Politik Sosyal Hizmet

Öz

Sosyal çalışma mesleği ortaya çıktığı ilk yıllardan itibaren politika ile yakından ilgilenmiş, savunmasız nüfus gruplarının savunuculuğu rolünü üstlenmiştir. Mesleğin ilk temsilcileri başta kadın hakları, çalışma saatleri ve çocuk işçiliği gibi konularla ilgili politika değişikliklerine gidilmesini sağlayacak çalışmalar yapmışlardır. Ancak meslek tarihi boyunca sosyal hizmet uzmanlarının politik faaliyetlere dahil olmalarına ilişkin endişeler dile getirilmiştir. Bu endişeler sosyal hizmet uzmanlarının profesyonel statüsünü koruma, belirli gruplara taraf gibi görünmek istememe, hükümet ya da kâr amacı gütmeyen bir çalışan olarak siyasi faaliyette bulunmanın yasal olup olmadığı ile ilgili olmuştur. Ancak günümüzde sosyal çalışma mesleğinin politika yapım süreçlerine katılması neredeyse zorunlu hale gelmiştir. Bu çalışmada politik sosyal hizmetin kapsamı ve Türkiye’de sosyal çalışma ile politika arasındaki ilişki ve uygulama olarak nasıl gerçekleştirilebileceği ortaya konmaya çalışılmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Politika
• politik sosyal hizmet
• savunuculuk
• sosyal çalışma

Political Social Work

Öz

The social work profession has been closely interested in politics from the first years of its existence and has undertaken the role of advocacy for vulnerable population groups. The first representatives of the profession made efforts to make policy changes on issues such as women's rights, working hours and child labor. However, throughout the history of the profession, concerns have been expressed about the involvement of social workers in political activities. These concerns have been about maintaining the professional status of social workers, not wanting to be seen as a party to certain groups, and whether it is legal to engage in political activity as a government or non-profit employee. Today, however, it has become almost mandatory for the social work profession to participate in policy making processes. In this study, the scope of political social work and the relationship between social work and politics in Turkey and how it can be realized as practice have been tried to be revealed.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Politics
• political social work
• advocacy
• social work

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