Aineiston nimi

Influencing Policy Making in Municipal Social Work 2017

Aineistonumero

FSD3364

Pysyvät tunnisteet

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3364
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3364

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Simola, Jenni (University of Helsinki. Faculty of Social Sciences)

Sisällön kuvaus

The study charted occupational values and work conditions of Finnish social workers in Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa, as well as their views on constructive social work and political influencing. First, the respondents were asked how important they personally considered different principles concerning inequality, diversity and equity. It was examined how often the respondents came across situations at work where they had to act against their ethical principles, how often they felt that the way their organisation operated contradicted their personal values, and how often they witnessed problems built into society or their organisation that affected the clients' situations negatively. Additionally, the respondents were asked to assess their own workplace well-being.

Next, it was examined whether the respondents had opportunities in their current work to influence political decision-making, to participate in societal discussions and to impact the organisation's practices. The respondents were also asked to assess how important they considered being able to influence different aspects of political decision-making in their work.

The respondents' opinions were charted on which objectives should be prioritised in political influencing by municipal social work organisations. Several questions examined the organisations' attitudes toward political influencing and their preparedness in utilising social workers' expertise in the development of services. The survey also charted the respondents' own interest and experience in political influencing. Finally, attitudinal statements examined the respondents' opinions on the role of social work and reasons behind poverty.

Background variables included year of birth (categorised), field of social work, municipality where the workplace is located, years of experience as a social worker (categorised), years of experience in current job (categorised), type of employment contract, social worker qualification, level of education, year when R had graduated (categorised), and whether R was studying to become a social worker at the time of the survey.

Asiasanat

equal opportunity; health professions; job satisfaction; local government services; organizations; political influence; professional ethics; social justice; social welfare; social workers; values; welfare policy; working conditions

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Social sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Social welfare policy (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Working conditions (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Social change (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

Individual datasets

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Kerääjät

• Simola, Jenni (University of Helsinki. Faculty of Social Sciences)

Ajallinen kattavuus

2017

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2017-02-15 – 2017-06-22

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland, Helsinki, Vantaa, Espoo

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

Social workers in Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Total universe/Complete enumeration

The sample included all persons working under the job title "social worker" in the Helsinki Social Services and Healthcare Division, Espoo Social and Health Services, and Vantaa Health and Social Welfare Department. In total, this comprised 844 persons. The number of social workers were received from data collection contact persons in the municipalities, who were persons in development or management positions. The contact persons forwarded the survey to social workers by email. In total, 130 social workers responded to the survey.

Keruumenetelmä

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Vastausprosentti

15

Datatiedostojen kieli

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Datan versio

1.0

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

To prevent identification of respondents, the researcher removed variables denoting gender (k2), in-depth information about studies (k7_2), and major subject in highest degree attained (k8_2). In addition, the researcher categorised year of birth (k1), current job (k3), years of work experience (k4, k5), education (k8_1), year of graduation (k8_3) and current studying (k9).

Further anonymisation measures carried out at FSD were removing open-ended variables of the type "other, please specify" as well as open-ended feedback variables.

Painokertoimet

There are no weight variables in the data.

Viittausvaatimus

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Malliviittaus

Simola, Jenni (University of Helsinki): Influencing Policy Making in Municipal Social Work 2017 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2020-06-09). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3364

Julkaisusta tiedottaminen

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Varaumat

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Julkaisut aineistosta

Simola, Jenni (2018) Yhteiskunnallinen vaikuttamistyö kunnallisessa sosiaalityössä. Sosiaalityön Pro gradu -tutkielma. Helsingin yliopisto, Valtiotieteellinen tiedekunta. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:hulib-201805292139