SOCIAL WORK IN HOSPITALS IN SLOVAKIA:  CURRENT WORKING CONDITIONS  AND DIFFICULTIES IN THE VIEW  OF THE PROFESSIONALS

Miriam SLANÁ; Patricia DOBRÍKOVÁ; Michaela HROMKOVÁ; Katarína LETOVANCOVÁ

Autori

Miriam SLANÁ Associate Professor, PhD., Department of Social Work, Faculty of Health Sciences and Social Work, Trnava University, Univerzitné námestie 1, 918 43 Trnava tel. 004215939430
Patricia DOBRÍKOVÁ Associate Professor, PhD., MSc., Department of Social Work, Faculty of Health Sciences and Social Work, Trnava University, Univerzitné námestie 1, 918 43 Trnava; tel. 004215939408.
Michaela HROMKOVÁ PhD., MSc., Department of Social Work, Faculty of Health Sciences and Social Work, Trnava University, Univerzitné námestie 1, 918 43 Trnava; tel. 004215939430.
Katarína LETOVANCOVÁ MSc., Department of Social Work, Faculty of Health Sciences and Social Work, Trnava University, Univerzitné námestie 1, 918 43 Trnava; tel. 004215939426

Cuvinte cheie:

asistență socială în spital, asistenți sociali din spital, asistență socială inter¬profesională, cultura organizațională și satisfacție profesională.

Rezumat

Aceasta este una dintre primele încercări de a descrie situația asistenților sociali în spitalele din Slovacia. Asistența socială în domeniul îngrijirii sănătății este un domeniu cu tradiție, care a cunoscut o dezvoltare mai accentuată, în Slovacia, după 1989. Scopul acestui studiului este de a identifica factorii cheie importanți pentru a performa și a crește satisfac¬ția în muncă a asistenților sociali din spitale. La studiul nostru au participat 18 din 31 asistenți sociali din cadrul spitalelor universitare. În concluziile noastre, patru factori cheie determină în mod semnificativ situația lor de muncă: lipsa unor norme legale, structuri organizatorice care nu sunt pregătite să recunoască pe deplin munca socială, ca parte impor¬tantă a proceselor de vindecare, culturi organizaționale care nu sunt în măsură să sprijine munca în echipa interprofesională și dificultățile cu coordonarea pacienților descărcarea de gestiune și organizarea asistenței medicale spitalicești. Toate aceste circumstanțe fac munca socială în spitale mai dificile și obligă asistentul social să-și susțină în mod continuu propria poziție și propriile competențe.

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