Petr Lazar, Oldřich Chytil
The Impact of Subjective Quality of Working Life on the Performance of Municipal Social Work with People in Material Need in the Czech Republic
Číslo: 1/2023
Periodikum: Sociální práce
Klíčová slova: municipal social work, neoliberalism, neoliberalisation, material need, Social Reform 2012
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Anotace:
OBJECTIVES: The aim of the presented research is to determine how working conditions of
social workers enable them to carry out social work with people in material need in municipalities
in the Czech Republic. THEORETICAL BASE: The paper utilizes Edgar Marthinsen’s concept
of neoliberalisation of social work. METHODS: Mixed methods side-by-side QUAN(qual)
design. A questionnaire survey was used to collect data. OUTCOMES: Working conditions of
social workers in municipal authorities only marginally affect the implementation of social work
with people in material need. A limiting factor in this finding is the concept of social work as
the frequency of social work-related activities, which does not address the quality of activities
performed, only their quantity. SOCIAL WORK IMPLICATIONS: The paper concludes
with a comparison of the characteristics of neoliberal social work and the research findings. We
summarize that social work in municipal authorities after the Social Reform 2012 came into force
shows partial signs of neoliberalisation.
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social workers enable them to carry out social work with people in material need in municipalities
in the Czech Republic. THEORETICAL BASE: The paper utilizes Edgar Marthinsen’s concept
of neoliberalisation of social work. METHODS: Mixed methods side-by-side QUAN(qual)
design. A questionnaire survey was used to collect data. OUTCOMES: Working conditions of
social workers in municipal authorities only marginally affect the implementation of social work
with people in material need. A limiting factor in this finding is the concept of social work as
the frequency of social work-related activities, which does not address the quality of activities
performed, only their quantity. SOCIAL WORK IMPLICATIONS: The paper concludes
with a comparison of the characteristics of neoliberal social work and the research findings. We
summarize that social work in municipal authorities after the Social Reform 2012 came into force
shows partial signs of neoliberalisation.