The purpose of this study is to figure out the appropriate principles of the welfare service delivery system for the youth of multicultural families. Moreover, the results for this study would be supportive evidence to build better way of enlarging th...
The purpose of this study is to figure out the appropriate principles of the welfare service delivery system for the youth of multicultural families. Moreover, the results for this study would be supportive evidence to build better way of enlarging the effectiveness of the delivery system.
In this study the principles of the welfare service delivery system are described as appropriateness, professionalism, comprehensiveness, continuity, integration, equity, accountability, and accessibility. And the effectiveness consists of tangibility, reliability, responsiveness, assurance, and empathy.
Lastly, the current condition of Korean the welfare service delivery system for the youth of multicultural families is analyzed and compared with similar systems of other countries such as the US, France, Australia, and Japan to make suggestions.
The participants are obtained from 176 people who are central government officials, local governmental officials, and employees of public and private welfare service organizations through the questionnaires which is composed of 37 items: 16 items of the principles, 10 items of the effectiveness, and 7 items of demographic factors. The data are analyzed through the way of Frequency, Descriptive Statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe’s Test as Post Hoc Multiple Comparisons, Correlation, and Multiple Regression analysis by using the SPSS 14.0 program.
The research results are following:
Firstly, the service providers recognize accountability is the most important principle and then, they listed equity, accessibility, appropriateness, continuity, professionalism, integration and comprehensiveness in the order of importance. It means service providers consider the accountability most but comprehensiveness least. Service providers think social welfare organizations should take not only the role of service offer but also the responsibility for it. In contrast, they do not think the various and diverse approaches are needed to solve the problems which are brought up by people’s different desires. The level of recognition for the principles of continuity, professionalism, integration and comprehensiveness should be improved. Especially, comprehensiveness should be considered importantly because it could be the opportunity for the service taker to get various kinds of social welfare services. Moreover, the results of recognitions are different by the providers’ demographic backgrounds. It means the demographic factors of service providers influence the quality and kinds of social welfare services for the youth of multicultural families.
Secondly, the recognitions of the principles of the welfare service delivery systems for the youth of multicultural families are differentiated by the providers’ demographic factors such as gender, age, belonged organization, place of work, level of education, kinds of certificates or licenses, and the length of attendance. It could be possible to make the progress of service provides changed by the difference of recognitions for the principles. Admittedly, the difference of social welfare services could be analyzed positively because the service takers’ various needs ask diverse services. However, there is one further possibility that the social welfare services might be offered unfairly. Therefore, whether the differences could be acceptable or not would depend on the main target of the services
Thirdly, the service providers believe the effectiveness of social welfare services for the youth of multicultural families could be deceptive by following order: reliability, responsiveness, assurance, empathy, and tangibility. It could be interpreted that service providers recognize that they take their tasks exactly, appropriately, and trustfully but facilities, tools, and appearances are not equipped completely. Therefore, the facilities should be modernized and changed to give favorable feeling to service takers. Additionally, it is also needed to trim service givers’ appearances.
Fourthly, the recognitions of the effectiveness of the welfare service delivery systems for the youth of multicultural families are partially distinguished by the providers’ age, belonged organization, place of work, level of education, and kinds of certificates or licenses. There cognition of the effectiveness could affect the service providers’ performance like the recognition of the principles does.
Lastly, accountability, continuity, appropriateness, and comprehensiveness, which are main factors of the principles of the social welfare service delivery system for multicultural families, illustrate 65.1% of total variants. It means the recognition of the welfare service delivery system have positive correlation with following factors belong to the principles of the delivery systems: accountability, continuity, appropriateness, and comprehensiveness
Based on the research results, the suggestions which are plans to improve the effectiveness of the social welfare services for the youth of multicultural families are following:
First, social welfare functions those are scattered to different ministries and diversified channels of social welfare systems for the youth of multicultural families should be unified. It is urgent that the central government set up a division or unit to take charge of whole the process of social welfare tasks for the youth of multicultural families. Moreover, the local governments also should reorganize their systems into paralleled form of the central government. Such a unified and integrated system would be available to satisfy multicultural youth’s need and to prepare the multicultural society; unified system, the local government could participate actively, should be institutionalized. And the local government and administrations have to make better connection with welfare organizations which are located in their community for integration and improved usage of all the social welfare resources. The purpose of all the reforms aims the improvement of social welfare service for the youth of multicultural families.
Second, confirmed enough service providers admittedly needed, however, it is hard to actualize because of the limited fund. Therefore, official way to utilize resources of private and non-government welfare organizations though the formal connections should be prepared. In addition, human resources management scheme should be changed like following; hiring professionals is conducted by central government, training those is performed by metropolitan council, and unitizing those people are carried out by local governments. The efforts to strengthen professional ability of social workers are necessary. Hence, specialized in-service training for social workers has to be fortified. Additionally, the fact that many of service providers do not acquire proper certificate or licenses is uncovered through this survey. The regulation of hiring professions with suitable certificates should be legislated.
Finally, accessibility, all through the process of the policy making and execution, should be enough considered because social welfare services are existed to satisfy service taker’s needs. Thus, variety of ways to promote the social welfare system have to be performed to increase availabilities of the system for the youth of multicultural families but to decrease disparities for them.