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Title Details:
Sociology for Social Workers
Authors: Kamarianos, John
Kiridis, Argirios
Gouga, Georgia
Subject: LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > SOCIOLOGY > SOCIAL DIFFERENTIATION
LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > SOCIOLOGY > SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH AND MEDICINE
LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > SOCIOLOGY > SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND SOCIAL WELFARE > SOCIAL WORK AND WELFARE SERVICES
LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > SOCIOLOGY > SOCIAL POLICY, PLANNING, FORECASTING
LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > SOCIOLOGY > STUDIES IN POVERTY
Keywords:
Social Work
Social Worker
Social Vulnerability
Social exclusion
Welfare State
Diversity
Parental Strategies
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Abstract:
The aim of this investigation is to enhance the practice of social work. To comprehend the roles of subjective decision-making and structural circumstances, a theoretical framework and analytical approach are necessary. Consequently, social workers face demanding tasks in managing vital and challenging issues concerning the livelihood trajectories of socially vulnerable individuals and groups. The sociological perspective, with its theoretical and research tools and methods, is contributing in investigating and managing social inequality, discrimination, and exclusion. The professional characteristics and current role of the Social Worker have undergone significant differentiation. Today, it is acknowledged that Social Work is structurally shaped by social factors and conditions. Social stratification processes, a structural feature of Western modern class societies, lead to social exclusion, vulnerability, and ultimately, social inequality. Based on the foregoing argument, it can be deduced that managing pathology or vulnerability is only a short-term measure. In the long run, a sustainable solution to vulnerability and pathology requires the undoing of a pathological culture. A long-term approach that considers the social and community factors that contribute to its development is necessary. Finally, sociological conceptualisation enables social workers to reflect critically beyond managing the effects of a phenomenon, towards reconsidering the underlying structural conditions that cause it. It also facilitates addressing the corresponding behaviors, attitudes, and practices that reproduce the phenomenon. Thus, the current study focuses on the 'social' and aims to enhance the Social Worker's toolbox to manage complex social issues, particularly those resulting from Permacrises phenomenon.
Linguistic Editors: Kerasioti, Vasiliki
Graphic Editors: Kaitsa, Eleni
Type: Undergraduate textbook
Creation Date: 16-09-2024
Item Details:
ISBN 978-618-228-284-7
License: Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-1035
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/13953
Bibliographic Reference: Kamarianos, J., Kiridis, A., & Gouga, G. (2024). Sociology for Social Workers [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-1035
Language: Greek
Consists of:
1. The concept and characteristics of the new professionalism of the Social Worker
2. The Social State
3. Social vulnerability and vulnerable social groups
4. The concept and characteristics of Social Exclusion
5. The management of diversity
6. Family and parental strategies
7. Education and Social Work
8. Youth violence and the importance of the role of the Social Worker in the era of the permacrisis
Number of pages 286
Publication Origin: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions
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