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A Case Study on the Experience in Social Workers from Day care Center for the Disabled during the COVID-19 Pandemic

  • Civil Society and NGO
  • 2022, 20(1), pp.369~408
  • Publisher : The Third Sector Institute
  • Research Area : Social Science > Social Science in general > Other Social Science in general
  • Received : April 1, 2022
  • Accepted : May 27, 2022
  • Published : May 31, 2022

Sung-Hun Bae 1,  kim taehoon 2,  Lee， Mann-Shik 3

1연세대학교
2인하대학교 다문화융합연구소
3장로회신학대학교

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The purpose of this study is, first, to analyze in depth what kind of experiences social workers in day care center for the disabled have in the era of the pandemic. Second, the purpose of this study is to use the results of this study as basic data to understand the experiences of day care center social workers for the disabled in the pandemic era, and to suggest implications for social workers in facilities related to the disabled. To this end, a critical analysis of the experiences of social workers working in a day care center for the disabled located in Incheon Metropolitan City during the pandemic was conducted. It was considered that the case study method was appropriate to understand the experience of social worker activities within a single case of a day care center for the disabled. Therefore, this study conducted a visit to 6 social workers in day care center for the disabled during weekday working hours of day care facilities for the disabled during the month of August 2021. The daily routines of social workers were experienced and observed together. The in-depth interview was held at the facility office after work hours, The interview was conducted in a quiet office or room, Memos were taken while recording the interview. The in-depth interview was conducted twice in total, and each session lasted about 2 hours. Qualitative case studies were conducted and analyzed through in-depth interviews and researcher's participatory observation method. After deriving a semantic unit from the results of analyzing the data collected through the interview of the research participants, the overlapping semantic units were integrated and organized into three themes: 'Operation of facilities for the disabled in a pandemic situation', 'person with Pandemic, person with disability' and 'social worker with disability' were selected. It was classified into 9 super-categories and 18 sub-categories under 3 themes. Based on this, policy and practical recommendations were made for social workers working in day care facilities for the disabled.

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