Violence remains a serious problem in our society and among others, social work has the key role in solving the problem. For helping victims of violence to recover, appropriate help is needed. The theoretical part of my graduation thesis consists of defining violence and naming the forms of violence, focusing specifically on domestic violence, with the most common form being exactly violence against women. Crucial for understanding this, is understanding of gender inequalities in order of male dominance in our society. For understanding violence against women as a social problem. It was precisely feminist social work that provided the framework for the implementation of social activities, which specifically respond to the needs of women who lived experience of violence. Further in the theoretical part of thesis, I devote myself to legislation in the field of violence. In Slovenia, among others, the key role in legislation has the Social Protection Act, the Penal Code and the Family Violence Prevention Act, which also defines the role, tasks and cooperation of various forms of assistance available for victims of violence. They include the center for social affairs, which, within the framework of its competencies, implements all the necessary steps to protect the victim, motivates her to engage in assistance and other activities. Social workers provide assistance specifically in the framework of first social aid and personal assistance. The process of helping victims of violence in social work starts with a conversation that includes other concepts of social work. Significant in supporting the victim of violence is the process of empowerment and a plan of security, the basic of which is the establishment of relationship, that is why social workers must use their knowledge skillfully through their work. Communication techniques and skills are of great importance in providing support and assistance, which leads to the process of recovery. By carrying out qualitative research, I gained both professional and user-oriented views of the practices of working with victims of violence, and the key findings are coherent with the literature used. Victims of violence come in contact with center for social affairs through self-initiative search for help, or are invited on the basics of interinstitutional cooperation. The social worker's attitude, understanding the situation of the victims of violence and consequently, exploring the suitable options based on the user's willingness to receive help, are very important in the work process. In cooperating with social workers, information, empowerment and a security plan are the key factors that contribute to the path of recovery of violence survivors. Shortcomings in the cooperation with social work were also highlighted. They contribute to the development proposals to improve the practice of work in this field. To the absence of a response, the lack of evaluation after a certain period of time, significally affects the lack of time for help encountered by social workers, which are performing multiple tasks throughout work. With better local coverage of the various forms of assistance, the situation would change substantially both for the victims of violence and the social workers. I also propose additional, regular training and meetings of professional staff in this field, which can significally influence the implementation of good practice. At the same time, I propose to all victims of violence, who are willing to give their opinion and possible changes, in order to do so within the forms of assistance which exist, as the users can have significant impact on changing the practice.
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