Profesionalni razvoj socijalnih radnika u Republici Srbiji u kontekstu celoživotnog učenja

Profesionalni razvoj je značajan za unapređenje kompetentnosti socijalnih radnika, organizovanje i pružanje kvalitetnih usluga u socijalnom radu. Ciljevi rada su: a) analiza ključnih aspekata profesionalnog razvoja socijalnih radnika u kontekstu celoživotnog učenja, b) analiza međunarodnih i nacionalnih dokumenata u ovoj oblasti i c) analiza istraživanja profesionalnog razvoja. U radu se daje pregled razvoja koncepta celoživotnog učenja i profesionalnog razvoja, analiziraju se ključni aspekti i njihova mesta u međunarodnim i nacionalnim dokumentima. Ukazuje se na značaj kontinuiranog profesionalnog razvoja za obrazovanje i praksu socijalnih radnika. Pokazuje se usaglašenost nacionalnih dokumenata Republike Srbije (RS) sa međunarodnim kroz uvođenje sistema licenciranja i zakonske obaveze stručnog usavršavanja socijalnih radnika s ciljem profesionalnog razvoja. Međutim, RS nedostaju obavezujući nacionalni standardi koji regulišu profesionalni razvoj tokom i nakon formalnog obrazovanja socijalnih radnika. Diskutuju se mogući pravci daljeg razvoja ove oblasti. Profesionalni razvoj socijalnih radnika je slabo istražen kod nas i u svetu. Radi usaglašavanja kvaliteta profesionalnog razvoja socijalnih radnika potrebno je zakonski regulisati obavezno sprovođenje standarda u visokoškolskim ustanovama za obrazovanje socijalnih radnika i u vladinom i nevladinom sektoru koji zapošljava socijalne radnike. Interesantno bi bilo istražiti uslove za profesionalni razvoj socijalnih radnika u RS radi unapređenja kvaliteta kontinuiranog profesionalnog razvoja i prakse socijalnog rada

The Role of the Government in Supporting SME Development in Croatia

The article focuses on the specific role of Government in the transition process with special emphasis on the policy towards the small and medium-sized enterprises (SME), as well as regional development in Croatia. Authors point out to the specifics of transitional countries, noting that the role of the Government in such circumstances should be more supportive regarding stimulation of the SME development by way of supporting the development of the economic support infrastructure. Further, the reasons for a more active role of the Government regarding SME development policy are discussed and specific policy recommendations are offered

The Role of the Government in Supporting SME Development in Croatia

The article focuses on the specific role of Government in the transition process with special emphasis on the policy towards the small and medium-sized enterprises (SME), as well as regional development in Croatia. Authors point out to the specifics of transitional countries, noting that the role of the Government in such circumstances should be more supportive regarding stimulation of the SME development by way of supporting the development of the economic support infrastructure. Further, the reasons for a more active role of the Government regarding SME development policy are discussed and specific policy recommendations are offered

Procena aspekata i efekata realizacije terenske prakse od strane studenata socijalne politike i socijalnog rada

