Kurum Bakımındaki Çocuklara İlişkin Sistemin Sosyal Refah Çalışanları Gözüyle Değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

The child in need of protection is a neglected child who has been subjected to physical, sexual or emotional abuse that is not maintained by his family for various reasons. The aim of protecting these children is; to get away from their experiences that adversely affect their psycho-social development, and to raise the beneficial, mental health-conscious individuals. However, from time to time it is known that protected children can experience various problems after being protected. Social welfare workers are those who are in favor of protected children in solving these problems, and who support their scientific knowledge and experiences and overcome their problems. However, it is a fact that social welfare workers can also face various problems in the process. The purpose of this study is; the problem that the underprivileged children face when they are in institutional care and the disruptions in child protection policies are to be considered by the social welfare workers. The subjects of the research conducted by the qualitative method constitute 15 social welfare workers who are working in the province of Ankara between 10 February and 28 February 2017. In the research, an in-depth interview form developed by the researcher was used to determine the experiences of the social welfare workers. When the data are analyzed, it is determined that social welfare workers have problems in different issues such as cooperation, support, enforcement and enforcement of laws, regulations and injunctions, education and transfers during their professional work with children. The study concludes with various social service application proposals aimed at solving problems for national, international, voluntary persons, institutions and organizations working with protected children.