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- An elephant in the room? (Re)building possibilities and challenges for promoting relationships between supervisors and PhD students at neoliberal universityPublication . Jesus, Antonela PereiraPhD student pathway studies demonstrate how this teaching cycle has high dropout, dissatisfaction, and mental health problems (McAlpine & Norton, 2006; Stubb, Pyhältö & Lonka, 2011; Anttila et al., 2015; Levecque et al., 2017). These are problems with external and internal factors that play against each other and the relationship with supervisors is a widely recognized aspect to minimize and, in certain situations, prevent such situations (Dharmananda & Kahl, 2012; Filho & Martins, 2006; Hunter & Devine, 2016). However, this relationship can serve both as a source of support and as a critical element (Schmidt & Hansson, 2018). These relationships are contextualized in a neoliberal culture, including the imposition of the “publish or perish culture” in which teaching and pedagogy lose strength in the face of research understood as an end in itself (Moosa, 2018). Considering the commitment of social work to the promotion of human relations both in formationWeidman & Stein, 2003) and in practice (IFSW, 2014)this paper proposes to analyze and understand students' experiences and perceptions regarding the doctoral supervision relationship, in today’s context. More specifically, this work deepens the students' conceptions about the following aspects: i) the reasons that led to the choice of the supervisor and the expectations regarding this process, namely in terms of the support received and in the academic socialization; ii) satisfaction with the relationship, favoring the characteristics and competences indicated in this area, the components of the support received as well as their articulation with critical moments in the doctoral course; iii) the way they envisage the repercussions of neoliberal logic in academia including, but not limited to, their articulation with the frequency and quality of the supervisory process; iv) and finally the way they perceive the supervisor as a role model of professional socialization, in the investigative and pedagogical aspect., this research is a qualitative, descriptive and phenomenological study using semi-structured interviews with 15 students from the 2nd and 3rd year of PhD.
- Remote work, career strategies and organisational challenges by the European countries in the post-2019 pandemic scenario: preliminary results of the EURECA projectPublication . Piteira, Margarida; Pinto, Joana Carneiro; Cervai, Sara; Hildred, Kiall; Corte, Catarina; Duarte, Rosana; Martinis, MartinaCurrent work intends to present the preliminary results of an international project (EURECA) developed by a team from Católica Research Centre for Psychological, Family and Social Wellbeing of Faculdade de Ciências Humanas/Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP), SOCIUS/CSG/Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração de Lisboa (ISCAL)/Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa (IPL), and Università degli Studi di Trieste (UniTs, Italy). The EURECA Project, still in progress, seeks to understand the career management strategies and remote work design in response to the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown. Quantitative and qualitative studies have resulted from the project. Data collection took place between 2022/2023 in several European countries. The quantitative studies (4 in total) were based on a questionnaire assessing career dimensions, and a total of 739 European hybrid workers have participated in it. These 4 studies have highlighted: (1) perceived (objective and subjective) career success; (2) strategic career behaviours among European remote workers; (3) country-Level Individualism vs Collectivism comparisons; and, (4) a comparative study between Poland and Portugal on remote working and career management. Regarding the qualitative data, two case studies were generated (Italy and Portugal), and 17 organisations were observed. The main objective of the latter was to understand the role of remote work for career management and the resulting organisational challenges. Theoretical, methodological, and practical implications are further discussed and avenues for future research advanced.
