Profesinio streso rizika socialinio darbo procese:supervizijos taikymo perspektyva

Dirgėlienė, Indrė

doi:10.5200/sm-hs.2013.005

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“…Somatic consequences are also possible, such as sleep disturbance, fatigue, allergies, migraine, and chest pain. The investigation performed by the author in the emergency departments of three hospitals in Lithuania showed that the hardest emotional stress to the nurses is caused by the death of a patient [17]. One third of medical staff is distressed because of the disability to provide the patient with the required help.…”

Section: Theoretical Background -Experiences Of Professionals Facing mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…According to Dirgėlienė (2013), in the department of intense therapy the nurses face especially hard emotional stress, which may cause serious health problems. Frequent emotional discharge impoverish the organism, psychological consequences are possible: nervousness, feeling of exhaustion, abnormal thinking, abuse of psychotropic substances, etc.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Dirgėlienė (2013) [17], when analysing professional stress experienced by social workers, mentions support by supervision, which is applied to regulate professional relations and the atmosphere of work. According to her, supervision may restore harmonious, efficient and positive environment, naming and expressing experienced feelings and emotions, strain and stress.…”

Section: Int Conf Society Health Welfare 2014mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…All social workers who participated in the research indicated that they experience stress, strain when providing palliative services to patients; such work exhausts psychologically and emotionally more than physically [7]. According to Dirgėlienė (2013), the social workers frequently experience stress, which is caused by constant confrontation with complex existential experiences and issues of the human being. This encourages the formation of complex stress, arising from both professional and personal areas [20].…”

Section: Theoretical Background -Experiences Of Professionals Facing mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Coordination of work and inter-relations of the workers predetermine wellbeing of the workers; those factors determine what the worker feels: either stress or satisfaction [17]. Baltrušaitytė, Lapėnienė and Rovas (2012) define four main strategies for stress fighting: social support, problem acceptance analysis, emotional discharge and avoidance, attention swing [24].…”

Section: Int Conf Society Health Welfare 2014mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Experiences of social workers providing palliative care for dying patients in the institutions of palliative care and their ways to overcome stress

Sadauskas

Benošytė

2016

SHS Web Conf.

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Abstract. Purpose of the research was to reveal experiences of social workers dealing with the death of palliative care patients. Based on scientific literature, the experiences of professionals who encounter the death of patients are showed in the first part of the paper. In the empirical part the qualitative investigation is presented, the purpose of which is to disclose the areas of activity of the social worker in the provision of palliative help. For data collection the semi-structured interview was selected. Five social workers who provide social services in a team of palliative care participated in the individual interviews. The data has been analysed applying the qualitative analysis of the content.

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Section: Theoretical Background -Experiences Of Professionals Facing mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Theoretical Background -Experiences Of Professionals Facing mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Int Conf Society Health Welfare 2014mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Theoretical Background -Experiences Of Professionals Facing mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Int Conf Society Health Welfare 2014mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Experiences of social workers providing palliative care for dying patients in the institutions of palliative care and their ways to overcome stress

Sadauskas

Benošytė

2016

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The causes of stress at work amongst social workers

Raudeliūnaitė

Volff

2020

SHS Web Conf.

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Social workers work in an ever-changing social, political and cultural environment, they are exposed to contacts with persons of different social backgrounds, people experiencing behavioural and various social problems. In complicated, ever-continuing, multidimensional situations, there arises the risk of stress. In order to manage stress at work, it is important to identify the causes of stress. The objective of this study is to reveal the causes of stress experienced by social workers at work basing on the experience of social workers. Qualitative research type was chosen for the study. The method of a semi-structured interview with social workers, who work in different institutions providing social services, was used. The study revealed both external and internal causes posing stress to social workers at work. The external causes of stress are associated with working conditions, for example, the absence of stability and clarity at work. Social workers often remain alone to resolve problems; they can have a heavy workload. There is the lack of cooperation between institutions, such as the police and other institutions when they inform about the problematic behaviour of their client. Stress is caused by the absence of change and excessively high requirements for an employee. Social workers experience negative behaviour of service receivers, for example, threat of physical violence, psychological violence, and pressure from clients in order to receive something. Relationships with management can also cause stress. There is the lack of incentive, the lack of benevolence, an employee is noticed only when he needs “to be taught a lesson”; the conditions of employment are not satisfactory – an employee is offered only a fixed-term contract, low pay. The internal causes of stress are related to excessively high requirements for social workers, the pursuit of perfection when resolving the problems of service receivers, the fear of failure and an inflated sense of responsibility.

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Exploring Lithuanian social workers’ attitudes towards individuals with alcohol usage problems

Kievišienė

2023

Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

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Aim: Social workers are at the front line of helping individuals experiencing alcohol usage, due to their professional duties, ideology and values that underpin it. In Lithuania, where social work still continues to develop in both practice and education, it is crucial to supplement with relevant information to strengthen social work's response to issues with alcohol usage. Therefore, the aim of this study was to explore social workers’ attitudes towards individuals with alcohol usage problems. Methods: In total, 149 Lithuanian social workers completed a web survey that gathered information about education, work experience and workplace, and filled in the Short Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Perception Questionnaire (SAAPPQ) to measure their attitude towards individuals with alcohol usage problems. Results: The social workers showed a positive attitude towards individuals with alcohol usage problems (mean 35.81 [SD 4.8]). Attitude domain analysis revealed Role Legitimacy (91.3% above the midpoint) to reflect the most positive attitudes and Work Satisfaction (24.2% above the midpoint) to reflect the least positive attitudes. Those with master's degrees scored higher on the total SAAPPQ (t = −2.44, p = 0.016) and its subscales Work Satisfaction (t = −2.52, p = 0.013) and Therapeutic Commitment (t = −2.21, p = 0.029). Having 6–13 years of work experience (mean SAAPPQ = 37.02 [SD 5.11]) was associated with a more positive attitude compared to those with less than 5 years of experience (mean SAAPPQ = 34.08 [SD 3.87]). Conclusion: Although social workers understand their professional responsibility to work with individuals with alcohol usage problems, their dedication to work, motivation and task-specific self-esteem are low. The results also support education, as those with master's degrees showed more positive attitudes. This study further encourages support for social workers just beginning their career, who might report lower attitudes towards individuals with alcohol usage problems.

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Profesinio streso rizika socialinio darbo procese:supervizijos taikymo perspektyva

Cited by 7 publications

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Experiences of social workers providing palliative care for dying patients in the institutions of palliative care and their ways to overcome stress

Experiences of social workers providing palliative care for dying patients in the institutions of palliative care and their ways to overcome stress

The causes of stress at work amongst social workers

Exploring Lithuanian social workers’ attitudes towards individuals with alcohol usage problems

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