Vrstniško svetovanje – vzajemna podpora ljudi z izkušnjo dolgotrajne ovire : magistrsko delo

Pungartnik, Špela (author), Zaviršek, Darja (mentor)

V magistrskem delu je predstavljena oblika pomoči, ki v slovenskem prostoru zaenkrat še nima posebne veljave. To je tako imenovano vrstniško svetovanje. Gre za vzajemno podporo ljudi s podobno življenjsko izkušnjo. Takšna oblika podpore je drugačna od tiste, ki jo uporabniku ponavadi nudijo različni strokovnjaki. Kljub temu da imajo ti veliko znanja, se včasih uporabnik osebi, ki dejanskih izkušenj z določeno življenjsko situacijo nima, težko zaupa. S to nalogo se osredotočam predvsem na vrstniško svetovanje pri osebah, ki se soočajo z dolgotrajno gibalno oviro. V teoretičnem delu so zato predstavljene tematike, kot so ekonomska situacija oseb z oviro, koliko sredstev je v zdravstvu namenjenih osebam z oviro, doživljanje in izguba prej izoblikovane cenjene identitete, kateri so učinkoviti viri čustvene podpore, kaj je sploh vrstniško svetovanje ter zakaj se ljudje včasih težko zaupajo strokovnjakom. Izpostavljeni so tudi primeri dobre prakse iz tujine ter kaj o uporabnosti vrstniškega svetovanja menijo osebe z izkušnjo gibalne oviranosti. V svojo raziskavo, ki je kvalitativna, sem vključila osebe, ki so doživele prometno ali drugo nesrečo in utrpele hudo poškodbo hrbtenjače. Vsak od intervjuvancev je bil, na določeni točki svoje rehabilitacije, deležen neformalne oblike pomoči vrstniškega svetovanja s strani znancev, nekateri od njih pa so kasneje tudi sami nudili podporo osebi, ki se je na novo poškodovala. Z osebami so bili opravljeni poglobljeni intervjuji, opravila pa sem tudi dodatni intervju z moškim, ki je bil sam deležen vrstniškega svetovanja med rehabilitacijo v Švici. Poleg tematike vrstniškega svetovanja sem z izvedbo fokusne skupine raziskala tudi, kolikšni so dodatni stroški, ki so povezani z življenjem z dolgotrajno gibalno oviro in kako ti stroški vplivajo na njihovo ekonomsko situacijo.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: osebe z gibalno oviro, rehabilitacija, vrstniško svetovanje, vzajemna podpora
• Work type: Master's thesis/paper
• Typology: 2.09 - Master's Thesis
• Organization: FSD - Faculty of Social Work
• Place of publishing: Ljubljana
• Publisher: [Š. Pungartnik]
• Year: 2021
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-124483
• COBISS.SI-ID: 51912963
• Publication date in RUL: 26.01.2021

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: Peer counselling – mutual support of people with similar experiences of long-term disability

Abstract

The master’s thesis presents a form of assistance that is currently not as recognised as the others are in Slovenia. This form is provided by the other users and is called peer counselling. It is about the mutual support of people with similar life experiences and is different from the ordinary support that is given to users, usually by different professionals. Although the professionals really do have a lot of knowledge, it is sometimes hard for the individual to fully trust a person, who has no actual experience with handicap, as the other users do. In this thesis the focus is on providing peer counselling to people, facing a long-term physical disability. Therefore, I presented different topics in the theoretical part of the thesis. For example, what is the economic situation of people with disability and how much money in health care is intended for them, what is like to lose a previously formed and valued identity, what are the most effective sources of emotional support, what is peer counselling and why do people sometimes have a hard time trusting professionals. Also, I presented some of the good practices of peer counselling from foreign countries and outlined what people with physical disability think about the usefulness of peer counselling method. In my qualitative research, I have included people who had experienced a traffic accident or other accident and because of that suffered a severe spinal cord injury. Each interviewee had experienced some kind of informal form of peer counselling along their rehabilitation and later maybe even themselves helped others that injured their spine. I carried out a number of detailed interviews and I interviewed an additional person who himself received peer counselling during his rehabilitation in Switzerland. Besides the interviews, I carried out a focus group, with which I explored the additional financial costs that are associated with living with a long-term disability. I also wanted to explore how these additional costs affect the economic situation of a person.

• Keywords: persons with physical impairment, rehabilitation, peer counselling, mutual support