Javna podoba socialnega dela in socialnih delavk v Republiki Sloveniji : magistrsko delo

Poljšak, Martina (author), Sobočan, Ana Marija (mentor)

V magistrskem delu sem raziskovala, kakšna je javna podoba socialnega dela in socialnih delavk v Republiki Sloveniji. Na začetku sem predstavila definicije socialnega dela ter s katerimi področji in nalogami se ukvarja. V nadaljevanju sem se osredotočila na socialne delavke kot predstavnice stroke. Na kratko sem predstavila izobraževalni sistem socialnih delavk v Republiki Sloveniji ter naloge, vloge in spretnosti, ki jih socialne delavke potrebujejo pri svojem delu. Nato sem v teoriji predstavila še nekaj o javni podobi socialnega dela in bolj konkretno o podobi socialnega dela v medijih. V empiričnem delu me je zanimalo, kakšna je podoba socialnega dela in socialnih delavk v Republiki Sloveniji ter kaj nanjo najbolj vpliva. Raziskava, v kateri je sodelovalo 421 oseb, je pokazala, da prevladuje rahlo pozitivno mnenje tako o socialnem delu kakor tudi o socialnih delavkah. Pri primerjavi se je pokazalo, da je mnenje o poklicu socialnega dela bolj pozitivno kot mnenje o socialnih delavkah. Kljub rahlo pozitivnemu mnenju le polovica sodelujočih zaupa v strokovne odločitve socialnih delavk pri primerih, ki se pojavijo v medijih. Po samoopredelitvi respondentov na njihovo mnenje najbolj vplivajo osebne izkušnje, ki so jih imeli s socialnimi delavkami. Raziskava je pokazala tudi, da imajo ljudje z osebno izkušnjo o socialnih delavkah slabše mnenje kot tisti, ki osebne izkušnje še niso imeli.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: javna podoba, socialno delo, socialne delavke, vpliv medijev, vpliv izkušenj
• Work type: Master's thesis/paper
• Typology: 2.09 - Master's Thesis
• Organization: FSD - Faculty of Social Work
• Place of publishing: Ljubljana
• Publisher: [M. Poljšak]
• Year: 2023
• Number of pages: 81 str.
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-149768
• UDC: 364-43:07
• COBISS.SI-ID: 194245635
• Publication date in RUL: 09.09.2023

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: Public Image of Social Work and Social Workers in Republic of Slovenia

Abstract

In my master's thesis, I researched the public image of social work and social workers in the Republic of Slovenia. Firstly, I presented the definitions of social work and the areas and tasks it deals with. I then focused on social workers as representatives of the profession. I briefly presented the educational system of social workers in the Republic of Slovenia and the tasks, roles and skills which social workers need in their work. Lastly, I presented the theory about the actual image of social work and more specifically about the image of social work in the media. In the empirical part, I was interested in the image of social work and social workers in Republic of Slovenia and what influences it the most. The survey, in which 421 people participated, showed a slightly positive opinion prevailing about both social work and social workers. The comparison showed that the opinion about the profession of social work is more positive than the opinion about social workers. Despite a slightly positive opinion, only half of the participants trust the professional decisions of social workers in cases that appear in the media. According to the respondents, their opinion is mostly influenced by personal experiences they had with social workers. The research also showed that people with personal experience have a worse opinion of social workers than those who have not yet had personal experience so far.

• Keywords: public image, social work, social workers, influence of the media, influence of experience