Open AccessSOCIAL WORK PRACTICE WITH LATINOS AND POLISH: BASED ON THE STUDY IN NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK, USA
Author(s) -
Hubert Jurjewicz
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
periodyk naukowy akademii polonijnej
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2543-8204
pISSN - 1895-9911
DOI - 10.23856/1702
Subject(s) - immigration , competence (human resources) , social work , latin americans , work (physics) , public relations , state (computer science) , sociology , political science , economic growth , psychology , law , social psychology , computer science , engineering , economics , mechanical engineering , algorithm
The tasks social workers are set when working with immigrants are not easy. They require extensive knowledge from the social worker concerning intercultural communication as well as legal and administrative procedures, which may apply to foreigners. A lot of centres ask certain questions, e.g. which techniques and methods are the most effective when working with immigrants; how to improve the state of knowledge of health care and access for foreigners to treatment in the United States; how to raise social workers’ awareness of the special needs of third-country citizens and of the consequences and risks resulting from the lack of intercultural competence. The paper presents the work of social workers with immigrants of Polish and Latin American origin based on the example of the states of New Jersey and New York in the USA. This paper is a part of a larger re-search project run by the author. For the purpose of the paper the most important elements concerning the topic are presented.