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Mentális zavarral, hajléktalanságban élő személyek segítése - a BMSZKI gyakorlatának rövid bemutatása
Views:541Persons living with mental disorders and homelessness belong to a particularly vulnerable client group. The stigma associated with mental illness reinforces the stigmatization of homelessness. If someone receives a psychiatric diagnosis, society treats it as a label and categorizes the person. Fear of being labeled undermines the motivation of people with mental disorders to seek help. A good example of this is the case of people living in homelessness and with mental disorders, who do not want to take on another stigma in addition to the stigma of homelessness and therefore do not use help or services in connection with their mental problems. Another difficulty is the problem of accessibility to services. The F3 report on the 2020 homeless data collection "After the criminal law - before the pandemic" Péter Győri's summary work Becoming homeless - services - perspectives shows that 29% of the respondents were receiving psychiatric treatment. The misconception that "homeless people are mentally ill, psychiatric patients" can be found in the work of Péter Győri (Győri, 2020). At the same time, we know that not all people with mental disorders appear in the care system, so there may be more than 29% of people who are affected by the problem. The Budapest Methodological Social Center and Institutions (BMSZKI) has developed a complex rehabilitation service for people living in homelessness and with mental disorders in cooperation with the Awakenings Foundation. The purpose of this paper is to present this practice.
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Kiszolgáltatottság, társadalmi hátrányok
Views:122This paper examines the life situation of homeless people within social security around the concept of Amartya Sen's capability approach. The analysed database is the 2023 “February Third” countrywide homeless survey, in which a total of 7,362 people living in homelessness were interviewed. The analysis of the survey presents the main demographic (age) and social (income, work capability, health status, reasons of becoming homeless, housing security) characteristics of homeless people, as well as the effects of the 2023 recession. One of the results of the data analysis – which primarily applied multivariate social statistical methods – is that it highlighted some contradictions present within the survey data. By understanding these paradoxes, it can be concluded that, on the one hand, there are social patterns of deprivation from resources (and consequently from opportunities), which accumulate; and on the other hand, these patterns do not form randomly. Thirdly, these patterns of disadvantage are not evenly distributed among homeless people. The research thus shows that different degrees of deprivation mark out distinct deprivational pathways.
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A hajléktalanság női arca
Views:826This article aims to enrich knowledge about homeless women. As according to most research (although many argue that this can be caused by the methods used) there are more men than women in a situation of homelessness, most research focuses on men. After summarizing already existing evidence about homeless women in Hungary and abroad, the authors introduce their work. They analysed the case dossiers of fifty women sleeping in BMSZKI’s hostels for homeless people in Budapest. The description of basic demographics is followed by attributes special to women, like motherhood and keeping in touch with children (whether small children who are separated from them or grown ones) and romantic relationships. Data was recorded by social workers, and reflect their views, thoughts and the outcomes they esteem possible for the women. Results reflect the perceptions of the women and their support workers.
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Egy jobb élet reményében : Magyar hajléktalanok Bázelben
Views:285This paper aims to introduce the living conditions, the migration-related motivations and the fulfilment of previous expectations of Hungarian homeless people living in Basel. The research was based on participatory observations conducted in social institutions as well as on semi-structured qualitative interviews carried out with both homeless people and social workers. The main findings of the study reveal that the Hungarian homeless community is rather heterogeneous considering the member’s age, background and the general circumstances of living. Despite of this heterogeneity, the common language and cultural background create a relatively strong bond among the affected people. Although Basel is not a primary target of economic migration, the tolerance of the authorities and the people, and the favourable living conditions affect a lot of Hungarian and other Eastern-European destitute people to the city. The previous expectations for living a better life and finding a job are regularly not fulfilled and people are often trapped in homelessness and poverty for a long-run.
