Critical issues of the Romanian social assistance system

The paper presents the results of a qualitative study on the current situation of the Social Assistance system as it is seen by interviewed Bihor county social workers. The problems mentioned include a shortage of social workers in the system, lack of coherence in legislation, low level of socia...

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Main Authors: C. MARC, C. BACTER, C. S. TIMOFTE
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Transilvania University of Brasov Publishing House 2018-07-01
Series:Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov: Series VII: Social Sciences, Law
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Online Access:http://webbut.unitbv.ro/Bulletin/Series%20VII/2018/BULETIN%20I%20PDF/14%20Marc.pdf
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description The paper presents the results of a qualitative study on the current situation of the Social Assistance system as it is seen by interviewed Bihor county social workers. The problems mentioned include a shortage of social workers in the system, lack of coherence in legislation, low level of social services coverage, especially in rural areas, clients' dependency on the system. In order to improve the situation, the people included in the study mentioned the following solutions: identifying the true needs of the vulnerable groups, developing prevention in social work, clients' true involvement in the assistance process, promoting clients' labour market and societal integration.
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spelling doaj.art-13d7a49b541649cf90ad8674f8f8bf9e2023-01-02T13:37:14ZengTransilvania University of Brasov Publishing HouseBulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov: Series VII: Social Sciences, Law2066-77012066-771X2018-07-0111(60)197110Critical issues of the Romanian social assistance systemC. MARC0C. BACTER1C. S. TIMOFTE2University of Oradea, RomaniaUniversity of Oradea, RomaniaUniversity of Oradea, RomaniaThe paper presents the results of a qualitative study on the current situation of the Social Assistance system as it is seen by interviewed Bihor county social workers. The problems mentioned include a shortage of social workers in the system, lack of coherence in legislation, low level of social services coverage, especially in rural areas, clients' dependency on the system. In order to improve the situation, the people included in the study mentioned the following solutions: identifying the true needs of the vulnerable groups, developing prevention in social work, clients' true involvement in the assistance process, promoting clients' labour market and societal integration.http://webbut.unitbv.ro/Bulletin/Series%20VII/2018/BULETIN%20I%20PDF/14%20Marc.pdfbenefitsdependencysocial assistance systemsocial servicessocial workers
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Critical issues of the Romanian social assistance system
Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov: Series VII: Social Sciences, Law
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