Socialinių darbuotojų, dirbančių vaikų globos namuose, laiko vadyba kaip perdegimo sindromo prevencija

LTStraipsnyje analizuojami socialinių darbuotojų, dirbančių vaikų globos namuose, darbo ir atokvėpio laiko planavimo įgūdžiai. Atliktas empirinis tyrimas atskleidė silpnąsias laiko valdymo puses, susietas su menka socialinių darbuotojų, dirbančių vaikų globos namuose, laiko vadybos kompetencija. Straipsnyje aptariama, kaip efektyviau planuoti savo darbo laiką, kad būtų galima atlikti tuos darbus, kuriuos ne tik būtina atlikti, bet juos svarbu atlikti skubiai; kaip suplanuoti atokvėpį, kad išvengtume įtampos, streso, nuovargio ar net perdegimo sindromo. [Iš leidinio]Reikšminiai žodžiai: Laiko vadyba; Perdegimo sindromas; Socialiniai darbuotojai; Job burnout syndrome; Social workers; Time management.

ENTime management is management of the self in the flow of time. The content of time management consists of time planning and efficient as well as productive use of the planned time. If less time is allotted to planning but an individual works a lot, a danger of burnout syndrome emerges because the tension mounts, protracted stresses trigger danger to health and result in chronic fatigue. The goal of the research is to reveal the attitude of social workers from child care homes to an ability to plan own time for work and rest. The type of the research: applied research, which aims to identify and realise possibilities for improvement of the phenomena. The quantitative method was chosen for the research. The instrument of the research: questionnaire survey. The questionnaire survey is applied to conduct research on opinions, beliefs, attitudes, principles, job satisfaction and to identify problematic spheres. The respondents answer the questions of the questionnaire at the convenient time and avoid influence of the researcher. The research was organised from March to July 2011 following the principles of ethics. Having analysed the habits of work organisation of social workers from child care homes, it can be stated that: ninety percent of respondents devote time to setting short-term and long-term priorities, three fourths of social workers plan their work and have breaks at work, more than half of the social workers from child care homes spend some time for pleasant communication at work and almost one sixth pointed out that they devote time to activities for coping with monotony. The research revealed that more than one third of the social workers, who work in child care home, most frequently define own activities as well as responsibility spheres of a social worker and do not want to do work of other people.Monotonous character of daily activities may cause burnout syndrome. The research results showed that more than one third of social workers employed in child care homes do not devote any time to coping with monotony and to pleasant communication with colleagues, slightly less than one third of the respondents pointed out that they do not spend any time for breaks or rest at work, one fourth of the social workers face difficulties setting deadlines for tasks, i.e., they fail to set realistic deadlines. Approximately one fourth of the respondents do not devote any time to completion of long-term and short term assignments and setting of priorities, one fifth of the social workers do not allocate time to identification of complicated and simple assignments, whereas one tenth of the respondents do not spend any time for establishment of short-term and long-term goals. Planning of time and rest, identification of priorities are very important to avoidance of burnout syndrome. Social workers are recommended to analyse own activity, to involve in self-development improving such skills as time planning, communication with colleagues, to allocate time to creation of own ritual of a workday and to other methods that reduce monotony at work, protect social workers from negative work-related aspects and contribute to avoidance of burnout syndrome. [From the publication]

• Sociologija / Sociology
• Edukologija / Education