Jouko Ranta

Biographic Data

ID4176141
NAMEJouko Ranta
GIVEN NAMESJouko
FAMILY NAMERanta
SIGNATURERANTA J
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Eastern Finland
ORCID0000-0002-1384-1322
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT2
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX0

  • Verbal abuse of service users by professionals in social services

    Open AccessTiina Syyrilä, Mari Vänttinen et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social Work Practice2024

    The verbal abuse research in social services is limited. This study aimed to describe verbal abuse of service users by professionals in social services. This cross-sectional descriptive study examined statutory reports of threats or risks in implementing social services in one city of Finland, from 2016 to 2020 (n = 1433). The case reports describing the verbal abuse (n = 34) were analysed using inductive content analysis. The perpetrators were r…

  • Observed Risks of Client Safety by Social Care Professionals in Finland

    Open AccessSaija Koskiniemi, Tiina Syyrilä et al.ARTICLEAdvances in Social Work2024

    To promote client safety, Finland's Social Welfare Act requires social services employees to notify superiors of the observed risks in implementing clients' social welfare. This study provides the first retrospective trend analysis of reports from a care reporting system (SPro-system) in Finland. Reports (n=1,433) were made by social work employees in the city of Helsinki in Finland, from October 2016 to December 2020. The statistical analysis fo…