Cuadernos de Trabajo Social

Male violence and housing exclusion: barriers to intervention based on professional experience in the Balearic Islands

2025-08-01T11:58:31+00:00

Female experiences of housing exclusion have been an invisible reality where high rates of violence are identified, but there are no specific services that cater to this profile of women in the Balearic Islands. This paper aims to explore the main barriers that professionals identify in interventions in the context of housing shelter services or male violence. For this purpose, 42 interviews were carried out with professionals from different services in the Balearic Islands regional community. The main results show us that there certain profiles of women receive less attention due to their difficulties; that violence and housing exclusion are interrelated, making it difficult to provide separate attention; and that structural difficulties such as the price of housing, barriers to benefits and high demand for facilities make it difficult to attend to women. For all these reasons, we believe that it is important to incorporate a gender perspective into interventions with homeless women, including more training for professionals and a greater provision of resources for this group.

Trends in scientific production on dependency in the elderly from the perspective of Social Work. Scientific mapping of the period 2006-2023

2025-08-01T11:58:28+00:00

This paper uses a bibliometric methodology to examine research developments and trends with relation to dependency and older adults, taking the WOS database as a reference to identify the most cited studies, the most influential journals and the leading countries and authors in the field. The analysis reveals a significant increase in dependency-related publications since the early 2000s, suggesting a growing academic and practical interest. The paper also highlights the most popular areas of research, such as health and social aspects, as well as other areas of developing interest such as prevention. The implications of these findings for future studies are also discussed, with an emphasis placed on the need for multidisciplinary approaches and the integration of new technologies and analysis methodologies. In summary, this literature review provides a comprehensive overview of the current landscape of dependence research, offering valuable insights for scholars and practitioners interested in this expanding area.

Integration of the combined methodology in the field of Social Sciences and Social Work. An example of practical use in research

2025-08-01T11:58:32+00:00

Social work research is restricted to the social sciences and their methodology. Developing rigorous and high-quality knowledge involves the use of quantitative and qualitative methods. The mixed-methods approach has undeniably contributed to the understanding and knowledge of social phenomena, and its development and implementation is booming.

This article presents a study carried out with mixed-methods methodology in a field of social work involving people with dementia who are cared for at home by cohabiting family members. The psychosocial adaptation and quality of life of family carers is analysed using a mixed-methods data analysis. The results show how a mixed-methods approach makes it possible to delve into the causes and elements that affect care, explain the experiences of the people interviewed and lay the foundations for a recently implemented intervention project. The use of this methodological practice in the field of social work research is hence examined in detail.

Homotransphobia and intersectional violence based on complaints to the police in the State of Sergipe, Brazil (2015-2018)

2025-08-01T11:58:36+00:00

This article is the result of original research using the analytical tool of intersectionality in relation to cases of violence against sexual and gender diversity, recorded through police reports (B.O) filed in police stations of the Sergipe Public SafetySecretariat (SSP/SE) in Brazil between 2015 and 2018. The mapping was carried out on the SSP/SE intranet system using 32 keywords that served as search sources, with 305 police reports found that contained accusations of homophobic, transphobic and homotransphobic motivations. The methodological approach was based on a qualitative-quantitative, descriptive and documentary analysis and on authors who discuss homotransphobic violence, public safety and sexual and gender diversity. The results show that the majority of the complaints analyzed fit into nine different types of intersectional oppression: ageism, aporophobia, fatphobia, prejudice against people with disabilities, racism, sexism, serophobia and xenophobia. In some cases, more than one type of oppression was present, and most of the situations of violence reported were recurrent, causing serious consequences for victims and non-victims, and affecting all social agents, regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identity, sexual characteristics and/or gender expressions. This reality emphasizes the social nature of homotransphobia, as well as the need for society as a whole to actively engage in the process of preventing and combating all forms of oppression.

