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Public perceptions of social workers and social work in the Republic of Croatia

Throughout the war and post-war period, the field of social work in Croatia has developed at an accelerated rate. The involvment and assistance from international agencies and individuals created numerious fora for exchange, collaboration and mutual learning among the helping professions. The research process represented a collaborative effort of faculty, lecturers and students in the Study Centre for Social Work in the University of Zagreb's Faculty of Law. The sample was convenient, composed mainly of the urban population of Croatia. The instrument consists of two main parts, one regarding the content of a social worker's work, and the other regarding attitudes towards that profession. We beleive that the results of our study demonstrate that social work as a profesion is relatively well known among citisens of Croatia. Those markers pertaining to the attitude towards social work profession, which are negative in nature, are ranked by our participants as lowest in importance on the scale.

area of social work; factors; public perception; social workers; social work profession; transition

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