| Abstract [eng] |
In these thesis the theoretical analysis of social work in day care center for mentally disabled people was made. Formulated problematic issues: How is going social work/empowerment process in a day center for persons with mental disorders? What opportunities for success of social work/empowerment process gives a daily participation of disabled people in day center activities? Semi-structured interviews, open questionnaire, expert method were carried out for a study on the social work/empowerment opportunities for day center point of customer experiences. Content analysis of interviews was done. The study involved 12 Lithuanian day center clients, people with mental disabilities, and 12 day center clients in Ukraine, people with mental disabilities. The empirical part deals with mental disability person’s experiences in day center in point of social work/empowerment process context. The main conclusions of the empirical research: 1. Social empowerment process Lithuania and Ukraine day-care centers is progressing well and there has been developed a good relationship of mutual cooperation both among the informants themselves, and between the social worker and the client. Lithuanian and Ukrainian customers of day-care centers in their daily day center activities are engaged in new art and working activities they enjoy, which promotes to grow, to learn, to experience positive emotions. Social work specifics in psychiatric day center requires from specialist different competencies, which might help in social work practice. For the majority of Lithuanian Day Center clients social worker is needed, and he is important in day center in role as helper. For the majority of Ukraine's day center clients social worker also important, just as a backer, planner and case leader. This shows that Lithuanian and Ukrainian mentally disabled people create with social worker mutual assistance relations based on sensitivity in relationships. 2. Social work opportunities in day care center for mentally disabled people is closely related to the cooperative relationship between the social worker and the client. For opportunities for social empowerment success Lithuanian mentally disabled people highlights the increased awareness of communication, independence, and Ukraine mental disabilities - access to employment and improvement of relations within the family and psychological knowledge acquisition. Clients in day care centers met answers for these needs. 3. The study data show that both Lithuanian and Ukrainian study participants link their hopes with social work intervention. The social worker in Lithuanian day center advises and supports, together with customer resolves their concerns, a social worker in the center of the Kiev daily acts on personal-interpersonal issues, makes rehabilitation plans. Summarizing Šiauliai and Kiev day care centers social empowerment process and the possibilities of social empowerment to succeed, unlike Lithuania, Ukraine's day care center is formed rehabilitation plans for customers, implementing which Ukrainian informants have more opportunities to integrate into a more active social life. |
