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"The article investigates similarities and differences in the exposure to psychosocial risk factors among various human service fields. The aim of the research is twofold: firstly, to assess the extent to which the healthcare, social, and education workers are exposed to mental health risk factors compared to other employees in human service professions. Secondly, to determine if there are variations between different areas regarding the types of mental health risk factors encountered by the employees. The research was based on the 2020 Hungarian database of the European Union Labour Force Survey. The analysis was conducted on a subsample of 4,539 individuals aged 15–64 working in human service occupations. Logistic and multinomial regression models were applied in the analysis. Our results indicate that the employees in healthcare, social, and education sectors are more susceptible to mental health risks than those in other human service occupations. Among the most endangered three sectors, healthcare workers face the highest levels of stressors. The most significant stressor is problems related to clients/patients/children. Moreover, the risk of experiencing organizational problems is also elevated in these sectors. The research underscores the importance of regular supervision and mental health support in healthcare, social and education sectors to prevent rapid burnout and turnover intention among employees."

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"Famille et travail : duel ou duo ? Cette question est au carrefour de bouleversements structurels et culturels. L'articulation de la vie professionnelle avec la vie familiale ne peut plus être pensée sous l'angle du traditionnel breadwinner model. La société dans son ensemble doit veiller, dans une perspective de conciliation et d'égalité entre les femmes et les hommes, à soutenir la double capacité, dans le chef de chaque individu adulte, de gagner sa vie sur le marché du travail et d'assurer les soins aux personnes dans sa sphère privée. Certes, des politiques publiques soutiennent cette conciliation par des mesures telles que le congé parental ou l'interruption de carrière ainsi que par le développement de structures d'accueil à la petite enfance. Toutefois, elles ne répondent que partiellement à ce vaste problème. Après avoir mis en avant l'importance de l'entreprise et de la médiation organisationnelle (L'entreprise et l'articulation travail/famille, Presses universitaires de Louvain, 2008), Bernard Fusulier et son équipe montrent cette fois quel rôle les appartenances et les milieux professionnels jouent dans le vécu et la gestion de cette articulation. L'ouvrage est basé sur l'étude de trois importants groupes professionnels – les policiers, les infirmières et les assistants sociaux. Il invite le lecteur soucieux de mieux comprendre et d'agir sur ce véritable enjeu de société à un approfondissement de la réflexion sur l'engagement, les régulations, les cultures et les ethos professionnels."

"The current health crisis resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic increases the stress and anxiety levels in some professions, including social work. The present research aimed to determine the burnout levels of social workers in Spain during the first wave of the pandemic and the predictive variables. The methodological approach used was developed from a quantitative perspective through a simple random sampling from the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) on a sample of Spanish social workers. The results showed high levels of emotional exhaustion (70.1%) and depersonalization (48.5%), although the data related to a reduced sense of personal accomplishment (36.6%) was low. The burnout level was 20.4%, a reduced record considering the values of the first two subscales. In contrast, the logistic regressions carried out showed that teleworking and psychological treatment are predictive variables of emotional exhaustion. With depersonalization, age (41–50 years) and the perception of needing psychological or psychiatric treatment in the future act as predictive variables. In critical scenarios such as a pandemic, work organizations should implement measures to reduce the high percentages of emotional exhaustion, the workload, and the dehumanization of professionals, a consequence linked to depersonalization."

" The Israeli doctors' and social workers' campaigns of 2011 had many characteristics in common, but very different results. This article asserts that the differences stem from the different modes of privatization in the two sectors which reflect the importance of each sector in the neoliberal capital accumulation regime, which in turn affects the outcome of the workers' struggles. While neoliberalism may undermine organized labour in general, it has uneven effects, benefiting some workers and undermining others. Thus we should pay attention to how privatization is implemented in different public sectors within the same country to better understand ‘actually existing neoliberalism'."

"Fruit de tensions, de mobilisations et de combats dans des périodes historiques marquées par l'extrême pauvreté, voire la précarité de nombreuses catégories de population et l'exclusion de ceux alors considérés comme indésirables, le travail social n'a eu de cesse d'expérimenter de nouvelles formes d'action. La généalogie des métiers du social est complexe: certains ont des origines communes, d'autres ont connu un rapprochement progressif dans le même champ d'activité. Depuis les oeuvres sociales et les premières écoles de formation à la fin du XIXe siècle à la restructuration de l'action sociale dans les années 1980-2000, Henri Pascal retrace les modalités et conditions du surgissement des professions du social et leur évolution au gré des contextes politiques, économiques et sociaux. Comment le travail social s'est-il professionnalisé ? Quel a été le rôle des travailleurs sociaux pendant les deux guerres mondiales et la guerre d'Algérie ? Comment leurs missions ont-elles évolué depuis les Trente Glorieuses et la décentralisation des années 1980 ? La compréhension du présent passant par la connaissance du passé, ce manuel s'adresse en priorité aux étudiants, professionnels et cadres du travail social, qui y puiseront matière à leurs questionnements actuels, ainsi qu'aux historiens qui portent un intérêt croissant à l'histoire du travail social."

"L'articolo si propone di analizzare alcune trasformazioni del lavoro sociale, focalizzando l'attenzione sulle cooperative del settore assistenziale e socio-sanitario. Gli autori si interessano del nesso tra la crisi del welfare, la ristrutturazione organizzativa all'interno delle cooperative sociali e il lavoro gratuito. Dall'analisi basata su varie interviste e discussioni di gruppo emerge un crescente disaggio dei lavoratori sociali dovuto soprattutto all'"impresizzazione" e "mercatizzazione" delle cooperative. Intensificazione del lavoro, perdita d'autonomia gestionale e degrado della qualità del servizio minano l'identità professionale. Allo stesso momento mettono in crisi i meccanismi di consenso che, nel passato, assicuravano un'alta disponibilità al lavoro gratuito, come parte integrale del lavoro remunerato. Mentre molte di tali dinamiche si possono riscontrare anche in altri settori del lavoro cognitivo, emergono qui degli elementi di conflitto tradizionale in un ambito consideratone a lungo immune."

"L'articolo prende spunto dai materiali empirici raccolti negli ultimi otto anni sul tema del lavoro sociale e della relazione fra operatori sociali e organizzazioni del welfare. Quel che accade al welfare locale in tempi di crisi è contemporaneamente una contrazione delle risorse economiche, un irrigidimento dei meccanismi di controllo della spesa e delle prestazioni erogate, una precarizzazione contrattuale, una apertura al mercato: così che le trasformazioni in corso ridisegnano profondamente il ruolo degli addetti e delle rispettive organizzazioni, quindi i giochi relazionali fra soggetti pubblici, no profit e profit, e fra questo variegato gruppo professionale ed i cittadiniutenti dei servizi. L'ipotesi di lavoro che utilizzeremo considera gli operatori come "relè organizzativi" (Crozier-Friedberg, 1990), capaci contemporaneamente, grazie alla loro collocazione di frontiera (Ferrari, 2010a) di ricevere sollecitazioni, elaborare i propri saperi e informarne le strutture di appartenenza (Comuni, aziende sanitarie locali, cooperative), contribuendo alla costruzione delle politiche sociali locali. Intento di questo saggio è di porre in evidenza come nel lavoro di relazione - sociale e non solo - siano individuabili diverse forme di sconfinamento, che possiamo considerare come un aspetto di lavoro gratuito, implicito, diffuso e pressoché sconosciuto, con l'obiettivo di evidenziarne le ambivalenze e le potenzialità riflessive."