| Abstract [eng] |
In this thesis theoretical analysis of scientific literature is carried out, which is related to the theme about disabled people‘s life quality at foster home and results of investigation are based comparing them with scientists‘ investigation data of similar type. The aim of the survey: to analyze the social situation of disabled people at the perspective of social workers and their assistants. Seeking to find out how people, working as social workers do estimate quality of disabled people life evaluation questionnaire, created especially for this reason has been used. Participants of the survey were interviewed using a questionnaire, which was prepared by the investigator. 102 respondents, who are working at social service home of Šilalė district, which is providing day care service for people with mental disability and 102 people from Ukraine employed as social workers participated in the survey. The main conclusions of the research: since Lithuania joined the European Union, clinical estimation of disability is switched to bio-psychosocial, which emphasizes the importance of the implementation of disabled people social participation paradigm, where is necessary, seeking the effectiveness of social worker‘s job fulfillment, to harmonize the knowledge and skills, which allow to act professionally, fast and competent, and values, which let to do the work without prejudice to the ethical norms. Acting professionally social worker is able to synchronize all these areas. The most important factors which make the involvement and participation of disabled people in society‘s life possible are such as personal activity and open community. Important thing is that people with disabilities would have every opportunity to make decisions, as far as possible to live a more independent life and participate in community events. After the fulfillment of integration of respondents approach towards disabled people it was estimated that many respondents in Lithuania presume that the disability may be controlled by the person when meanwhile the answers of Ukrainian respondents differ in statistically significant way, so this allows to state that Ukrainian respondents are more likely to think that disability can not be controlled by the person. According to the opinion of the most respondents it has been determined that disability depends on other people‘s will; it has been also found out that it is disagreed that a person with disability should stay in some care institution, because disabled people are not a burden for society, they do not need a discipline and control as little children do and the applied supervision for them in care institutions is not sufficient so it would not be a contradiction if such people would live in a neighborhood. It should be given more resources of such people medical treatment. People with disabilities are not considered to be unhappy, though disability doesn‘t let them integrate into community, get employed, to learn and educate properly. Our society should take over much more tolerant provisions for people with disabilities. Relevance of social worker‘s competence development requirement was revealed in both countries: ability to investigate social phenomena, create strategies of social problem solving, develop abilities of knowledge implementation in a changing society, to think critically and to estimate the social phenomena in an intercultural context. |