Field practice is considered as an important part of academic education, but the researches of its aspects and effects are underrepresented. The paper is aimed at: examination of the representation of field practice aspects among undergraduate students of social politics and social work at the Faculty of Political Sciences - University of Belgrade (FPS-UB) and its effects on development of students' professional competencies, an analysis of differences between students of various academic years and an analysis of the association the effects of practice has with characteristics of work organization - teaching base and cooperation with mentors. Research was conducted by TPS1 questionnaire among 201 students within all four years of academic studies. About four-fifths off all questioned students gave positive answers on majority of aspects of cooperation with mentors, practice organization by FPS-UB and teaching base and practice effects, but there were also some deficiencies. Cooperation with mentors and teaching base organization of practice are highly associated with practice effects and both variables combined have independent impact on variance of practice effects. Findings are discussed in the lights of contemporary researches.Terenska praksa je važan deo savremenog univerzitetskog obrazovanja, ali su istraživanja njenih aspekata i efekata nedovoljno zastupljena. Ciljevi rada su: analiza zastupljenosti aspekata terenske prakse i zadovoljstva ovim aspektima iz perspektive studenata osnovnih studija socijalne politike i socijalnog rada na Fakultetu političkih nauka Univerziteta u Beogradu (FPN-UB), njenih efekata na razvoj profesionalnih kompetencija studenata, razlika između studenata različitih studijskih godina i povezanosti efekata prakse sa karakteristikama radne organizacije (nastavne baze za praksu) i sa saradnjom sa mentorima. Istraživanje je sprovedeno upitnikom TPS1 među 201 studentom sa sve četiri godine studija. Oko četiri petine studenata je pozitivno ocenilo većinu aspekata saradnje sa mentorom, organizacije prakse od strane FPN-UB i nastavne baze i efekata prakse, ali su se pokazali i nedostaci. Saradnja sa mentorom i organizacija prakse u nastavnoj bazi visoko su povezane s efektima prakse i obe varijable daju nezavisan uticaj na varijansu efekata prakse. Nalazi su diskutovani u svetlu savremenih istraživanja

Supervision of employees within alternative care of children and youths in the system of social welfare

Supervizija je značajna za sprovođenje i unapređenje profesionalnog rada u sistemu socijalne zaštite, pružanje kvalitetnih usluga korisnicima i dalji razvoj vladinog i nevladinog sektora u ovoj oblasti. Ciljevi rada su: a) analiza ključnih funkcija i aspekata supervizije u okviru socijalne zaštite, i b) analiza zakonskih regulativa i istraživanja supervizije u ustanovama za alternativno staranje o deci i mladima Republike Srbije (RS). Daje se pregled funkcija supervizije u socijalnoj zaštiti. Ukazuje se na kompetencije uspešnog supervizora kao važan aspekat supervizijskog rada i na gledište socijalnog konstruktivizma na interekciju između superviziranog i supervizanta. Važeći Pravilnik o bližim uslovima i standardima pružanja usluga u socijalnoj zaštiti predviđa da pružalac usluge obezbeđuje odgovarajuću stručnu podršku svim licima angažovanim na pružanju usluge koja uključuje superviziju. Međutim, regulativa koja dalja uređuju realizaciju supervizije alternativnog staranja o deci i mladima uglavnom nedostaje, sa izuzetkom Centra za porodični smeštaj i usvojenje Beograd. Zanemarivanje supervizije u podzakonskim aktima dovodi do različitih tumačenja i slabe primene u praksi. Supervizija alternativnog staranja o deci i mladima malo je istražena u svetu, a kod nas još manje. O njoj više posredno zaključujemo na osnovu istraživanja u širem ili u srodnom kontekstu. Radi unapređenja i ujednačavanja kvaliteta supervizije, potrebno je zakonski regulisati obavezno sprovođenje supervizije u okviru svih oblika alternativnog staranja i definisati poslove i kompetencije supervizora, kao i podstaći istraživanja supervizije u ovoj oblasti. Interesantno bi bilo istražiti supervizijski odnos između savetnika za hraniteljstvo i hranitelja, i između stručnih radnika i korisnika usluga.Supervision is important for the implementation and promo- tion of professional work in the social welfare system, the provision of quality services to beneficiaries and the further development of governmental and non-governmental sectors in the area. The aims of the article are: a) analysis of key functions and aspects of supervision within social welfare system, and b) analysis of legal regulations and researches of supervision in the institutions for alternative care of children and youth of the Republic of Serbia (RS)

PROMIŠLJANJA STUDENATA SOCIJALNE POLITIKE I SOCIJALNOG RADA O UVEDENIM MJERAMA I MEDIJSKOM IZVJEŠTAVANJU TIJEKOM PANDEMIJE COVID-19

