Social assistance social work content

Social assistance refers to various measures taken by the state and other social subjects to provide material or moral assistance to citizens who suffer from natural disasters and lose their ability to work or other low-income citizens in order to maintain their basic living needs and ensure their minimum living standards. So what are the contents of social assistance social work? Let's find out!

1 Overview of social assistance social work

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① Definition of social assistance Under what circumstances (personal, natural and social reasons), when serious difficulties occur, the assistance system provided by the government and society to social members is an important part of the social security system.

② Characteristics of social assistance A. Asymmetry of rights and obligations

When members of society fall into poverty, they enjoy the right of basic living security and do not need to perform a certain business-this is the basic right given to members of society by the Constitution.

B, relief objects do have difficult restrictions-family surveys must be conducted. C, the low level of rescue standard guarantees the minimum living needs of the rescued members D, the diversified essence of rescue means-cash; Emergency temporary-fixed long-term; Government-private ... e. Time limit for assistance When the rescued person is out of trouble, the assistance is terminated.

1, 2 social assistance social work What is social assistance social work? It is a professional service activity aimed at helping social members who have serious difficulties in life to get material social assistance, spiritual promotion and recovery of social functions until they get rid of difficulties or alleviate difficulties and live a normal social life. This kind of professional service activity requires social workers to apply the values, theories and knowledge of social work as well as the professional methods and skills of social work.

1, 3 Characteristics of social assistance social work ① Diversity and complexity of service object problems-serious difficulties in life A. Diversity and complexity of the causes of the problems: behind the diversity of reasons, many factors work together; B, the diversity and complexity of the problem's influence on the relief object: material, psychological, spiritual and social. (2) Realize the complete unification of material security and service security of social security system;

A. Overlapping guarantee service: while providing material help, provide technical training, information service, psychological consultation, spiritual comfort, behavior correction and other material help to the object; B. Embedded security service: Social work develops with the development of values, theories, knowledge and methods, making it more humane and effective. (3) The professionalism and policy of the rescue service standard. We should provide targeted and professional standardized services within the scope permitted by the policy.

2 the main content of social assistance social work

2. 1 Main contents of social work in the field of poverty alleviation ① Social work at the level of social structural adjustment A. Participation in the design, revision and implementation of poverty alleviation system Because social workers serve the grassroots directly and for a long time, they understand the actual situation of those who need poverty alleviation and have more say in the system design, revision and implementation, making the system more operable.

B, improve the employment environment of recipients, and advocate recipients to solve their own difficulties through employment: appeal to the government, provide information, and guide recipients to find employment opportunities; Advocate labor market norms, mainly in setting minimum wage standards and eliminating employment discrimination. ② Social work at the level of personal promotion A. Assess the needs of recipients: review the conditions of applicants and help them determine their qualifications B. Help eligible recipients get assistance and guide those who have not received assistance C. Enhance the human capital of recipients and promote their employment and economic autonomy. The direction of social assistance efforts is to help them solve employment and restore their self-reliance and economic autonomy. We should give full play to the role of social workers as "promoters" and "advocates". Specific strategy:

The employment guidance and empowerment strategy before vocational training is aimed at the characteristics of strong dependence on the object, poor initiative, low tolerance and weak self-confidence;

Short-term and long-term strategies in employment counseling and vocational training: social work for different recipients; The propaganda strategy of employment consultation and vocational training service: to spread and publicize the information of employment consultation and vocational training to the aided object through mass media and network. D. Solve practical difficulties for the recipients. The recipients have many problems, such as health, marital quality, parent-child relationship conflict and children's problems ... To solve their problems, we can start from two aspects: First, take the community as the main service area; Second, coordinate and mobilize social resources, build a social support network and promote social integration. It is necessary to mobilize traditional communities, units and family volunteers. To participate, we should also inject professional connotation, and seek relevant social resources, including the participation of the government, media, neighbors, relatives and friends, to provide needed help for the recipients.

