Social Work in Rural Communities – Particularities, Perspectives, and Directions of Interventions
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At the international level, specialists in social sciences pay more attention to rural communities. The need for social work is more prevalent in these communities because of the social inequalities and the low access to social services. This article explores rural social work, social problems, and intervention models. It is a qualitative study based on eleven interviews with the local authorities and specialists about families, schools, institutions, rural communities, and the efficiency of intervention methods. The research is focused on five Romanian rural communities from Transylvania. We consider that to improve the situations of these rural communities the first step is to identify their needs, then to provide specialised support services that correspond to those needs to prevent and solve individual, family, and community-level problems. The last part of this article presents the main intervention areas in rural localities for social inclusion of those disadvantaged – reducing risks, inequalities, and improving the quality of life of those living in the rural communities.
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Rădăcină, O.-E. (2022). Social Work in Rural Communities – Particularities, Perspectives, and Directions of Interventions. Sociologie Românească, 20(1), 126-140. https://doi.org/10.33788/sr.20.1.6
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Cavaye, J. (2001). Rural Community Development: New Challenges and Enduring Dilemmas, Journal of Regional Analysis & Policy, 31(1), 109-124.
Chevrot, B. (2018). De l’isolement social aux territoires sociables: recherche impliquée sur l’intervention sociale en milieu rural, à l’épreuve de l’innovation territoriale. Teză de doctorat, Université de Lyon. Available at https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-02050550/document. Accessed on March 15, 2021.
Collier, K. (2006). Social work with rural peoples. Vancouver: New Star Books.
Daley, M. R. (2010). A conceptual model for rural social work, Contemporary Rural Social Work Journal, 2(1), 2.
Daley, M. (2019). Rural Social Work in the 21st Century: Serving Individuals, Families, and Communities in the Countryside. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Daley, M. R., & Avant, F. L. (2004). Rural social work: Reconceptualizing the framework for practice. In T. L. Scales, & C. L. Streeter (Eds.), Rural social work: Building and sustaining community assets (34-42). Belmont, CA: Thomson/Brooks/Cole.
Daley, M. R., & Pittman-Munke, P. (2016). Over the hill to the poor farm: Rural history almost forgotten. Contemporary Rural Social Work, 8(2), 1-17.
Donnges, C., & Foley, V. (2003). Improving Access in Rural Areas-Guidelines for Integrated Rural Accessibility Planning. Bangkok: International Labour Organisation.
Edmonds, E. V., & Pavcnik, N. (2005). Child labor in the global economy, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 19(1), 199-220.
Ginsberg, L. (2014). The origins and future of rural social work, Advances in Social Work, 15(1), 105-116.
Institutul Național de Statistică (2020). Condițiile de viață ale populației din România Anul 2019. [Living conditions of Romanian population in 2019 Year]. Available at https://insse.ro/cms/sites/default/files/field/publicatii/conditiile_de_viata_ale_populatiei_din_romania in_anul_2019.pdf. Accessed on June 9, 2021.
Kabadaki, K. K. (1995). Exploration of social work practice models for rural development in Uganda, Journal of Social Development in Africa, 10(1), 77-88.
Lazăr, F., Roşu, L., Cristea, D., & Iovu, M. B. (2020). Perspective asupra sistemului şi serviciilor de asistenţă socială din România, [Perspectives on the social work services system in Romania], Bucureşti: Tritonic.
Martinez-Brawley, E. E., & Delevan, S. M. (1993). Centralizing management and decentralizing services: An alternative approach, Administration in social work, 17(1), 81-102.
Ministerul Muncii şi Protecţiei Sociale (2021). Strategia Naţională pentru incluziunea socială şi reducerea sărăciei pentru perioada 2021-2027 [The National Strategy for Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction for the period 2021-2027]. Available at http://mmuncii.ro/j33/images/Documente/MMPS/Transparenta_decizionala/20201222-proiecthg-sn-incluziune-sociala21-27_ anexa1.pdf. Accessed on June 9, 2021.
Paiva, J. F. X. (1977). A conception of social development, Social Service Review, 51(2), 327-336.
Pugh, R., & Cheers, B. (2010). Rural social work: International perspectives. Bristol: Policy Press.
Rădăcină, O. E. (2021). Serviciile sociale – ca răspuns la factorii de risc din mediul rural [Social Services: A Response to the Needs and Risk Factors Specific to Rural Communities], Revista de asistență socială [Social Work Review], III, 23-31.
Roth, M., & Rebeleanu, A. (2007). Asistenţa socială. Cadru conceptual şi aplicaţii practice [Social work. Conceptual framework and practical application], Cluj-Napoca: Presa Universitară Clujeană.
Schenck, R. (2004). Problems rural social workers experience, Social work/Maatskaplike Werk, 40(2), 367-386.
Slovak, K., Sparks, A., & Hall, S. (2011). Attention to rural populations in social work’s scholarly journals, Journal of Social Service Research, 37(4), 428-438.
Teşliuc, E., Grigora, V., & Stănculescu, M. S. (2016). Atlasul zonelor rurale marginalizate şi al dezvoltării umane locale din România. [The Atlas of Rural Marginalized Areas and Local Human Development in Romania], Bucureşti. Available at https://servicii-sociale.gov.ro/source/strategii/F6_Atlas_Rural_RO_23Mar2016.pdf. Accessed on June 9, 2021.
Ungar, M. (2002). A deeper, more social ecological social work practice, Social Service Review, 76(3), 480-497.