Homeless workers：Attribution to homelessness problems for?
Date Issued
2012
Date
2012
Author(s)
Chiang, Hao-Yun
Abstract
The aim of the research is to understand the main attributes to the homelessness issue from homeless service workers’ viewpoints and the individual factors or beliefs that cause the difference in homeless service workers’ viewpoints. Moreover, whether different attributes would affect homeless service workers’ tendency to adopt different service means is also explored. Quantitative paradigm was applied in the research. Workers from social welfare organizations or religious charities who had come to contact with the homelessness were the research targets. Structured questionnaire was used as the research tool and mail questionnaire was applied to collect the data needed. Purposive sampling was adopted to sample workers from homeless service organizations in Taipei City, New Taipei City, Taoyuan County, Taichung City and Kaohsiung City to conduct the questionnaire survey. The return rate for the questionnaire was 56.34% for which there were 137 effective questionnaires returned.
From the research results, it was found homeless service workers tended to explain the homelessness issue by internal attributes and preferred to provide services using social action approach. The differences in the workers’ education background, full-time status and religious belief showed significant differences in their opinions regarding the attributes to the homelessness issue. In addition, workers who tended to explain the homelessness issue using internal attributes would provide services by psychodynamic approach. It is shown that if a worker believes the homelessness status is caused by individual factor, he/she would solve the homelessness issue by microsystem service using psychodynamic approach. Based on the research results, it is suggested that, in terms of practical work, in-service training should be used to clarify the workers’ value judgment during the service to improve the quality of the service provided by the workers and the relationship between the workers and the homelessness. In terms of relative policy, it is suggested a more perfect resource network should be established to allow homeless service workers to conduct policy initiatives and social actions.
Subjects
Homeless service worker
Homeless problem
Attribution
Homelessness
Type
thesis
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