...Susanna Pagiotti Purpose The study compares the social services functioning in two local contexts, one urban and one rural, in the same Italian region, to understand how contextual features affect frontline workers' work. Design/methodology/approach By applying the framework of the street...

... the public provision of universalistic social services (Ferrera, 1996), many of which were introduced in the 1980s and 1990s (Da Roit and Sabatinelli, 2013), although often underfunded because of the incipient budget difficulties of many a government. It is worth stressing that, despite differences...

... in creating the solidarity economy. We will return to this issue later. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Poland National economy Public policy Dynamic economic efficiency Solidarity principle Social foundations of economic activities Social services The system changes...

... are nevertheless underrepresented as managers in higher positions in Social Service Departments. Also, she argues, staff are leaving their jobs in social care, whether they are social workers, qualified or unqualified, or care managers, because they feel the work has become more about what can be measured rather...

.... Originality/value The paper offers insights into the discursive construction of social work. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Social workers Social services Immigrants Culture The Netherlands Migrants Like most Western countries, the Netherlands has been confronted...

...Rik Van Berkel; Vando Borghi; Vando Borghi; Rik van Berkel Purpose This article aims to discuss the individualisation trend in the provision of social services, focusing on activation services specifically. Design/methodology/approach The individualisation trend in the provision of activation...

... the former government’s response. Identifies that the welfare role of social workers has diminished, and been replaced with a social control function. Concludes that, despite the legacy inherited from the previous government, a shift in the political approach to social services and community care provision...

... of the consistency of any programme. © MCB UP Limited 1985 Social policy Social services TOWARD A TAXONOMY OF SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMMES* Uri Yanay, Paul Baerwald School of Social Work, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem Introduction The economic slowdown and its consequent constraints on resources...

... satisfaction Social services STUDYING SATISFACTIONS IN HUMAN SERVICE ORGANISATIONS: AN EXPLORATION Yossef Meller and David Macarov, Paul Baerwald School of Social Work, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem Introduction One of the most important changes currently taking place throughout the industrialised West...