- Social work students voices: lessons learned from the pandemicPublication . Jesus, Antonela Filipa Spínola Rodrigues; Barata, RitaThe closure of universities and the transition to online education due to the COVID-19 crisis, led to a period of change in contexts characterized by face-to-face education (McFadden et al., 2020). In this pandemic period, the SW literature has addressed the use of digital technology during their stay at home (Papouli, Chatzifotiou & Tsairidis, 2020), the experiences of BSW and MSW students during the COVID-19 pandemic (Paceley et al., 2021), field instructors and students in order to analyze difficulties and innovations in internships (Csoba & Diebel, 2020), good practices developed by universities (Morley & Clarke, 2020) and the access conditions of students in (a emerging) online education, also comparing online with face-to-face teaching (Dinh & Nguyen, 2020). With this background, this study explores the perspectives of social work students of the bachelor's degree in Portugal on experiences in the online teaching-learning process, through the deepening of the following aspects: (i). access and conditions for online emergency education at home (e.g. specific space for study, access and quality of the internet); (ii). perspectives on the online teaching experience (positive and negative aspects, access to educational materials, motivation, interpersonal relationships, among others); (iii). pedagogical practices and activities (frequency, importance, and adaptation); (iv). Satisfaction with emergency online education in general, deepening several dimensions. Data collection was carried out with an online survey, with open and closed questions (according to the dimensions identified), and participants were recruited from social networks. The data obtained through the closed questions of the survey are subject of treatment and quantitative analysis, with descriptive statistics, with the SPSS software. Qualitative data analysis was conducted through content analysis. We conclude the presentation with the implications of the students' perspective to identify innovative practices and the possibility to rethink curricula and practices for the post-pandemic future and eventual moments of crisis.
- The old-age social minima in Portugal: policy trajectory, trends and adequacyPublication . Branco, FranciscoThe paper focuses on the old-age social minima in Portugal, considering the first layer of social protection in old age, that consists of the minimum pension of contributory system (MP), the social pension (SP) and the Solidarity Supplement for the Elderly (SSE), two non-contributory social minima for the elderly. The Portuguese old-age social minimum are also composed by several additional supplements. The paper adopts, despite the use a statistical quantitative data, mainly, a qualitative approach following an historical institutionalism orientation. Two dimensions will be explored. Firstly, the policy trajectories of the old-age regime of social minima in Portugal, looking at the main drivers of the policy changes that occurred since their creation and the recent trends observed. Secondly, the features and the analysis of the patterns of adequacy proportioned by these different social minima, namely considering the UE poverty threshold and the Rendimento Adequado em Portugal (RAP) referential, a minimum income standard established according to the standard budget method.
- Social workers affecting social policy in PortugalPublication . Branco, Francisco; Carrilho, RitaPolicy practice has been gaining a growing interest in social work literature, since it is considered that such practice may promote social policies committed with the furthering of social welfare and justice, but more research is needed on how policy practice is embedded in social worker’s professional practice and which factors may enhance or constraint such kind of practice. This communication is based on the first extensive study trying to ascertain if and how Portuguese social workers incorporate it in their daily professional work, by developing activities focused on influencing social policies, bringing some light on the level of involvement of social workers in policy practice in Portugal. The study approach was quantitative, based on a snowball sample of 265 valid answers to an online survey. The conceptual model was supported in the Civic Voluntarism Model (Verba, et al, 1995) on political participation, and on the Policy Practice Engagement Model (Gal & Weiss-Gal, 2015) which described the main predictors for engaging in policy practice in social work. The findings led to the conclusion that the social workers showed a low level of engagement in policy practice activities, especially those which imply a greater public exposure, acting with the media, policy makers or public officers to share opinions, make a proposition or report a problem. Considering as main factors the socio-political context, the professional context, the organizational context and individual factors, the findings showed that the last explained most of the differences in the social workers involvement in policy practice, especially when considering interest and efficacy. The study pointed out the need to further research in this area. Given that policy practice implies acting in the political structures, political participation may work as a strong predictor for engaging in policy practice. The study showed that social workers are not politically active and distrust the main political institutions. Although in other countries social workers are more politically active than the average citizen (Hamilton & Fauri, 2001; Ritter, 2008) the level of distrust and disaffiliation shown in this study suggest the need to further studying social worker’s political participation. Professional associations and academia are the main stakeholders in the reinforcement of policy practice. The professional associations may work as actors by proxy once social workers recognize the importance of having strong professional associations that allow them to avoid the direct exposure to the political structures. Regarding the academic background, results show that social workers acknowledge that to influence social policy is part of their professional purpose, however they don’t seem to know how to do it and need to develop the required skills for a better performance in this field. Therefore, Academia can play a lead role in the reinforcement of social workers activity in the social policy, through training, research, and expertise.
