Annual of social work, Vol. 20 No. 2, 2013.
Original scientific paper
SOCIAL WORKERS' PERSPECTIVES ON SPIRITUALITY IN SOCIAL WORK
Zdravka Leutar
orcid.org/0000-0001-9902-507X
; Department of social work, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Ivan Leutar
; Department of social work, Faculty of philosophy, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosna i Herzegovins
Jelena Turčinović
Abstract
The paper presents the qualitative research aimed to obtain an insight into the experience and contemplation on implementing spirituality in social work by social workers as professional employees. Thirty-seven professionally employed social workers have taken part in the research. The data have been collected using the method of semi-structured interviews, followed by the qualitative data analysis procedure. The analysis of the results has revealed social workers’ comprehension of religiousness and spirituality, their perception of implementing spirituality in social work, together with the possibility of improving spirituality in social work. The results have shown that social workers make a distinction between religiousness and spirituality. Social workers believe that the implementation of spirituality in social work is extremely important since it makes their work easier, while at the same time it is a source of encouragement for social work service users in facing their problems.
Keywords
social worker; users; spirituality; social work
Hrčak ID:
112965
URI
Publication date:
23.12.2013.
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