Evaluation of Specialized Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Intervention Programmes

2025-08-01T11:58:35+00:00

The concern for the violation of children's rights has increased in Chilean society. The following study seeks to evaluate the ways in which specialized comprehensive intervention programs (PIE) operate in response to therapeutically to various forms of rights violations against children. It uses a mixed methodology addressing critical elements linked to the design, process and results of the program, geographically located in the cities of La Calera, La Ligua, Ovalle and Los Vilos. It is concluded that the intervention models used are statistically effective but they present strong contradictions associated with an increasingly non-specific profile of the users, which translates into resistance and theoretical-methodological adaptations from the therapists.

Socializing agents and prevention of alcohol consumption in young people in Instagram times: a shared responsibility

2025-08-01T11:58:30+00:00

The aim of this study is to analyse the role of the family and institutional social agents in relation to alcohol consumption and use of social networks among young people.

The research methodology consisted of in-depth interviews and discussion groups conducted with people under 24 years of age who maintain profiles on the Instagram social network.

The results of this study show that alcohol use among young people is normalised in the family environment and the dominant discourse focuses on responsible use. Social media contributes to this normalisation, with frequent publications of friends or family members engaging in risky behavior, with alcohol consumption to the forefront.

In view of these findings, it is considered essential to carry out interventions in family and institutional contexts (education, health and others), including interaction social spaces such as Instagram and other online communities. We believe that social work plays an important role in the improvement of health and that it is key to prevent the abuse of psychoactive substances through the development of preventive intervention programmes and policies aimed at young people.

Assessment and diagnosis of social hardship situations through the SISO tool: demonstration of stability in measurement

2025-08-01T11:58:26+00:00

Assessment and diagnosis form part of the methodological process of intervention in social work and of the services provided by the public social services system. In this context, instruments are needed to assess situations of social exclusion. This article reviews the leading measurement tools and examines the stability of the SiSo tool for the assessment and diagnosis of inclusion and exclusion in terms of social position. The adequacy of the areas that make up this measurement instrument and the ordinality of the proposed items are analysed based on the data from first-level the professional assessments of the first level of the Castilla-La Mancha public social services system. Statistical analyses were conducted with a total of 44,196 assessments of cohabitation units recorded using the tool from 2018 to 2023. The results achieve a high degree of validity and reliability, endorsed by the similarity of results obtained for the different years. These are significant findings insofar as professional decision-making in social inclusion policies requires valid and reliable diagnostic tools.

Scientific documents published on gender from the area of social work in recent decades: modeling based on SciMat software

2025-08-01T11:58:36+00:00

The aim of this work is to analyze research published on the topic of gender in recent decades, based on the international bibliographic databases Web of Science and Journal Citation Reports, during the period from 1985 to 2023, distributed in four chronological stages. To achieve this aim, we retrieved all the works published in indexed international journals in the categories of gender and social work and the most agreed-upon keywords in the specific thesaurus. SciMat software is used as a research analysis tool in the methodology, to select the importance of each topic by virtue of its two-dimensional space or strategic diagram. Likewise, performance measures are determined to evaluate the strategic diagrams in each thematic area based on the number of published documents, citations and H-index. We also analyze the content of scientific works using science mapping techniques and identify the most significant and emerging themes of research that may be of special interest for scientific production. Based on the data, we conclude that the key areas of interest for the scientific social work community that is researching gender issues are intersectionality, health, gender orientation and identity, violence and family. Scientific production has been increasing in this regard in recent years, in parallel with underlying social changes in terms of gender and equality. To the contrary, feminism and work have been less frequent subjects for publication in the more recent stages, in tune with the new focuses of interest for researchers.

Precarious work as predictor of moral harassment in the Brazilian Unified Social Assistance System (USAS)

2025-08-01T11:58:29+00:00

In the logic of neoliberal managerialism, the intensification of work, the cult of performance, and the pursuit of productivity and profit at the expense of labor rights and workers’ health exacerbate abusive management practices such as moral harassment. This study investigated whether different dimensions of precarious work would predict moral harassment in a sample of 747 SUAS workers, with a mean age of 38.34 years (SD = 8.22) and predominantly female (88.6%). A sociodemographic questionnaire was used, along with the Moral Harassment Workplace Scale (MHWS) and the Perception Scale of Work Conditions Quality and Employment Bond (PSWCQEB). “Quality of Employment Bond,” “Quality of Interprofessional Relations and Workplace Equality” and “Precarious Work” were significant predictors of this type of harassment, explaining 35% of variance in moral harassment due to labor conditions. “Quality of Interprofessional Relations and Workplace Equality” and “Healthy and Safe Work Environment” explained 13% of variance in moral harassment due to prejudice. “Quality of Interprofessional Relations and Workplace Equality” was negatively associated with moral harassment in situations involving humiliation, explaining 32.3% of variance. The study concludes that moral harassment and precarious work are interconnected phenomena that impact SUAS workers and reflect the logics of capitalist social relations of production and neoliberalism, even in the context of public management.