Introduced measures to deal with COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia affected everyday life of people. Media coverage during the pandemic played a significant role in providing verified information, protecting human health and well-being. In order to gain insight into the reactions of social work students on introduced measures and media coverage about these measures during the state of emergency in Republic of Serbia, an analysis of reflective journals is presented. Eighty reflective journals were analyzed, where students\u27 reactions on introduced measures and media coverage related to these measures are monitored and linked to the electronic archive of the public media service Radio Television of Serbia news. Students\u27 thoughts on several identified measures are presented and analyzed together with their reactions on media coverage about these measures. Findings indicate the important role of the content and ways of media reporting in creation of reflections, as well as the importance of using reflective journals in both education and preservation of mental health. Possible directions of mental health improvement through media coverage in crisis situations and recommendations for education of social workers are presented.Mjere koje su uvedene zbog pandemije COVID-19 u Srbiji utjecali su na svakodnevni život ljudi. Medijsko izvještavanju tijekom pandemije odigralo je značajnu ulogu u pružanju provjerenih informacija i zaštiti ljudskih prava i dobrobiti. Kako bi se stekao uvid u reakcije studenata socijalnog rada na uvedene mjere i medijsko izvješćivanje o tim mjerama tijekom izvanrednog stanja u Republici Srbiji, u radu se predstavlja analiza refleksivnih dnevnika. Analizirano je osamdeset refleksivnih dnevnika putem kojih su se reakcije studenata na uvedene mjere i na medijsko izvješćivanje povezano s tim mjerama pratile i povezivale s elektronskom arhivom javne medijske usluge novosti Radio Televizije Srbije. Studentska mišljenja o nekoliko uvedenih mjera se prikazuju i analiziraju zajedno s njihovim reakcijama na medijsko izvještavanje o tim mjerama. Rezultati ukazuju na važnu ulogu sadržaja i načina medijskog izvještavanja u stvaranju mišljenja, kao i na važnost korištenja refleksivnih dnevnika u obrazovanju i u očuvanju duševnog zdravlja. Predstavljaju se moguće smjernice za poboljšanje duševnog zdravlja putem medijskog izvještavanja tijeom izvanrednog stanja kao i preporuke za obrazovanje socijalnih radnika

Methodological problems of the application of renewable energy sources in cultural heritage protection

Heritologija kao nauka o zaštiti kulturnog nasleđa, multidisciplinarna je oblast, u kojoj pitanje energije ima izuzetan značaj u domenu zaštite nepokretnog kulturnog nasleđa, odnosno arheoloških lokaliteta. Modeli savremene prezentacije nasleđa zasnovani su na primeni novih tehnologija, kao i na ekološkoj bezbednosti u koju je uključena i primena obnovljivih izvora energije. U ovom radu istražuju se metodološki problemi u formulisanju paradigme zasnovane na principima intentio operis i intentio auctoris, koja u projektovanju modela prezentacije kulturnog nasleđa uvažava pitanja jedinstvenosti, originalnosti i ekskluziviteta autorskih prostornih rešenja, zbog čega je veoma osetljivo i pitanje modela primene obnovljivih izvora energije.Heritology, as a science for the protection of cultural heritage, is a multidisciplinary field in which the issue of energy is of great importance in terms of protection of immovable cultural herit-age, that is, archaeological sites. Models of contemporary heritage presentation are based on the application of new technologies, as well as on environmental safety, which includes the use of re-newable energy sources. This paper explores methodological problems of formulating a paradigm based on the principles of intentio operis and intentio auctoris, which in designing a model for the presentation of cultural heritage takes into account the uniqueness, originality and exclusivity of author's spatial solutions, which makes the model of renewable energy application very sensitive

A multivariate methodology for modelling regional development in Croatia

This paper proposes a multivariate statistical approach based on covariance structure analysis for assessment of the regional development level with an application to development ranking of 545 Croatian municipalities. Municipality-level data ware collected on economic, structural, and demographic dimensions and preliminary factor and principal component analysis were computed to analyse empirical groupings of the variables. Next, confirmatory factor analytic models were estimated with the maximum likelihood technique and subsequently their implied structure was formally tested. Testing was extended to a joint model including all three dimensions (economic, structural and demographic) and their covariance structure was modelled with a recursive structural equation model. Finally, scores were estimated for latent variables thereby allowing (i) estimation of the latent development level of the territorial units, (ii) ranking of all units on an interval scale in respect to their latent development level, and (iii) selection of a given percentage of units for inclusion into special state-care subsidy programme