- Ensinar inovação social a estudantes de serviço social em estruturas de competitividade: aproximação à metodologia de ApSPublication . Jesus, Antonela"The labor market has become more constrained and, consequently, competitiveness has increased, which makes it increasingly urgent for Social Work to demonstrate what it is, what it is for, and in which areas it cannot be replaced by other professions" (Amaro, 2015: 125). With reference to the perspectives of authors in line with the above, the challenge was to combine the teaching of innovation and social intervention in the second year of the degree course in Social Work with the Service-Learning (SPL) methodology. On the one hand, we had already built a curricular unit with a seminar configuration that proposed to explore the current transformations in the field of social intervention, as well as to bring students closer to notions and initiatives of social innovation; on the other hand, the possibility of implementing a pilot project within the scope of ApS implemented in that Higher Education Institution was presented. To talk about ApS is to talk about a pedagogical methodology that combines "in a single activity" the learning of contents, skills, and values with the performance of tasks in the service of the community. As such, learning and service establish a bilateral relationship in which both are favored: learning acquires a civic sense and service becomes a workshop of knowledge and values (Puig et al., 2010: 10). Based on this experience, we propose for the present communication to present the views of the students involved from the exploration of aspects such as: i. proximity and apprehension of the contents taught in the CU; ii. pedagogical strategy(s) implemented for the course of the CU; iii. development of competencies; iv. relevance and usefulness to/for Social Work. This study aims to bring to the debate the implementation of (new) strategies in experiential training in Social Work, reflecting on its convenience, but also necessity, when faced with profound transformations in the labor market, which not only make pressing the possibilities of facing the exercise of the profession in social economy organizations or in the private market, but also do not guarantee the professional insertion of this category (Amaro, 2014).
- Ubuntu & direitos humanos: contributos de uma filosofia indígena para a formação de assistentes sociaisPublication . Jesus, AntonelaSocial Work has been faced with the need to review and rethink its intervention, adapting it to the different social, political, economic, and cultural contexts and to the multiplicity of voices in them. The very international definition of the profession that we know today, when it was established by the realities of the 21st century, maintains central assumptions of the previous definition - promoting social change, strengthening the emancipation of people -, but introduces others that deserve equal emphasis: besides Social Work being enunciated as an academic discipline, with its own theories, sustained in the social sciences, it is also reinforced that this knowledge is strengthened in indigenous knowledge, opening space for its recognition and the need for its integration as a source of knowledge. In fact, the indigenous Ubuntu philosophy - "I am because we are" is assumed as the first theme of the Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development for 2020-2030. At a time when global politics has shown a growth of governments with nationalistic and oppressive ideologies, Ubuntu highlights the interdependence of all people and their potential in co-constructing more just and dignified social realities.Methodologically, we follow a qualitative approach, with focus groups and bibliographic research. Thus, we intend, to demonstrate (i) the origins and foundations of Ubuntu, (ii) its alignment with values central to Social Work - Human Rights, Social Justice and Social Solidarity, (iii) the understanding of current SW undergraduate students and recent graduates about indigenous knowledge, intersecting with their own definition and with what they learn in training; (iv) the integration of these meanings in readings of social reality, the contributions and limits associated with such philosophy; finally, (v) problematizing the multiple levels of oppression, stimulating participants' reflection around the influence that social structures associated with imperialism bring to the personal and cultural life trajectories of each one of us. It is hoped that the results of the study will shed light on the future of training in the Social Sciences in general, and in Social Work in particular.