Keywords: Moral harassment; precarious work, Unified Social Assistance System; multiple regression analysis; workers.

The post-adoptive experience of intercountry adoption families in Catalonia: A quantitative study in social work

2025-08-01T11:58:33+00:00

This article presents an image of the post-adoptive panorama in intercountry adoption in Catalonia. It explores the families’ preparation for adoption, the post-adoption needs and resources used, with a special regard on the social work role. It is based on the families’ experiences and opinions collected in a questionnaire applied in 2022-23 in the framework of the doctoral research "Intercountry adoption in Catalonia in the post-adoptive phase. A look from social work”. A total of 355 families with sons and daughters from a total of 23 different countries answered the online questionnaire anonymously. Results are on family communication, pre and post-adoption care, including the experience on the compulsory follow up stablished by each country of origin. Conclusions are both about the problems in family adaptation and in the relationship with the services and organizations that have accompanied the families, with special emphasis on the social worker figure. Recommendations are drawn from these conclusions to strengthen the protection system for this group. Reflections are also presented regarding the expressed and detected needs in the families and in relation to professional accompaniment, especially the role played by social work.

Community Problematization of Suicide: Recommendations for Local, Regional, and National Plans and Strategies

2025-08-01T11:58:22+00:00

The framing of suicide as a public health issue and its exclusive treatment by healthcare institutions is conditioned by a predominantly biomedical and psychologistic perspective, and therefore, one that tends to individualization. While this is helpful for targeted care in the prevention, intervention, or postvention of suicidal behavior, it presents a significant limitation when designing plans and strategies that address cultural factors and socioeconomic context. Therefore, this limitation can become a barrier to effectively implementing and measuring selective and universal actions in populations particularly affected by suicide. Contrary to the goal of improving interventions, this approach leads then to stigmatization and medicalized interpretations of suicidal behavior that neglect the social fabric –an element explicitly recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). In this regard, the present article proposes a theoretical and literature-based review of the elements that define a community approach to suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention, in line with WHO standards and those of the field of Social Work. The main goal of this work is to highlight a research line that not only addresses suicide from a community-based approach but also considers alternative frameworks for the development of public policies at various administrative and territorial levels.

Covid and social work in Spain and Italy: From initial uncertainty to operational transformation of services

2025-08-01T12:04:28+00:00

During the pandemic, social services underwent profound transformations, which directly affected both social workers and directly affects both social workers and clients. and the people who use them. They had to adapt quickly, incorporating preventive preventive measures, and adjusting working procedures. This article presents the main results of quantitative research carried out in Spain and replicated in Italy during the Spain, and replicated in Italy during the pandemic. In the survey, conducted between July and October of that year in Italy, involving 214 civil servants in the social services sector. officials working in the public and private social services sectors and 560 in Spain in the and 560 in Spain in April 2020, respectively.

The results show the relevance of the factors that make professionals value the measures adopted both in their services and work. adopted both in their services and in their centers. It also takes into account.

Those directly related to the vulnerable population were also considered. Vulnerable population. The perception of the measures was analyzed, as well as the methodological modifications in the action after the introduction of the measures. methodological modifications in action after the introduction of the changes. changes. The effect on the general public is also considered. All this, given that social services, as a result of this exceptional situation, have undergone and are undergoing relevant changes in their functioning, have undergone and are undergoing significant changes in their functioning and in their responses to the dynamics and and their responses to the dynamics and situations they deal with.

