Etične dileme v socialnem delu: med osebnimi nazori, zakonodajo in strokovnim delom

Petek, Maša (author), Sobočan, Ana Marija (mentor)

V svojem diplomskem delu sem raziskovala etične dileme, ki se porajajo na centrih za socialno delo na presekih med osebnimi nazori socialnih delavk in delavcev, zakonodajo ter strokovnim delom. V teoretičnem uvodu sem opredelila socialno delo in javna pooblastila, kamor spadajo centri za socialno delo ter zakonodaja kot osnova za njihovo delovanje in politični okvir, v katerega je socialno delo na centrih za socialno delo postavljeno. Potem sem v poglavju Avtonomija socialnega dela orisala stroko socialnega dela kot edino stroko s takšno družbeno funkcijo, kakršno ima, kako ohranjati avtonomijo ter ss kakšnimi izzivi se soočajo socialne delavke in delavci ob ohranjanju avtonomije socialnega dela na centrih za socialno delo. Dotaknila sem se tudi poklicne identitete socialnega dela. Poglavje Etika v socialnem delu sem razdelila na opredelitev etike, opis kodeksa etike kot temelja za ohranjanje poklicne integritete socialnih delavk in delavcev ter na temeljne vrednote in načela socialnega dela. V poglavju Etične dileme in izzivi socialnega dela sem opredelila etične dileme, opisala dvojne vloge in meje v odnosih ter predstavila modele etičnega odločanja. V zadnjem poglavju pa sem opisala še soočanje z etičnimi dilemami, ki obsega intervizijo, supervizijo ter timsko delo. Raziskovala sem kvalitativno s pomočjo delno strukturiranih intervjujev, s katerimi sem pridobila podatke šestih sogovornic. Merski instrument za raziskovanje je bilo vodilo za intervju, kjer sem vprašanja oblikovala glede na pet zastavljenih tem (socialno delo in javna pooblastila, etika v socialnem delu, etične dileme in izzivi socialnega dela, soočanje z etičnimi dilemami in avtonomija socialnega dela). Podatke, ki sem jih pridobila, sem kvalitativno analizirala ter zapisala rezultate, ki sem jih v razpravi povezala s teorijo iz teoretičnega dela in oblikovala predloge za morebitno izboljšanje položaja socialnih delavk in delavcev na centrih za socialno delo, ko se znajdejo v etični dilemi med osebnimi nazori, zakonodajo in strokovnim delom.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: etične dileme v socialnem delu, zakonodaja, osebni nazori, strokovno delo, etika v socialnem delu, avtonomija socialnega dela, soočanje z etičnimi dilemami v socialnem delu
• Work type: Bachelor thesis/paper
• Organization: FSD - Faculty of Social Work
• Year: 2024
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-158926
• Publication date in RUL: 22.06.2024

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: Ethical Dilemmas in Social Work: Between Personal Beliefs, Legislation, and Professionalism

Abstract

My thesis explores the ethical dilemmas that arise in social work centres, where the social workers' personal beliefs, legislation, and professionalism collide. The theoretical introduction provides a definition of social work and public authority, which includes social work centres and the legislation that serves as the basis for their operation, and the political framework that governs social work at social work centres. Next, the chapter Autonomy of social work outlines the profession of social work as having a unique social function. The chapter deals with the issue of maintaining autonomy and the problems that social workers are faced with at social work centres. It also touches upon the professional identity of social workers. The chapter Ethics in social work consists of a definition of ethics, the description of the ethical codex as the basis of maintaining social workers' professional integrity and the fundamental value and principle of social work. The chapter Ethical dilemmas and challenges of social work contains the definition of ethical dilemas, the description of dual relationships and relationship boundaries, and a representation of ethical decision-making models. The final chapter describes facing ethical dilemmas, which entails intervision, supervision, and teamwork. The research has been conducted qualitatively with partly structured interviews, whereby I acquired the data of six interviewees. The measuring instrument used for my research were the interview guidelines. The questions were designed based on five topics (social work and public authority, ethics in social work, ethical dilemmas and challenges of social work, facing ethical dilemmas, and the autonomy of social work). The acquired data has been qualitatively analysed. The results were logged and interpreted using the theory from the theoretical part. Suggestions for potential improvement have been put forward with respect to situations where social workers at social work centres find themselves torn between personal beliefs, the legislation, and professionalism.

• Keywords: ethical dilemmas in social work, legislation, personal beliefs, professionalism, ethics in social work, autonomy of social work, facing ethical dilemmas in social work