2. The main contents of social work in the field of natural disaster relief ① Disaster emergency relief a, organization and transfer of affected people b, arrangement of basic living for victims c, maintenance of social order d, psychological counseling ② Community restoration and reconstruction after the disaster.

Responsible for organizing and coordinating the restoration and reconstruction of community living environment, and participating in supervising the progress of community reconstruction projects; Participate in restoring the normal social life order in the community; Participate in restoring the normal economic order of the community. ③ Community disaster reduction participates in and cooperates with relevant government departments to carry out community disaster risk education and publicity and popularize disaster reduction knowledge.

2, 3 The main contents of social work in the field of assistance for vagrants and beggars ① street rescue kiosks, roving rescue vehicles and other assistance before entering service organizations; All-weather rescue stations are open to active help seekers. (2) Aid service agencies to meet basic living needs; We should guide and correct their biased ideas, bad habits and behaviors, and even minor violations of the law, and provide professional intervention services. ③ The service in the stage of returning to the mainstream society consists of adults and street children hired by relief agencies, which is similar to family life groups (family-like); Normal family foster care with certain conditions (family foster care); There are also active ideological education and guidance (education and training) for vagrants and beggars through education and training. ④ After returning to China, the service is mainly to follow up and pay a return visit to consolidate the achievements of returning to the mainstream society; Attention should be paid to eliminating the reasons why some street children stray after returning home due to domestic violence, discrimination and other reasons.

3 the main methods of social assistance social work

3. 1 Main methods of social work in the field of poverty alleviation ① Application of case work method A. The role of case work method in the field of poverty alleviation is carried out through differentiated, face-to-face and targeted personal service in accordance with the four principles of "singleness, potential development, targeting the characteristics of the rescued object and using the object's own resources", so it has the functions of building trust with the rescuer, mobilizing its potential and giving play to its initiative. B, problems that should be paid attention to: take the initiative to contact; Clarify the existing problems and directions; Face up to the satisfaction of the substantive needs of the object; Pay attention to resource coordination. (2) Application of group working methods A. The role of group working methods in poverty alleviation

Through the motivation and process of the group, according to the principle of mutual support, sharing, cooperation and * * * growth, the deviation of the object's cognition, emotion and behavior can be corrected; Restore self-confidence and change attitude; Actively participate, willing to learn, and improve their ability. B. The application of group work method in different groups: a growth group in which the children of the relief object participate; A female group composed of poor single mothers; A support group composed of laid-off workers; Application of community work methods; A. The function is to mobilize the participation of community members, win external support, adjust and improve social relations, reduce conflicts and prevent social problems; Mobilize and integrate social resources to devote themselves to community development and create a social environment to eliminate poverty. B, the focus of community work methods in poverty alleviation is environmental change; Help the target establish and develop a social support network.

3.2 The main methods of social work in the field of disaster relief are divided into three situations: emergency rescue, recovery and reconstruction, and community disaster reduction, which mainly include evaluation, psychological comfort and guidance, participation in rescue, service, publicity, education and training, etc.

3. The main methods of social work in the field of assistance for vagrants and beggars ① Outreach service goes out; Approaching and communicating to gain trust ② Ideological and behavioral correction Correct the confidence, attitude, values, habits and behaviors of rescuers through cases, groups and specially set training rooms. ③ Education and skill training are mainly skill-based education and training to help them acquire the basic ability to make a living; (4) Follow up the consolidation results of the purpose of the return visit, and really make it return to stability and close the case. This chapter summarizes that social assistance is a relief system that the government and society provide basic material security for members of society when they have serious difficulties due to personal, natural or social reasons, and it is an important part of the social security system.

Social assistance social work is an important field of social workers' professional practice. Under the guidance of social work values, theories and knowledge, we use professional methods and skills, including individual cases, group work and community social work, to help urban and rural poverty relief objects, people who need assistance due to natural disasters, vagrants and beggars, so that they can get spiritual improvement and social function recovery while getting material social assistance, until they get rid of their living difficulties or reduce their negative effects and live a normal society.

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