Women’s homelessness in Spain: An approach from the perspective of professionals working in social exclusion services

2025-08-01T11:58:23+00:00

The National Strategy to combat homelessness in Spain 2023-2030 places a particular emphasis on female homelessness, highlighting the need for specific measures to address the vulnerabilities of homeless women. This study aims to identify the profile of women accessing social exclusion services in Spain, based on the perspective of professionals in the sector.

A survey was carried out among 297 resource workers serving homeless women, selected from a non-probabilistic convenience sample. Data were analysed through descriptive and bivariate analysis with statistical tests to identify significant differences between variables.

The resources that serve homeless women vary between residential, day centres and soup kitchens, with most of the women served being middle-aged, single mothers, and mostly immigrants. According to professionals' responses, significant differences are observed in terms of addictions and mental health, with Spanish women presenting higher rates of addiction and mental health problems compared to migrant women. In addition, migrant women, especially young women, face greater difficulties, such as administrative irregularity.

This study reveals the complexity of female homelessness and the need for more targeted and differentiated approaches in care services. Differences between indigenous and immigrant women, or between different age groups, underline the importance of designing tailored interventions that address the particular vulnerabilities of each group.

“Steps are taken that homogenize women”: a critical approach to social intervention with victims of gender-based violence

2025-08-01T11:58:24+00:00

This article offers a critical approach of social interventions in the field of gender-based violence through five semi-structured interviews to social workers in the same field. We stem from the feminist criticism of punitive approaches in gender-based violence situations, which infantilize and homogenize women, and widen the scope of what it is understood for gender-based violence in the Spanish context. Along these lines, the interviewed social workers share their frustration in terms of working in a field where they lack resources – especially economical, housing and professional training resources– even though resistance strategies that connect with the community are developed. This last aspect is emphasized as a way of including intersectionality and, therefore, heterogeneity and the particularities of each situation in social approaches, leading the way towards reparation and not only punishment.

Negative stereotypes towards old age among Social Work students in Mexico

2025-08-01T11:58:20+00:00

This research examines negative stereotypes towards old age in Social Work students of the Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities of the Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo. The Questionnaire of Negative Stereotypes towards Old Age (CENVE) was applied to 163 students to identify levels and factors that influence these stereotypes. The results show that 50% of the participants have a low presence of negative stereotypes, while 36.6% have a high presence. No significant differences were found by gender, but it was observed that fear of old age is associated with higher levels of stereotyping. In addition, a greater frequency of interaction with older people tends to reduce these stereotypes. It can be concluded that it is necessary to incorporate gerontological training strategies in Social Work programs to promote a more positive perception of aging and thus improve care for the elderly.

Esteban Carbonell, E. y Gimeno Monterde, C. (2024). Introducción al Trabajo Social. Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza

2024-12-21T06:04:23+00:00

Rondón García, L. M. Y Romo Parra, C. (Eds.) (2023). Laboratorio de casos sociales. El método de casos aplicado al aula desde una perspectiva interdisciplinar. Dykinson

2024-12-20T01:55:34+00:00

This review attempts to reflect the work on the reference pedagogical tool for learning the case method. The book in question is based on the knowledge acquired by university students in the field of social sciences. Starting from an applied perspective, the authors of each of the six chapters that make up the book manage to condense, in just 150 pages, a theoretical-practical body in which, on the one hand, the theoretical and methodological foundations of the social case method are presented and, on the other, The book also includes practical case studies that facilitate the teacher's work in applying this learning methodology in the classroom, which focuses on encouraging the active participation of students, the acquisition of skills such as problem-solving, teamwork and decision-making, all of which are essential in the training process of professionals in the social field.

Carbonero Muñoz, D. & Serrano-Martínez, C. (2024). Trabajo social, políticas públicas y retos sociales. Perspectivas analíticas en tiempos volátiles

2024-12-19T01:56:08+00:00

Mayte Echezarreta Ferrer. La residencia de los gerontoinimigrantes. Derechos y obligaciones de los jubilados extranjeros en los lugares europeos de retiro. Editorial Tirant lo Blanch, Colección Monografías, 1ª Edición, Valencia, 2016, 382 págs., ISBN13: 9788490869178

2025-08-01T11:58:27+00:00

The object of social work, many years later

2025-08-01T11:58:18+00:00