The interdependence of structural context and the Covid-19 pandemic : the case of Slovenia

Leskošek, Vesna (author)

The main topic of this paper is the question, what can the state management of the COVID-19 pandemic tell us about the social system in Slovenia? Slovenia was among the countries that took tough measures to limit the spread of the virus and drastically limited the contacts of staff in social services with service users, rather than adapting the measures to increased need of people for support and help to ease social distress. We examined the problem with research on the operation of social services during the first and second wave of the pandemic. The results mainly showed big differences between social services, which indicates inconsistent functioning of the social system. In some places they prohibited personal contact between employees and users of services, while in others, with the constant search for innovative ways of acting, they enabled and even encouraged contact. The main conclusion of the research is that these inconsistencies are primarily a consequence of structural deficiencies and the government's lack of awareness of the importance of these services for general well-being.

• Language: English
• Keywords: social services, social impact of pandemic, contact with service users, control, digitalisation
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FSD - Faculty of Social Work
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 01.01.2024
• Year: 2024
• Number of pages: Str. 1-14
• Numbering: Vol. 21, issue 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-167810
• UDC: 364:303.064
• ISSN on article: 1613-8953
• COBISS.SI-ID: 198466051

Copyright

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• Publication date in RUL: 13.03.2025

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Social work & society
• Shortened title: Soc. work soc.
• Publisher: University of Bielefeld, Center for Social Service Studies.
• ISSN: 1613-8953
• COBISS.SI-ID: 26298973

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: socialne službe, stiki z uporabniki, covid-19, digitalizacija