Школа соціальної роботи ім. професора Володимира Полтавця

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    Narrative in Social Work Education
    (2023) Kabachenko, Nadiya; Boyko, Oksana
    The lecture is aimed at analysis of existing understanding of narrative method of teaching by modern scholars, as well as the specific ways and goals of its application in everyday practice. Specific consideration is given to exploration of narratives in social work education in higher education settings. Detailed description and in-depth analysis is provided on the use of narratives in teaching social work courses at the Bachelor program at the School of Social Work of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. An analysis is provided for the content of topics of studies where such narratives are used, like life history, oral narratives etc. Specific cases of narrative use presented in the lecture include: students’ creating and telling the narrative on behalf of the imagined character with the relevant characteristics; using visualization (photos), based on which the narrative is created; creating and delivering the future narrative by participation of the other character; understanding the history narrative; analysis and interpretation of narratives collected by the use of oral narrative or life story. It is claimed that using the narrative promotes students' activization, empowers them for the project work, enables their gaining new experience and experiential learning. Moreover, developing and telling the narratives enhances students’ intense communication and creativity as well as their engagement into the education process which is of high importance within the distance learning framework. The narrative is of high value for the social work education and training as this approach ensures developing capacity to listen to the clients’ stories, to analyze and to understand their life stories, to assist in changing clients’ lives by using success stories. Since the full scale war in Ukraine in 2022, people's war narratives bring a wide range of personal and professional insights for social work students.
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    Supported housing in Ukraine during the war
    (2023) Kabachenko, Nadiya; Boyko, Oksana
    Supported housing is an alternative to a large number of boarding schools, psychoneurological dispensaries for people with disabilities and institutions for elderly people which are still acting in Ukraine, and, due to the war, there is a tendency to its growing. Supported housing envisages a significant level of inhabitants’ independency, but, at the same time, provides relevant support for them. The importance of such support is being significantly increased during the wartime when a large number of people, in the first instance those who belong to vulnerable populations, loose their house, relatives and close people, who might be providing them with the relevant support in case of other circumstances. Thus for the purpose of the study it was important to explore how the Ukrainian state regulates the number of institutions where supported living is organized and to understand what creates barriers for creation and development the units for supported living in communities. Based on the study outcomes it is possible to state that the number of such institutions acting in Ukraine is quite small. One of the most important reasons for the above is that the standards developed by the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine which the place for supported living has to meet are quite high. In addition, according to the requirements, accommodation for 6-12 persons has to be provided by a large number of personnel, specifically, an administrative and economic personnel, social workers, home assistants and a psychologist. There are lots of communities which are not able to provide relevant requirements, especially within the war conditions when there is a large lack of resources, both material and human ones. Thus, it’s very actual, in the first instance, to simplify the relevant requirements, to organize training that would ensure an opportunity to community representatives to arrange supported living for their inhabitants and to prevent them from being accommodated to the institutional facilities.