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The Sustainability of Public Social Services: A Qualitative Study
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Facultad/Centro
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Título de la revista
Sustainability
Número de la revista
9
Cita Bibliográfica
Ortega-Galán, Á. M., Ortiz-Amo, R., Andina-Díaz, E., & Ruiz-Fernández, M. D. (2020). The sustainability of public social services: A qualitative study. Sustainability (Switzerland), 12(9). https://doi.org/10.3390/SU12093860
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MDPI
Fecha
2020
Resumen
[EN] The 2008 global economic crisis heightened social inequality and drastically reduced equal
opportunities for many people. It had negative consequences for social regulation in many European
countries, which have dismantled their public social policies. The objective of the study was to
describe social workers’ perceptions of their lived experiences in di erent areas of the public social
services system. A qualitative study was developed, based on a hermeneutic approach. Six in-depth
interviews and two focus groups were conducted with 20 social workers employed by community
social services and the Andalusian public health service (Spain). The professionals agreed that the
public social services system has been eroded, that the lack of resources has consequences for workers
and the general public alike, and that the public authorities and the administration are responsible
for this situation. Social services have become distributors of scarce resources rather than a social
protection system that empowers and accompanies the most vulnerable. The system must provide
the necessary resources and structures so that they can escape the situation of poverty, exclusion and
social injustice.
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