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A nincstelenség konceptualizálása: elméleti megközelítés és gyakorlati relevancia
Views:529Jelen tanulmány a nincstelenség (destitution)2 újszerű és kifejező társadalomelméleti fogalmát vizsgálja. A nincstelenség tágabb koncepciója alkalmas az esszenciális szegénység és a szélsőséges társadalmi kirekesztés ábrázolására. A nincstelenség újszerű társadalomtudományi megközelítése kihívást jelent a korábbi neoliberális, jövedelem-alapú szegénység vizsgálatokkal szemben, mivel a szegénységet a lakáspiac, a foglalkoztatás, a családi kapcsolatok és az egészség terén megjelenő deprivációk többrétegű kapcsolatrendszerén keresztül mutatja be és nem csupán a materiális tényezőkre összpontosít. Noha a nincstelenség az egyén szintjén megjelenő biológiai és pszichológiai deprivációk mentén is tanulmányozható, írásunk elsősorban a fogalom strukturális, szociálpolitikai dimenziójával foglalkozik és mindenekelőtt két területre összpontosít: a hajléktalan személyek és a papírok nélküli migránsok szociális jogaira és jogosultságaira. A nincstelenség fogalma számos szociológiai, filozófiai, közgazdaságtani és politikai tényezőt foglal magában. Jelen írásunkban a szociális munka és a szociálpolitika elmélete és gyakorlata mentén vizsgáljuk a jelenséget.
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Mondd, hogy vagy így? (Like a Rolling Stone)
Views:402The study seeks to understand what benefits homeless people – based on their own explanations, perceptions – attribute to the place they chose to spend their nights, and often their days as well. What factors influence their choice in where they spend the night, where they sleep. We answer these questions through analysing almost 6200 responses to the annual national February 3rd survey.
Our research reveals that for homeless people – just like for others – the factors influencing the choice of accommodation range wider than its primary, physical conditions, like a roof, heating, possibilities for sleep and shower, or fulfilling other basic needs like accessing food. Other characteristics defining a home (such as security, autonomy and freedom provided by privacy) are equally important.
Professionals working with homeless people can build on understanding the differences between the motivation, preferences of values between homeless people sleeping in various services or on the streets when weighing the advantages of a certain type of accommodation or when deciding whether to “go sleep in a shelter” or “stay outside”.
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Hajléktalan nők biztonsága koedukált intézményekben
Views:307In our study, we explore the issue of safety among homeless women. While the question of safety for homeless people is addressed by several domestic studies, these typically do not separately examine women's experiences. In addition to reviewing international and Hungarian literature, we present three pieces of research conducted among users of the Budapest Methodological Centre of Social Policy and its Institutions. First, we present data obtained from secondary analysis of social work documentation regarding the previous experiences of homeless women. Then, we discuss relevant findings from the Needs Assessment survey conducted among women using its services. Finally, we analyse the responses related to safety from the Customer Satisfaction survey. We consulted with employees of several organizations about these findings and incorporated their feedback and observations into our Conclusions. These recommendations, along with best practices, can be important not only for organizations providing services to the homeless but for any social service that supports women.
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Csöbörből vödörbe – A „gyermekvédelemből” a „felnőttvédelembe” és vissza?
Views:187This study seeks to identify the main characteristics among homeless people that distinguish former state wards who have drifted from child protection into homelessness from their homeless peers. Due to the multiple accumulation of disadvantages and deprivations, the analysis pays particular attention to former Roma women in state care. The study also seeks to identify the main characteristics that distinguish homeless adults living with their children in temporary family shelters operating as part of child protection from their homeless peers who use homeless services operating within the framework of adult protection.
The study seeks answers to these questions by analyzing data from the annual February 3th National Homeless Survey, which covers thousands of respondents. In the language of numbers, simple statistical analysis reveals the main determinants (some of which are determined at birth) that accumulate into disadvantages through the functioning of society and large systems , thereby increasing the likelihood that someone will sooner or later end up in the system we refer to here as "adult protection" after having been in the system known as "child protection," and that their children will inevitably follow the same path.