Research oriented community social work education: lessons from Ljubljana
Izobraževanje za raziskovalno usmerjeno skupnostno socialno delo: izkušnje iz Ljubljane

Abstract

The article gives an overview of teaching community social work in Slovenia, outlines the social context, the position of community social work within the curriculum and the importance of research in preparing and evaluating community field projects. Training students for undertaking proposed collective actions in a post-modern world of difference is a rather complex and long-term process which is hard to achieve in the framework of the recognized structure of a university study programme and in the existing context of social work practice. Students have to address concepts and issues of post-modern community work by researching within a broader social context and into community needs, and by establishing a ‘here and now’ working relationship with the community members. This method of teaching, alongside regular community social work, does not fit into the practice of the existing social services. Although the declared principles are to consider user perspectives, the users are subordinate to the professional power.

Prispevek predstavlja izobraževanje za skupnostno socialno delo v Sloveniji in poudarja družbeni kontekst skupnostnega dela, njegov položaj v okviru celotnega izobraževalnega programa za socialno delo ter pomen raziskovanja pri načrtovanju in evalvaciji skupnostnih projektov. Usposabljanje študentov za kolektivne akcije v postmodernem svetu različnosti je povezano s kompleksnim in dolgotrajnim procesom delovanja v skupnosti, to pa je ob obstoječem načinu univerzitenega študija in ob dejanski praksi socialnega dela večkrat težko uresničiti. Pri raziskovanju družbenega konteksta in potreb v skupnosti ter pri razvijanju ‘tukaj in zdaj’ usmerjenega delovnega odnosa s skupnostjo, se študenti opirajo na postmoderne koncepte, vrednote in pristope socialnega dela, ki pa v praksi socialnega dela še niso dovolj uveljavljene. Čeprav se socialne službe deklarativno zavzemajo za uporabniško perspektivo, v njih še vedno prevladuje moč profesionalcev.

Keywords:

• Community Social Work
• Post-modern Social Work
• Working Relationship
• Integrating Teaching and Researching
• Community Field Projects

Keywords:

• skupnostno socialno delo
• postmoderno socialno delo
• delovni odnos
• integracija učenja in raziskovanja
• skupnostni projekti