| Abstract [eng] |
Problematic questions of the study: what motifs encourage the families fostering the child having mental or psychical disability? What social services are provided to the families intending fostering the child having a mental or psychical disability? What motivational measures are applied by social workers on purpose of preparing the family for the fostering of the child having a mental or psychical disability? Object of the study: motivational measures used by social workers on purpose of preparing the family for fostering the child having a mental or psychical disability. Aim of the study: to reveal the motivational measures applied by social workers and invoked for the work with the family intending to foster the child having mental or psychical disability. Tasks of the study: 1. On the basis of academic literature analysis, to reveal the family motifs encouraging to foster the child having a mental or psychical disability. 2. By applying the method of qualitative research, to reveal the services invoked by the social worker while working with future or existing guardians growing the child having a mental or psychical disability. 3. With reference to the received data of the qualitative research, to name the motivational measures of the social worker used on purpose of preparing the family for the child’s care. 4. After analysing the received data of the qualitative research, to provide the suggestions for social workers improving the process of family preparation for the child’s care. Theoretical and empirical research methods were applied in the master’s work: academic literature analysis, research object operationalization, written questionnaire and qualitative content analysis were invoked for the pilot study. During the main research, written interview was used the questions of which were corrected according to the analysis of the pilot study and content. Accidental objective selection was applied while performing the qualitative study. 15 respondents took part in the research the nature of the work of which is related to the child’s care. The following conclusions are provided after performing the academic literature analysis and analysing the received data of the qualitative research: 1. With reference to academic literature analysis, social worker, when working with the family, invokes the existential social work model which is based on Christian values, sympathy for the other, is distinguished with situational and personal analysis, problem identification and the most suitable decision making. The family, which decides to foster the child, is motivated by internal motifs such as self-realization, will to help other children, whether the motifs are related to biologic children. Relationships with the child, bigger financial payments and guarantees can be attributed to external motifs. 2. With reference to the received results of the qualitative study it can be stated that the social worker, when working with the guardians, the fostered children of which do not have any health problems, apply general social services: consultation, information, motivational analysis, mediation, meanwhile when working with the guardians, the foster-children (wards) of which have health problems, invoke not only general social services, but also special services: organize specific trainings with reference to the foster-children’s (ward’s) health problems, apply the service of deep breath, objective services to the guardian family, provide bigger guarantees for the guardians. 3. After analysing the received data of the study, it can be stated that the social worker, on purpose of maintaining the motifs of future guardian families, applies the services of motivational conversation, consultations, collaborates with other social institutions. They inform them about successful stories of the child’s care. 4. According to the results of the qualitative study, in order to improve the quality of services provided by social workers, it would be worthwhile to improve working conditions, reduce workload and create new posts. Assign to a foster family caring for a child with a mental or mental disability, not general social services, but specific services that are tailored to their needs and abilities. |
