Technologies to Support the Psychological Health and Well-being of Social Workers in China in a Professional Environment
Annotation
The role and importance of social work in overcoming global social cataclysms has been updated. The key risk factors that have a direct impact on the psychological health and well-being of people employed in the field of social services are being investigated. The data of a survey conducted to assess the impact of financial and psychological support of social workers from the labor collective on their morale and psychological well-being are presented. The Chinese experience shows that the psychological health support system for social workers, guided by the model of humanism and cognitive behavioral therapy, helps to reduce the workload of staff, and, consequently, increase the confidence of recipients of social services in recovery, improve cognitive functions and behavior of patients, and their successful psychosocial rehabilitation. Examples of tools for financial and moral support of social workers in the conditions of the labor collective in modern China are given. Recommendations are formulated for improving the model of financial and moral support for social workers, considering the Chinese experience.
| Type | Article |
| Information | ACTUAL PROBLEMS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE № 04/2022 |
| Pages | 30-40 |
| UDK | 159.9.07 |
| DOI | 10.51944/20738544_2022_4_41 |
Introduction China is a country that has always paid great attention to the practice of social work services in the field of mental health. In accordance with the Chinese concept of building a progressive society, mental health is a key means and tool for a prosperous existence and progress [7].
Today, China is undergoing a period of global economic and social transformation. Under such conditions, the pace of people’s lives noticeably accelerates, the pressure of competition increases, individual psychological and behavioral problems become more visible, both at the level of individuals and on the scale of the whole society [8].
On the one hand, from year to year in China, as well as around the world, the number of people with abnormal psychological behavior, mental disorders, extreme personal emotional manifestations are increasing, which are key risk factors that directly affect social stability and national public security.
On the other hand, the system of service and mental health care is imperfect, even in such developed and progressive countries as China. The policy and rules for providing psychological support, the mechanism of socio-psychological counseling still have significant imperfect areas. In many ways, this entails the emergence of social problems, irrational and extreme interpersonal conflicts, aggressive behavior, group incidents, illegal crimes, which are largely associated with the unhealthy psyche of people [8]. The situation has noticeably worsened over the past few years due to the pandemic and the longterm forced restriction of the freedom of movement of such a massive number of people.
One of the factors of innovative social management, building social harmony and stimulating public life in modern China is social work. The very profession of a social worker originated in China in the era of industrial society (since the 1980s) and is a measure to combat social risks. Social workers are the most important link in solving problems and crises [7]. They contribute to the restoration of the moral well-being of a society affected by natural disasters, epidemics, spiritual crises; they assist the government in assessing the social and psychological needs of the population; thanks to their activities, the population of the Celestial Empire successfully copes with anxiety, stress, and depression [1].