- Um ano de pandemia: o impacto do encerramento dos centros de dia na população idosaPublication . Silva, Catarina Vieira da; Monteiro, DanielaINTRODUÇÃO Com a chegada da SARS-CoV-2 várias instituições foram obrigadas a adaptar se a novos contextos de risco social. Em Portugal parte dos Centros de Dia, enquanto respostas sociais constituídas em equipamentos sociais, partilham muitas vezes as instalações com os Lares/ERPI. Com o objetivo de impedir a propagação do vírus, foram tomadas medidas de intervenção em contexto domiciliário nas instituições que partilham instalações. Nestes casos, desde Março de 2020, utentes pertencentes à valência de Centro de Dia encontram-se nos seus domicílios, sem perspetiva de regresso. O trabalho que apresentamos resulta da investigação sobre o impacto do encerramento dos Centros de Dia, procurando-se identificar e analisar os efeitos da pandemia na vida dos idosos que frequentavam esta resposta social. MATERIAL E MÉTODOS Seguindo uma abordagem qualitativa, realizaram-se nove entrevistas semiestruturadas a utentes do Centro de Dia de uma IPSS, em dois períodos temporais. As primeiras entrevistas foram realizadas em junho de 2020 e as segundas em maio de 2021. RESULTADOS As primeiras entrevistas revelaram que todos os entrevistados vivenciaram alterações no seu quotidiano, sendo de destacar a falta de convivência e os sentimentos de solidão e tristeza, bem como a necessidade de adaptação a novas rotinas, nomeadamente, ao nível das refeições, dos cuidados de imagem, das atividades de convívio e de lazer. Em maio de 2021 verificam-se alterações significativas na vida dos idosos entrevistados como: mudança de residência para casa de familiares; agravamento do estado de dependência; falecimento de principais prestadores de cuidados; ingresso em ERPI; falecimentos. DISCUSSÃO A atual pandemia exige, igualmente, mudanças no agir profissional daqueles que trabalham em centros de dia. Questões diversas, como a insalubridade das habitações, as necessidades nutricionais, a baixa literacia em cuidados de saúde, a administração terapêutica e o isolamento social implicam a recriação e a adaptação de modos de intervenção, novos procedimentos ao nível do planeamento e da avaliação, bem como na comunicação e relação com a população. CONCLUSÕES Destaca-se os efeitos potencialmente prejudiciais da pandemia e do confinamento/distanciamento social ao nível do isolamento social, sentimentos de solidão, impactos ou restrições na sua mobilidade, problemas de saúde e habitação, que a curto prazo tiveram impacto na vida dos idosos.
- Service learning and spirituality: analysis of University students' purpose in lifePublication . Ribeiro, L. M.; Doroftei, A.; Themudo, C.; Costa, H. Gil da; Oliveira, A.; Correia, M.; Dias, P.; Peixoto, R.; Ribeiro, C.
- Before & after: the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the sustainability of nursing homesPublication . Silva, Catarina Vieira da; Monteiro, DanielaThe work we propose is part of the subject “Effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on long-term care” and results from a research in progress, where on the first phase of the investigation, exploratory interviews were made with ten nursing home technical coordinators, which are privileged informants by their knowledge of the economic impact of Covid-19 on the sustainability of social sector institutions (all approached nursing homes have cooperation agreements with Social Security). In the second phase of the study, questionnaires will be applied to several nursing homes in Portugal in order to assess the economic impact brought by the pandemic on the costs and revenues of these organizations, also seeking to analyze the pre and post pandemic profile of the elderly and families that formalize registrations in Structures Homes for the Elderly / Nursing Homes. The data from the exploratory interviews revealed that, compared to the prepandemic period, there was a decrease in the demand for the nursing homes social response, justified by the fear of outbreaks of covid-19 and the impossibility of making visits and outside trips. The analysis of the interviews also made it possible to identify a change in the clinical profile of candidates who have a greater degree of dependence and different associated comorbidities, which has an impact on the necessary human resources and on the expenses of organizations. At the same time, there are profiles of citizens with low incomes (social pensions) and unable to receive support and / or family contributions (often justified by economic insufficiency and unemployment). These perspectives highlight the increased concern of social economic institutions in their viability and financial health. The current pandemic has also required changes in the structure and financial management of social institutions, reflected in increased costs. Diverse issues such as the hiring of more human resources and team reorganizations, the use of diversified Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and medical items, implied a significant increase in health care expenses, while there were also revenue shortfalls (e.g. closing of other social responses integrated in the institutions, reduction in the co-payment of service users, extra-deal vacancies available).