Raziskovanje migracii skozi prizmo spola in visoke izobrazbe ter v odnosu do duševnega zdravja je redko. Migracijski poteki so prežetis številnimi stresorji in ovirami novega okolja, ki posredno ali ...neposredno vptivajo na kakovost duševnega zdravja ter s tem na uspešnost integracije migrantk in migrantov v novo skupnost. V članku je opisan migracijski proces migrantk z visokošolsko izobrazbo na mikroravni in kako ta vpliva na njihovo duševno zdravje. Primarna metoda so bili narativni intervjuji s podpornima metodama etnografskega dnevnika in demografskega vprašalnika. Vzorčenje je potekalo po metodi snežene kepe. Raziskava je vključevala 36 oseb iz treh držav: Nizozemske, Nemčije in Slovenije. V kontekstu socialnega dela in migracij kritični pogled na mikroravni pomembno pripomore kboljšemu razumevanju vsakdanjega življenja migrantk in s tem tudi stanja njihovega duševnega zdravja. Tako si prizadevamo za socialno pravičnost, in sicer v obliki kulturne, socialne in družbeno-politične senzibilnosti in podpore za izboljšanje duševnega zdravja migrantk.
Perceptions of professional identity and its formation during education at the Faculty of Social Work, University of Ljubljana
Professional identity in social work can be described as a collection of ...identifiable and enduring professional qualities of social workers that bind them together as a professional group and make them different and unique compared to other professional groups. As the social work profession is devalued and stigmatized around the world, exploring the processes involved in developing a strong and positive professional identity is of great importance. The need to explore social work professional identity has been recognized in some places abroad and has mainly focused on researching professional identity formation during social work education. This paper presents findings on the definition and role of professional identity in social work, focusing on professional identity formation during education at the Faculty of Social Work, University of Ljubljana. Qualitative research on social work students' perceptions of professional identity is presented, as well as suggestions for a more frequent and discrete treatment of the topic during the education of future social workers.
Planning discharge from a psychiatric hospital from the social workers' perspective
Planning discharge is the central task of social workers in a psychiatric hospital. Effective hospital discharge ...planning is a team process based on assessing needs and finding suitable responses to them. The research results show considerable inconsistency in this area, as the process of discharge planning is initiated at different times. It is especially the users' poor health that does not allow their wishes and needs to be consistently considered, and prevents user participation and autonomy. Consequently, patronizing practices are inevitable. Being treated in a psychiatric hospital is still associated with considerable stigma. The research findings show that social workers feel as equal members of department teams and face plenty of ethical dilemmas at their work. Undergraduate studies have equipped social workers with a wide specter of theoretical and practical knowledge; however, they would like the study programme to be supplemented with health care topics.
Usefulness of existing databases on homeless people for policymaking
The article, based on different quality indicators (such as stability of definitions, data accessibility, connectivity and data ...interchangeability, frequency of data collection, targeting population, exclusivity and data accuracy), explores three types of databases on homeless people. Among analyzed databases, there are: a) database on social care programmes financed by the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities; b) database on social care programmes included in evaluation sheme financed by this ministry; c) database on information system of centres for social work. The article's main contribution is a systematic review of databases usefulness, their (dis)advantages, and opportunities for researchers and policymakers.
