Social Problems in Brasov City. The Perspective of Social Workers from the Private Sector

Abstract

The paper presents the results of research conducted with social workers from the private sector in Brasov city. Data was collected using the focus-group method. The participants were social workers who work with different vulnerable groups and in different non-governmental organizations. Data obtained were analyzed using thematic coding, which resulted in four main categories, each with a variety of sub-categories For example, the fourth category, the social workers' visions regarding the most efficient solutions of current social problems, has different subcategories, which were: changes of national strategy, changes in the human resource in the system, and development of new social services. Solving social problems can be done either from the outside (inducing a point of view that is identified with the official policy of state institutions) or from the inside (identifiable with the vision of the minority groups involved in these social problems).