Protection System of Persons in Migration during the State of Emergency due to Covid-19 in Serbia

Kao rezultat pandemije COVID-19, profesionalci koji rade u sistemu socijalne zaštite suočavali su se sa višestrukim izazovima – zbog zdravstvene krize bili su zabrinuti, ne samo za živote svojih korisnika, već i za svoju porodicu, prijatelje, ali i za sopstveni život. U cilju analize i razumevanja promena koje je epidemija COVID-19 donela u sistemu socijalne zaštite osoba u migracijama u Srbiji, sprovedeno je kvalitativno istraživanje sa profesionalcima u sistemu. Sprovedene su fokus grupe sa 13 profesionalaca i sedam intervjua sa ključnim informatorima. Rezultati istraživanja pokazuju da je pandemija COVID-19 osvetlila nedostatak kapaciteta prilagođavanja u sistemu zaštite i nespremnost za kriznu situaciju – počev od izazova u obezbeđivanju opreme za zdravstvenu zaštitu dosledno i podjednako do nedostatka stručnog nadzora.As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, professionals working in the social protection system are confronted with multiple challenges – due to the health crisis, they are worried not only for the lives of their beneficiaries but for their own families, friends, including their own lives. In order to analyze and understand the changes that the COVID-19 pandemic brought to the social protection system of persons in migration in Serbia, qualitative research with professionals in the system has been conducted. Focus groups with 13 professionals and 7 interviews with key informants were conducted. Results have shown that the COVID-19 pandemic had lightened up the lack of adapting capacities in the social protection system and unpreparedness for situations of crisis – starting from challenges of consistent and equal provision of health protection equipment to lack of competent supervision

Mentors’ perspective of the field education of social policy and social work students

Mentori su ključni prenosioci praktičnog znanja i veština tokom terenske prakse studenata pomažućih profesija. Kod nas nema dovoljno istraživanja njihove perspektive i potreba. U svrhu daljeg unapređenja terenske prakse budućih socijalnih radnika, sprovedeno je istraživanje sa ciljem povećanja razumevanja perspektive i potreba mentora terenske prakse, procesa procene studenata na terenskoj praksi od strane mentora i povezanosti perspektive mentora sa edukacijom za mentorski rad. Istraživanje je sprovedeno upitnikom SPM1 među 50 mentora terenske prakse studenata socijalne politike i socijalnog rada Fakulteta političkih nauka Univerziteta u Beogradu. Pokazalo se zadovoljstvo mentora većinom aspekata terenske prakse studija socijalne politike i socijalnog rada. Najizrazitiji nedostaci su vezani sa podršku mentora od strane visokoškolske ustanove i nastavne baze. Analizirana je povezanost između različitih aspekata procene mentora koji se odnose na studente. Procene mentora koji imaju formalnu obuku za mentorstvo su bile pozitivnije u brojnim aspektima terenske prakse. Nalazi su diskutovani u svetlu nalaza savremenih istraživanja.Mentors are the key carriers of practical knowledge and skills during helping professions students’ field education. in Republic of Serbia there are insuffi- cient research of its perspective and needs. in purpose to further advance the field education of future social workers, research has been conducted with the aim to improve understanding of the perspective and the needs of men- tors regarding different field education aspects, student assessment process and association between of mentors’ perspective with the mentors educa- tion. Research has been conducted by SPM1 questionnaire among 50 field education mentors of social policy and social work students of the Faculty of Political science of the University of Belgrade. given results has shown that mentors are satisfied with the majority of field education aspects at social policy and social work studies. The most noticeable deficiencies are related to support of mentors by higher education institution where the field edu- cation takes place. The associations between different aspects of mentors’ assessment related to students has been analyzed. Formally educated mentor were more positive in numerous field education aspects. Findings are discu- ssed in the light of up to date research finding