Kontakt 2012, 14(4):456-463 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2012.045
Social work in viewpoint of students of social disciplinesHealth and Social Sciences - Original article
- Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, Zdravotně sociální fakulta, katedra sociální práce
The concept of the social work is very diverse and its delimitation presents to a certain extent an individual construction supported by existing minor paradigms of the social work (Payne, 2005).
The article reflects the diversity in the social work concepts and presents results of a probe implemented in a sample of male and female students of social disciplines at the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Health and Social Studies and Theological Faculty. The target of the work is to identify the concept of the social work in the viewpoint of male and female students of social disciplines.
The participants were supposed to express by drawing how they perceive the social work. Total of 97 students participated in the research. The pictures collected (total of 94 pictures) were categorized by authors of the present article depending on dominant motives - 8 categories were established as follows: Lending a helping hand, Relationships, Providing "particular" social service, "Transformation" of a taker from unhappy to happy, Help, Bridges, Way, Others. These categories were back-interpreted by a sample group - representatives of the categories who drew the pictures were addressed at a further seminar and asked for a written interpretation of feelings expressed by the picture.
The concept of the social work is diverse in viewpoint of students. However, the outcome is the identification of the prevalent model of social work exclusively focused on the work with the taker, with absence of the concept of the social work aimed toward a wider society. The method of the social work with an individual is simultaneously a dominant concept, which prevails in the pictures.
Keywords: social work; student; social work concept; social service; taker
Received: January 2, 2012; Accepted: September 12, 2012; Prepublished online: December 21, 2012; Published: December 30, 2012 Show citation
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