish People's Republic and the Third Polish Republic. The systemic changes initiated at that time were of fundamental importance in the development and professionalization of Polish social welfare. I belong to a group of social workers who started work in the 1960s. Therefore, I am an eyewitness and participant in the changes that took place on the "first line" of social welfare in one of the Polish municipalities in which I worked in those years. I tried to explain the reality of social workers in this period. In my memories I recall some events that may seem insignificant in the scale of general changes but reflect the atmosphere of those times. I trust that they will supplement the knowledge about the history of social welfare of this period.

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Pomoc socjalna na rzecz osób przewlekle chorych i ich rodzin

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Jagodzińska M.

Społeczeństwo. Edukacja. Język

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2014

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vol. 2

169-173

EN

The system of social assistance and social support within care of a seriously ill person being at home is to coordinate medical-nursing care and social and living care. An ill person who is hospitalised, not prepared for living with an illness, is discharged from hospital and goes home where he is cared for by his family unaware of difficulties and dangers related to taking care. A social worker can be of support in such a situation. This person coordinates all the activities connected with a patient, his family and his social and local environment.

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The paradox of Polish social assistance

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Chaczko K.

Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu

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2018

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issue 510

9-17

EN

The Polish social assistance system, designed on the eve of systemic transformation, has had a major role in mitigating the effects of economic and social change. And in this sense, it served as a social welfare, despite the nomenclature in the form of social assistance. The purpose of this article is to examine whether, after almost three decades of operation, the system is still closer to what can be called social care or can it, in line with the terminology adopted, focus on aid. In attempt to answer these questions, the terms ‘social care’ and ‘social assistance’ were first defined to distinguish between the legal forms of care and aid services. Then, using quantitative data on the benefits provided in social assistance, it was concluded that care services are still prevalent in social assistance, which leads to a terminological-functional paradox.

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Swedish context of the COVID-19 pandemic approach and problems of social services

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Perliński M.

Praca Socjalna

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2020

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vol. 35(2)

25-31

EN

The article presents the approach of the Swedish authorities and the community to the problem of coronavirus threat. It shows the specific nature of the activities of government and local institutions, different from that adopted in other EU countries, and resulting from the political system of Sweden, the government's prerogatives, and the high autonomy of local authorities.

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Forma realizacji zadań gminy z zakresu pomocy społecznej na przykładzie ośrodka pomocy społecznej

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Cybulska R.

Społeczeństwo i Edukacja. Międzynarodowe Studia Humanistyczne

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2016

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issue 1(20)

405-411

EN

One of the forms of public tasks is to create organizational entities by units local government. Social help is a special task of the community and this is why the law maker has introduced an obligation for municipalities the local government units which are the closest to residents, to create an organizational unit in the form of municipal social welfare centre. This unit performs a significant part of tasks, including those aimed at citizens at risk of exclusion. Thus it is a good legal instrument, helping to partially solve the problem of how to get to the persons concerned.

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Family support in the field of education and care difficulties – case of the Community Social Welfare Centre in Lubicz

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Sikorska A.

Praca Socjalna

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2019

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vol. 34(6)

60-79

EN

The family is considered the closest environment for people, a natural habitat of the proper development and education of the child. The family performs a lot of functions, including: care, education, socialization, fulfilling the economic and emotional needs and many other. The proper education and care functions consist in organisation of the free time, teaching self-care, fulfilling psychical and social needs of the family members. Nowadays, many families are experiencing an emotional crisis, intergenerational relationships are disturbed, which in turn leads to educational difficulties. The family not always can perform its functions. Social assistance under the Act on family support and foster care system to support families experiencing care and education difficulties, offers many forms of help for these families. However, they are not always enough. The aim of the article is to present other family-supporting programs implemented by GOPS in Lubicz.

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Ewolucja rozwoju systemu pomocy społecznej w ujęciu ekonomicznym na obszarze województwa opolskiego w latach 2008-2016

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Figiel P., Wilkos M.

Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu

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2019

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issue 544

18-27

PL

Celem artykułu jest przybliżenie zmian, jakie dokonały się na gruncie pomocy społecznej w latach 2008-2016 na terenie województwa opolskiego. Celem aplikacyjnym jest ukazanie ekonomicznych skutków ewolucji systemu pomocy społecznej na terenie województwa opolskiego w latach 2008-2016. Wykorzystana w pracy metoda badawcza obejmuje zarówno analizę literatury tematu, jak i analizę danych statystycznych. Wykonane badania pozwalają stwierdzić, że ograniczenie niekorzystnych zjawisk, takich jak bezrobocie oraz ubóstwo, wpłynęło na zmianę profilu beneficjenta pomocy społecznej – od osoby bezrobotnej, do osoby niepełnosprawnej, ciężko chorej czy też starszej. Zmiana charakteru pomocy społecznej wiąże się z koniecznością reorganizacji systemu wsparcia na terenie województwa w kierunku rozwoju usług społecznych, przede wszystkim opiekuńczych, pielęgnacyjnych czy też wspomagających, przy równoczesnym zachowaniu pomocy materialnej, zarówno pieniężnej, jak i niepieniężnej.

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The aim of the article is to approximate the changes that took place in the field of social assistance in 2008-2016 in the Opolskie Voivodeship. The purpose of the application is to show the economic consequences of the evolution of the social assistance system in the Opolskie Voivodeship in 2008-2016. The research method used in the work covers both the analysis of the literature on the subject and the analysis of statistical data. The conducted research allows to conclude that the limitation of unfavorable phenomena such as unemployment and poverty influenced the change of the social welfare beneficiary profile – from an unemployed person to a disabled, seriously ill or elderly person. The change of the character of social assistance is connected with the necessity of reorganization of the support system in the voivodship towards the development of social services, above all caring, nursing or supportive services, at the same time retaining both monetary and non-monetary financial support.

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Poradnictwo obywatelskie jako aktywizacyjna forma pomocy oferowana jednostkom i rodzinom

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Parlicki M.

Państwo i Społeczeństwo

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2012

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issue 4

113-132

EN

The article presents an idea, definition and history of evolution of the citizens advice in Poland. It emphasizes the value of the citizens advice as a supporting form of stimulation for individual and family to act in favour of overcoming difficult and crisis situations.

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Resource Provision in the Field of Social Assistance in the Conditions of New Social Risks

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Kostina V.

Journal of Geography, Politics and Society

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2023

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vol. 13

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issue 2

38-45

EN

The purpose of this study was to identify the main ways to provide social assistance to restore the resource potential of victims of emergencies (military conflicts, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, etc.), as well as to highlight the features of training future specialists in the social sphere to deal with new social risks. The study used methods of scientific analysis and generalization, as well as comparing the experience of domestic and foreign researchers and social practitioners who worked with vulnerable contingents in overcoming the consequences of emergencies. The focus is on generalizing the results of the experience of training future specialists in the social sphere to work within an environment of new social risks. Based on the conducted research, it was concluded that for the professional activity of social sector specialists in resource provision in the conditions of new social risks, it is important to direct social assistance to restore the physical, mental and social health of people at all six levels of health, taking into account the peculiarities of their age, social status, as well as ethnic features and the context of the social problem. The main directions of relevant social work with victims of emergency situations have been defined: work on strengthening the family’s potential, establishment of useful social connections in a new environment, the use of art therapy practices to normalize the psychosomatic state of clients, the use of ethnocultural means to increase the possibilities of social adaptation in new conditions. Very important in the preparation of future specialists for the relevant work is the practice-oriented training on the basis of specialized social institutions working with victims in emergency situations, as well as mastering special techniques of self-development and professional self-improvement to increase one’s own resource potential.

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