Social worker in motivation crisis – characteristics and recommendations

Maria Łuszczyńska
Studia nad Rodziną
Section: Artykuły
https://doi.org/10.21697/snr.2018.47.2.03

Abstract

There are several kinds of crisis situations that a social worker often encounters in her professional practice. They are linked to external factors, such as the individual or family circumstances of her clients, as well as social and global situation. These crises may, however, also be a result of the internal condition of the social worker understood as the central instrument of social work. The latter factor is the focal point of this study, as a motivational crisis of the social worker is ever more frequently observed by researchers and supervisors in the field of social work in Poland. The person’s internal structure, comprising of competences, personality, knowledge, skills, coping capacity, approach, attitude, and many other variables, suffers from a motivational crisis ever more often. A motivational crisis of the social worker inevitably leads to a decline in the quality of her work, which in turn can negatively impact the clients of social work and also cause an outflow of social workers from the profession. Therefore, dealing with the motivational crisis poses a challenge for the educational system, not only of social workers, but also of coordinators and managers responsible for the delivery of support services. This article presents circumstances that negatively affect professional social work, and methods of prevention of the motivational crisis. Among the methods of prevention, this paper proposes recommendations for changes in the system of management of social work institutions, directions for the coordinators of social work with regard to application of existing instruments of support (e.g. supervision), and possible methods of self-motivating of social workers in a process of personal growth.

Keywords:

social works, social worker, crisis, motivation, empowerment

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Łuszczyńska, M. (2021). Social worker in motivation crisis – characteristics and recommendations . Studia Nad Rodziną, 22(2(47), 53–75. https://doi.org/10.21697/snr.2018.47.2.03

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