As we acknowledged in our ‘call for papers’ for this special winter edition of the journal, the terms Community and Empowerment have become popular catchwords, not only in the social sciences and a wide range of welfare services but also in everyday discourse.Zobrazit text
The aim of the article is to capture the practice of social workers in shelters in their current form through the needs/goals of cooperation that refuge clients ask for during individual planning. Zobrazit text
My aim was to present the homeless as an empowered group – as resourceful, surviving, contrary to the stereotype, in a way indicating a high degree of social knowledge. Zobrazit text
The article aims to demonstrate how caring is perceived in Czech society and investigates willingness to become a formal or informal caregiver.Zobrazit text
This study aimed to test school social work intervention using participatory research approach in two Georgian schools. Zobrazit text
The aim of the presented paper is to answer the question: How is the profession of intercultural worker and its legitimacy developing within the framework of the helping professions in the Czech Republic? Zobrazit text
The research was guided by the following OBJECTIVES: To explore the narratives/experiences of the women victims of trafficking in Harare, Zimbabwe; to assess the socio- economic and psychological coping strategies employed by women Victims of human trafficking and, to establish the social protection measures taken to reintegrate women Victims of human trafficking in Zimbabwe. Zobrazit text
As child sexual abuse haunts South African communities, this paper aims to present the nature of empowerment services rendered by the non-profit sector for child sexual abuse in the Western Cape, South Africa. Zobrazit text
The main OBJECTIVE of this article is to conjoin theory and practice through the voices of a “service user/giver” and a university professor, to reflect on the voluntary work that we engaged in 22 years ago. Zobrazit text